The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the Greater Rochester region of New York State in the United States. The region that the Diocese comprises extends from its northern border on the south shore of Lake Ontario through the Finger Lakes region to its southern border at the New York-Pennsylvania border. While the diocese awaits a new bishop, the Apostolic Administrator is Bishop Robert Joseph Cunningham. The diocese comprises 12 counties in New York, with approximately 350,000 Catholics and over 125 faith communities (parishes), 39 diocesan elementary schools and 7 independent parochial high schools. The metropolitan for the diocese is the Archdiocese of New York. The cathedral parish for the diocese is Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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