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Diocese of Rochester

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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 March 1868
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New York
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: New York
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 18,400 (7,107 Square Miles)
  • Description: Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Yates, Steuben, Chemung, Tioga, Schuyler, and Tompkins Counties.
  • Conference Region: II (NY)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: ROC
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dor.org/
  • Mailing Address: 1150 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY 14624, USA
  • Telephone: (585)328-3210
  • Fax: 529-9520

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 March 1868ErectedDiocese of Buffalo Diocese of Rochester (erected) (Counties of Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca, Yates, and Ontario)
1896Territory AddedDiocese of Buffalo Diocese of Rochester (Counties of Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950320,000975,00032.8%35270422758701,309169ap1951
1966449,1981,206,44637.2%4111755867662781,505190ap1967
1970450,0001,206,44637.3%3501545048922231,460195ap1971
1976358,8501,439,60024.9%3991095087061541,115161ap1977
1980369,8401,467,30025.2%404985027361531,045161ap1981
1990392,7481,421,80027.6%303863891,00974144839161ap1991
1999337,6131,479,72722.8%2776233999512139681161ap2000
2000294,8271,565,73318.8%25164315935105102687180ap2001
2001338,5011,470,30423.0%253533061,10610994667171ap2002
2002340,0001,490,89122.8%258643221,055111102647159ap2003
2003341,5001,489,57622.9%236622981,14593110651158ap2004
2004341,5001,485,83723.0%244613051,11911592588151ap2005
2010354,0001,557,00022.7%201522531,39912781481124ap2011
2011357,0001,570,00022.7%193542471,44513581468106ap2012
2014365,0001,604,00022.8%165422071,7631318442397ap2015
2017372,0001,527,00024.4%179492281,6311417864390ap2018
2020302,1361,559,14019.4%164241881,607924848286ap2021

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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