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Diocese of Brooklyn

Dioecesis Bruklyniensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Robert John Brennan, Bishop
  • James Massa, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Witold Mroziewski, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio, Bishop Emeritus
  • Raymond Francis Chappetto, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Octavio Cisneros, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Paul Robert Sanchez, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 July 1853
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New York
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: New York
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 467 (180 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: II (NY)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: BRK
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/
  • Mailing Address: 310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA
  • Telephone: (718)399-5990
  • Fax: 399-5934

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 July 1853ErectedArchdiocese of New York Diocese of Brooklyn (erected) (Long Island)
6 April 1957Territory LostDiocese of Brooklyn (Counties of Nassau and Suffolk) Diocese of Rockville Centre (erected)
6 April 1957Territory LostDiocese of Brooklyn (Fishers Island, NY) Diocese of Norwich

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19501,249,1974,600,02227.2%1,1452831,4288746135,150307ap1951
19591,473,4804,365,00033.8%8792881,1671,2627454,207216ap1960
19661,585,7124,436,89735.7%1,0743031,3771,1519614,128227ap1967
19701,489,3254,436,89733.6%9843031,2871,1578403,596228ap1971
19761,210,1854,589,18626.4%1,0672511,31891826102,686224ap1977
19801,470,0004,432,00033.2%9272431,1701,256555342,414223ap1981
19901,533,2044,239,40036.2%8062781,0841,4141215121,866217ap1991
19991,625,5474,216,06038.6%6852209051,7961741821,273218ap2000
20001,637,9994,266,79538.4%6602208801,8611714191,294217ap2001
20011,815,9984,694,70538.7%6382108482,1411453861,326217ap2002
20021,816,0004,694,70538.7%6292018302,1871514081,189217ap2003
20031,824,6424,689,80238.9%6561918472,1543981,153217ap2004
20041,826,5924,694,70538.9%5841717552,4191533621,097216ap2005
20061,556,5754,712,50633.0%6001717712,0181473481,078216ap2007
20101,453,0004,865,00029.9%5441647082,052179312868206ap2011
20121,567,0004,882,00032.1%5241656892,274214299872188ap2013
20151,556,5754,888,32431.8%3911495402,882218275759186ap2016
20181,500,0004,962,20430.2%4861856712,235254280644186ap2019
20201,524,2005,042,40030.2%4691806492,348228270601184ap2021
20221,531,0005,109,00030.0%4602226822,244221316420176ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 172

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