Diocese of Rockville Centre
Petropolitan(us) in Insula Longa
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rockville Centre, New York, United States
The Diocese of Rockville Centre is a Latin Rite diocese covering Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, New York. Erected in 1957, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York and is led by Bishop John O. Barres, appointed in 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 April 1957
- Latin
- Petropolitan(us) in Insula Longa
- Patron
- Saint Agnes
- Annuario code
- 001002763
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,531,445
- Population
- 2,851,977
- Catholic share
- 53.7%
- Priests
- 402
- Catholics per priest
- 3,810
- Extent
- 3,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 494
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John O. Barres
- Born
- 20 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Port Chester
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Agnes Cathedral stands in Rockville Centre, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of New York
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New York.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New YorkNew York
- Diocese of AlbanyAlbany
- Diocese of BrooklynBrooklyn
- Diocese of BuffaloBuffalo
- Diocese of OgdensburgOgdensburg
- Diocese of RochesterRochester
- Diocese of SyracuseSyracuse
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving the Long Island region of New York State, the Diocese of Rockville Centre (Latin: Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa, lit. 'Diocese of Rockville on Long Island') was founded in 1957 from territory that had belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York, it has its cathedral at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York. John Barres is the bishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].