Diocese of

Rochester 𝐖

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rochester / Roffen(sis) in America (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New York

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 25

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1868.03.03: Established as Diocese of Rochester / Roffen(sis) in America (Latin) (from Diocese of Buffalo and became suffragan of New York)

Contact Info

Address: The Pastoral Center, 1150 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, NY 14624-1890, USA

Phone: +1 (585) 328-3210

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.06 – ...):

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (78)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rochester (Roman Rite)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (78)
(2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop of Rochester (USA)

In unitatem fidei

Born:	1946.09.15 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.19

Priest of Providence (USA) (1971.12.17 – 2005.03.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2005.03.03 – 2005.11.09)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2005.11.09 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop Robert Joseph Cunningham (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.09.21 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop Matthew Harvey Clark
(1979.04.23 – 2012.09.21)

His love endures forever

Born:	1937.07.15 (Waterford, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2023.01.22 (Rochester, NY, USA † 85)

Priest of Albany (USA) (1962.12.19 – 1979.04.23)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1979.04.23 – 2012.09.21)

Bishop Joseph Lloyd Hogan
(1969.10.06 – 1978.11.22)

Libentissime impendam et superimpendar

Born:	1916.03.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.11.28
Died:	2000.08.27 († 84)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1969.10.06 – 1978.11.22)

Bishop Fulton John Sheen (later Archbishop)
(1966.10.21 – 1969.10.06)

Da per matrem me venire

Born:	1895.05.08 (El Paso, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1919.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.06.11
Died:	1979.12.09 (New York City, NY, USA † 84)
Beatified:	pending

Titular Bishop of Cæsariana (1951.05.28 – 1966.10.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1951.05.28 – 1966.10.21)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1966.10.21 – 1969.10.06)

Titular Archbishop of Newport (1969.10.06 – 1979.12.09)

Archbishop.

Bishop James Edward Kearney
(1937.07.31 – 1966.10.21)

In te Domine speravi

Born:	1884.10.28 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1908.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.10.28
Died:	1977.01.12 († 92)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1932.07.01 – 1937.07.31)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1937.07.31 – 1966.10.21)

Titular Bishop of Tabaicara (1966.10.21 – 1971.01.18)

Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney (later Cardinal)
(1933.08.28 – 1937.05.26)

Domino servientes

Born:	1882.05.09 (Mount Savage, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1904.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.01.31
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1958.10.25 (Roma, Italy † 76)

Priest of Cleveland (USA) (1904.04.10 – 1926.01.21)

Domestic Prelate (1925.06.03 – 1926.01.21)

Apostolic Delegate to East India (1926.01.21 – 1931.03.23)

Titular Archbishop of Irenopolis in Isauria (1926.01.21 – 1933.08.28)

Apostolic Delegate to Japan (1931.03.30 – 1933.08.28)

Archbishop-Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1933.08.28 – 1937.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) (1937.05.26 – 1958.10.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1946.02.22 – 1958.10.25)

Bishop John Francis O’Hern
(1929.01.04 – 1933.05.22)

Servire regnare est

Born:	1874.06.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1901.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.03.09
Died:	1933.05.22 († 58)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1929.01.04 – 1933.05.22)

Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey (later Archbishop)
(1909.01.18 – 1928.10.30)

Fides et constantia

Born:	1861.02.04 (Rochester, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1884.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.05.24
Died:	1940.12.10 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Berenice (1905.02.18 – 1909.01.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1905.02.18 – 1909.01.18)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1909.01.18 – 1928.10.30)

Titular Archbishop of Viminacium (1928.10.30 – 1940.12.10)

Bishop Bernard John Joseph McQuaid
(1868.03.03 – 1909.01.18)

Salus animarum lex suprema

Born:	1823.12.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1848.01.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.07.12
Died:	1909.01.18 († 85)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1909.01.18)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey (later Archbishop) (1905.02.18 – 1909.01.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dennis Walter Hickey (1968.01.05 – 1990.01.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Edgar McCafferty (1968.01.05 – 1980.04.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey (1953.02.10 – 1966.03.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester, New York

Churches by City (160)

Erie (↙), Buffalo (←), Syracuse (→), Scranton (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,400 km²

Population: 315,239 Catholics (21.0% of 1,501,137 total)

Pastoral Centres: 86 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 184 priests (157 diocesan, 27 religious), 131 deacons, 469 religious (54 brothers, 415 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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