Diocese of Brooklyn, USA

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn, New York
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Brooklyn, New York
Minor Basilica: Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn, New York
Minor Basilica: Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn, New York
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (213)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.09.29 – ...):	Bishop Robert John Brennan (60)
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.05.19 – ...):	Bishop James Massa (62) Titular Bishop of Bardstown
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.05.19 – ...):	Bishop Witold Mroziewski (56) Titular Bishop of Walla Walla
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.04.29 – ...):	Bishop Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. (74) Titular Bishop of Cova

Ordinaries

Bishops of Brooklyn (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert John Brennan (60)
(2021.09.29 – ...)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Thy will be done

Born:	1962.06.07 (The Bronx, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.25

Titular Bishop of Erdonia (2012.06.08 – 2019.01.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2012.06.08 – 2019.01.31)

Bishop of Columbus (USA) (2019.01.31 – 2021.09.29)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (2021.09.29 – ...)

Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (78)
(2003.08.01 – 2021.09.29)

Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA)

Behold your mother

Born:	1944.06.16 (Newark, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.10.31

Titular Bishop of Mauriana (1996.09.10 – 1999.06.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1996.09.10 – 1999.06.07)

Bishop of Camden (USA) (1999.06.07 – 2003.08.01)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (2003.08.01 – 2021.09.29)

Bishop Thomas Vose Daily
(1990.02.20 – 2003.08.01)

Dominus lux mea

Born:	1927.09.23 (Belmont, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.02.11
Died:	2017.05.14 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Bladia (1974.12.31 – 1984.07.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1974.12.31 – 1984.07.17)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (1984.07.17 – 1990.02.20)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1990.02.20 – 2003.08.01)

Bishop Francis John Mugavero
(1968.07.15 – 1990.02.20)

Born:	1914.06.08 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.09.12
Died:	1991.07.12 († 77)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1968.07.15 – 1990.02.20)

Archbishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart
(1957.04.16 – 1968.07.15)

Estote factores verbi

Born:	1893.01.05 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1917.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.08.03
Died:	1968.09.30 († 75)

Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA) (1943.06.05 – 1953.08.19)

Titular Bishop of Aradi (1953.08.19 – 1957.04.16)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1957.04.16 – 1968.07.15)

Archbishop ad personam (1966.04.15 – 1968.07.15)

Titular Archbishop of Gabi (1968.07.15 – 1968.09.30)

Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy
(1921.11.21 – 1956.11.26)

Born:	1885.09.04 (Nashua, NH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1908.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.10.03
Died:	1956.11.26 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Lorea (1920.06.28 – 1921.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1920.06.28 – 1921.11.21)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1921.11.21 – 1956.11.26)

Archbishop ad personam (1951.04.07 – 1956.11.26)

Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell
(1892.03.11 – 1921.08.08)

Born:	1854.02.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1878.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.04.25
Died:	1921.08.08 († 67)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1892.03.11 – 1921.08.08)

Bishop John Loughlin
(1853.06.19 – 1891.12.29)

Born:	1817.12.20 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1840.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.10.30
Died:	1891.12.29 († 74)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1853.06.19 – 1891.12.29)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez (76) (2012.05.02 – 2022.03.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto (77) (2012.05.02 – 2022.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Octavio Cisneros (77) (2006.06.06 – 2020.10.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano (63) (2006.06.06 – 2013.07.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Guy Sansaricq (2006.06.06 – 2010.10.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1994.06.28 – 2010.09.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito (73) (1994.06.28 – 1999.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop René Arnold Valero (1980.10.07 – 2005.10.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Michael Sullivan (1980.10.07 – 2005.05.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (later Cardinal) (1980.02.11 – 1983.10.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Snyder (1972.12.13 – 1979.10.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning (1959.02.24 – 1982.04.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney (1959.02.24 – 1981.01.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edmund Joseph Reilly (1955.03.15 – 1958.11.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Boardman (1952.03.28 – 1977.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Raymond Augustine Kearney (1934.12.22 – 1956.10.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy (later Archbishop) (1920.06.28 – 1921.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George William Mundelein (later Cardinal) (1909.06.30 – 1915.12.09)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: 310 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA

Phone: +1 (718) 399-5900

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 467 km²

Population: 1,529,000 Catholics (30.2% of 5,058,535 total) (2020)

Statistics: 177 parishes, 602 priests (438 diocesan, 164 religious), 219 deacons, 786 lay religious (245 brothers, 541 sisters), 49 seminarians (2020)

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Brooklyn / Bruklynien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New York and became suffragan of New York)
1957.04.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rockville Centre

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1979.10, 1995.10)