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The Diocese of Brooklyn is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New York. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn and its co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights. The current Bishop of Brooklyn is Robert J. Brennan.
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.
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.
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.The diocese covers the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. [1] [2] Churches in the rest of New York City (Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx) are part of the Archdiocese of New York.; see the List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
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 .
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 all the active Roman Catholic and Eastern Rite Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of New York. In 2014, Archbishop Timothy Dolan announced the merger of Roman Catholic 113 parishes in the archdiocese, with 31 churches permanently closing. The list includes individual churches that were merged into new parishes or were closed ...
7 Founders in the Diocese of Spokane: 2007 Sisters of Mercy in Australia and Papua New Guinea: R.S.M. Mother Ursula Frayne: Sisters of Mercy: 1846 Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland: R.S.M. Sisters of Mercy: Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo of Alexandria: Borromean Sisters: 1884 Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo of Cairo: Borromean Sisters: 1904