The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the (now) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853 when the City of Brooklyn was separate from New York City.
The diocese includes parishes in Brooklyn, as well as Queens, which at the time of formation was a rural hinterland of New York City. It once included all of Long Island, but it gave up its territory in Nassau County and Suffolk County in 1957 to the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
Brooklyn is one of the few dioceses in the USA that is made up of 100% urban territory.
The Bishop of Brooklyn presides from the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn. Many major ceremonies, however, are held at the much larger Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Sunset Park neighborhood in southern Brooklyn.
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named two priests as Auxiliary Bishops of Brooklyn.
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