Diocese of Rockville Centre, USA

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, New York
Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Southampton, New York
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (137)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.09 – ...):	Bishop John Oliver Barres (62)
Auxiliary Bishop (2014.02.11 – ...):	Bishop Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski (61) Titular Bishop of Nicives
Auxiliary Bishop (2018.02.20 – ...):	Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle (58) Titular Bishop of Zabi
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.03.03 – ...):	Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, M.Id. (68) Titular Bishop of Egara

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rockville Centre (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Oliver Barres (62)
(2016.12.09 – ...)

Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Holiness and mission

Born:	1960.09.20 (Larchmont, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.10.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.07.30

Bishop of Allentown (USA) (2009.05.27 – 2016.12.09)

Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2016.12.09 – ...)

Bishop William Francis Murphy (82)
(2001.06.26 – 2016.12.09)

Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA)

No other name

Born:	1940.05.14 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.27

Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1980 – 1986)

Titular Bishop of Saia maior (1995.11.21 – 2001.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1995.11.21 – 2001.06.26)

Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2001.06.26 – 2016.12.09)

Bishop James Thomas McHugh
(2000.01.04 – 2000.12.10)

Quid retribuam Domino

Born:	1932.01.03 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.25
Died:	2000.12.10 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus (1987.11.20 – 1989.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1987.11.20 – 1989.05.13)

Bishop of Camden (USA) (1989.05.13 – 1998.12.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (1998.12.07 – 2000.01.04)

Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2000.01.04 – 2000.12.10)

Bishop John Raymond McGann
(1976.05.03 – 2000.01.04)

Serve the Lord with gladness

Born:	1924.12.02 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.07
Died:	2002.01.29 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus (1970.11.12 – 1976.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (1970.11.12 – 1976.05.03)

Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (1976.05.03 – 2000.01.04)

Bishop Walter Philip Kellenberg
(1957.04.16 – 1976.05.03)

Regina verte lumina

Born:	1901.06.03 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.10.05
Died:	1986.01.11 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Ioannina (1953.08.25 – 1954.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1953.08.25 – 1954.01.19)

Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA) (1954.01.19 – 1957.04.16)

Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (1957.04.16 – 1976.05.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Thomas McHugh (1998.12.07 – 2000.01.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard Garth Henning (58) (2018.06.08 – 2022.11.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert John Brennan (60) (2012.06.08 – 2019.01.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nelson Jesus Perez (61) (later Archbishop) (2012.06.08 – 2017.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci (71) (2007.04.03 – 2011.09.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Henry Walsh (2003.04.03 – 2012.08.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Charles Dunne (85) (1988.10.21 – 2013.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emil Aloysius Wcela (1988.10.21 – 2007.04.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfred John Markiewicz (1986.07.01 – 1994.11.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Joseph Daly (1977.02.28 – 1996.07.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gerald Augustine John Ryan (1977.02.28 – 1985.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Raymond McGann (1970.11.12 – 1976.05.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vincent John Baldwin (1962.06.04 – 1979.09.16)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: 50 N Park Ave., P.O. Box 9023, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA

Phone: +1 (516) 678-5800

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 3,103 km²

Population: 1,498,600 Catholics (51.3% of 2,920,518 total) (2020)

Statistics: 132 parishes, 124 priests (86 diocesan, 38 religious), 275 deacons, 998 lay religious (99 brothers, 899 sisters), 21 seminarians (2020)

History

1957.04.06: Established as Diocese of Rockville Centre / Petropolitan(us) in Insula Longa (Latin) (from Diocese of Brooklyn and became suffragan of New York)