Diocese of Brooklyn

Past and Present Ordinaries

• John Loughlin † (29 Jul 1853 Appointed - 29 Dec 1891 Died)
• Charles Edward McDonnell † (11 Mar 1892 Appointed - 8 Aug 1921 Died)
• Thomas Edmund Molloy † (21 Nov 1921 Appointed - 26 Nov 1956 Died)
• Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (16 Apr 1957 Appointed - 15 Jul 1968 Retired)
• Francis John Mugavero † (15 Jul 1968 Appointed - 20 Feb 1990 Retired)
• Thomas Vose Daily † (20 Feb 1990 Appointed - 1 Aug 2003 Retired)
• Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (1 Aug 2003 Appointed - 29 Sep 2021 Retired)
• Robert John Brennan (29 Sep 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	1,249,197	4,600,022	27.2%	1,145	283	1,428	874		613	5,150	307	ap1951
1959	1,473,480	4,365,000	33.8%	879	288	1,167	1,262		745	4,207	216	ap1960
1966	1,585,712	4,436,897	35.7%	1,074	303	1,377	1,151		961	4,128	227	ap1967
1970	1,489,325	4,436,897	33.6%	984	303	1,287	1,157		840	3,596	228	ap1971
1976	1,210,185	4,589,186	26.4%	1,067	251	1,318	918	2	610	2,686	224	ap1977
1980	1,470,000	4,432,000	33.2%	927	243	1,170	1,256	55	534	2,414	223	ap1981
1990	1,533,204	4,239,400	36.2%	806	278	1,084	1,414	121	512	1,866	217	ap1991
1999	1,625,547	4,216,060	38.6%	685	220	905	1,796	174	182	1,273	218	ap2000
2000	1,637,999	4,266,795	38.4%	660	220	880	1,861	171	419	1,294	217	ap2001
2001	1,815,998	4,694,705	38.7%	638	210	848	2,141	145	386	1,326	217	ap2002
2002	1,816,000	4,694,705	38.7%	629	201	830	2,187	151	408	1,189	217	ap2003
2003	1,824,642	4,689,802	38.9%	656	191	847	2,154		398	1,153	217	ap2004
2004	1,826,592	4,694,705	38.9%	584	171	755	2,419	153	362	1,097	216	ap2005
2006	1,556,575	4,712,506	33.0%	600	171	771	2,018	147	348	1,078	216	ap2007
2010	1,453,000	4,865,000	29.9%	544	164	708	2,052	179	312	868	206	ap2011
2012	1,567,000	4,882,000	32.1%	524	165	689	2,274	214	299	872	188	ap2013
2015	1,556,575	4,888,324	31.8%	391	149	540	2,882	218	275	759	186	ap2016
2018	1,500,000	4,962,204	30.2%	486	185	671	2,235	254	280	644	186	ap2019
2020	1,524,200	5,042,400	30.2%	469	180	649	2,348	228	270	601	184	ap2021
2022	1,531,000	5,109,000	30.0%	460	222	682	2,244	221	316	420	176	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Charles Daniel Balvo
• Gerald Michael Barbarito (Priest: 31 Jan 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1994 to 26 Oct 1999)
• Robert John Brennan (Bishop: 29 Sep 2021 - )
• Frank Joseph Caggiano (Priest: 16 May 1987; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jun 2006 to 31 Jul 2013)
• Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P.
• Raymond Francis Chappetto (Priest: 29 May 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 May 2012 to 7 Mar 2022)
• Octavio Cisneros (Priest: 29 May 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jun 2006 to 30 Oct 2020)
• Robert Joseph Coyle
• Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (Bishop: 1 Aug 2003 to 29 Sep 2021)
• John Charles Dunne
• Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R.
• William Edward Koenig
• Peter Anthony Libasci
• Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.
• James Massa (Deacon: 3 Sep 1986; Priest: 25 Oct 1986; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 2015)
• Witold Mroziewski (Priest: 2001; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 2015)
• Paul Robert Sanchez (Priest: 17 Dec 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2022)
• Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (Priest: 2 Jul 1973 to 11 Feb 2014)
• Kevin James Sweeney (Priest: 28 Jun 1997 to 15 Apr 2020)
• Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 2016 to 30 Jun 2023)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Vincent John Baldwin † (Priest: 26 Jul 1931 to 6 Apr 1957)
• Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † (Priest: 11 Jun 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Oct 1980 to 10 Oct 1983)
• John Joseph Boardman † (Priest: 21 May 1921; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Mar 1952 to Oct 1977)
• Vincent DePaul Breen † (Priest: 15 Jul 1962 to 8 Jul 1997)
• John Joseph Carberry † (Priest: 28 Jul 1929 to 3 May 1956)
• George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † (Priest: 28 Oct 1905 to 5 Aug 1921)
• Ignatius Anthony Catanello † (Priest: 28 May 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1994 to 20 Sep 2010)
• Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. †
• Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †
• Thomas Vose Daily † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1990 to 1 Aug 2003)
• James Joseph Daly † (Priest: 22 May 1948 to 6 Apr 1957)
• Joseph Peter Michael Denning † (Priest: 21 May 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Feb 1959 to 13 Apr 1982)
• Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †
• James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † (Priest: 12 Mar 1927 to 15 Oct 1949)
• Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †
• Raymond Augustine Kearney † (Priest: 12 Mar 1927; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Dec 1934 to 1 Oct 1956)
• William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †
• John Loughlin † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1853 to 29 Dec 1891)
• Alfred John Markiewicz † (Priest: 6 Jun 1953 to 6 Apr 1957)
• Charles Edward McDonnell † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1892 to 8 Aug 1921)
• Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1957; Archbishop (Personal Title): 15 Apr 1966 to 15 Jul 1968)
• John Raymond McGann † (Priest: 3 Jun 1950 to 6 Apr 1957)
• James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †
• Thomas Edmund Molloy † (Priest: 19 Sep 1908; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1920; Bishop: 21 Nov 1921; Archbishop (Personal Title): 7 Apr 1951 to 26 Nov 1956)
• Francis John Mugavero † (Priest: 18 May 1940; Bishop: 15 Jul 1968 to 20 Feb 1990)
• Charles Richard Mulrooney † (Priest: 10 Jun 1930; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Feb 1959 to 13 Jan 1981)
• George William Mundelein † (Priest: 8 Jun 1895; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 1909 to 9 Dec 1915)
• Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †
• James Vincent Pardy, M.M. †
• Edmund Joseph Reilly † (Priest: 1 Apr 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Mar 1955 to 3 Nov 1958)
• Gerald Augustine John Ryan † (Priest: 3 Jun 1950 to 6 Apr 1957)
• Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq † (Priest: 9 Jan 1991; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jun 2006 to 6 Oct 2010)
• John Joseph Snyder † (Priest: 9 Jun 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Dec 1972 to 2 Oct 1979)
• Joseph Michael Sullivan † (Priest: 2 Jun 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Oct 1980 to 12 May 2005)
• Edward Ernest Swanstrom † (Priest: 2 Jun 1928 to 14 Sep 1960)
• René Arnold Valero † (Priest: 2 Jun 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Oct 1980 to 27 Oct 2005)
• Paul Henry Walsh †
• Emil Aloysius Wcela † (Priest: 2 Jun 1956 to 6 Apr 1957)
• Leo Joseph White † (Priest: 1990 to 31 Jul 2018)
• Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski †

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