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.
Read more about Roman Catholic Diocese Of Rochester: History, Ordinaries, Counties
Famous quotes containing the words roman, catholic and/or rochester:
“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
“Go, you are dismissed.
[Ite missa est.]”
—Missal, The. The Ordinary of the Mass.
Missal is book of prayers and rites used to celebrate the Roman Catholic mass during the year.
“The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life,
Is the best can be said for a very good wife.”
—John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)