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The Diocese of Brooklyn (Latin: Diœcesis Bruklyniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens .
After establishing the first community of religious Sisters in the diocese in 1817, the Sisters began to staff dozens of parochial schools, the College of Mount St. Vincent, the now-closed Elizabeth Seton College in Yonkers, the New York Foundling Hospital and former St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in Manhattan and Staten Island.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rosary Academy – Run by the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary; operated from 1956 to 1980. School of the Holy Child – Run by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus; closed in 1971. St. Agnes School – Run by the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary; operated from 1876 to 1977.
This is a list of schools in the American Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.The archdiocese covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond Counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state.
In 1858 Bishop John Loughlin issued an invitation to the Brothers of the monastery in Roundstone, County Galway, to operate schools for the boys of the Diocese of Brooklyn. A group of six Brothers, soon arrived and opened St. Francis Monastery and St. Francis Academy (now the site of St. Francis College), the first Catholic school in Brooklyn.
There are three diocesan and/or parish high schools under the auspices of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens. While the Catholic high schools below may geographically lie within the diocese, most are run independently of it. [1] Brooklyn. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School (Fort Greene) Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School (East Flatbush)
This is a list of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. It covers the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island in New York City. The Archdiocese of New York also covers Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. [1]