Diocese of Rockville Centre, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rockville Centre / Petropolitan(us) in Insula Longa (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New York

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

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)

Contact Info

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

Phone: +1 (516) 678-5800

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.09 – ...):	Bishop John Oliver Barres (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2014.02.11 – ...):	Bishop Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski (62) Titular Bishop of Nicives
Auxiliary Bishop (2018.02.20 – ...):	Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle (60) Titular Bishop of Zabi
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.03.03 – ...):	Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, M.Id. (70) Titular Bishop of Egara

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rockville Centre (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Oliver Barres (64)
(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

Priest of Wilmington (USA) (1989.10.21 – 2009.05.27)

Bishop of Allentown (USA) (2009.05.27 – 2016.12.09)

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

Bishop William Francis Murphy (84)
(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

Priest of Boston (USA) (1964.12.16 – 1995.11.21)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1979.03.28 – 1987.01.05)

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

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1987.01.05 – 1995.11.21)

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 (60) (later Archbishop) (2018.06.08 – 2022.11.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert John Brennan (62) (2012.06.08 – 2019.01.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nelson Jesus Perez (63) (later Archbishop) (2012.06.08 – 2017.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci (73) (2007.04.03 – 2011.09.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Henry Walsh (2003.04.03 – 2012.08.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Charles Dunne (87) (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)