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St. Agnes Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island. It is the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. The Most Reverend John Oliver Barres is the ordinary bishop of the Diocese and pastor of the Cathedral parish. The Saint Agnes Cathedral School is on campus with the cathedral.
Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Rockville Centre on April 6, 1957, taking Nassau and Suffolk counties from the Diocese of Brooklyn. [10] The pope named Bishop Walter P. Kellenberg of the Diocese of Ogdensburg as the first bishop of the new diocese. [11] St. Agnes Cathedral was designated as the diocesan cathedral.
St. Agnes Cathedral School, otherwise known as The St. Agnes School, is a K-8 private co-educational Catholic country day school in Rockville Centre, New York, United States. It was founded in 1917 as St. Agnes Elementary School by Monsignor Peter Quealy. A major portion of the student body reside in Rockville Centre, and neighboring towns.
In the 2000-2001 school year the archdiocese had 28,709 students at the elementary level. By the 2010-2011 school year this was 19,261, a decline of 34%. [1] Six Catholic elementary schools closed in 2012, with 47 remaining. [2]
John Oliver Barres (/ ˈ b ær ɪ s / BARR-iss; born September 20, 1960) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Rockville Centre since 2017. He previously served as Bishop of Allentown from 2009 to 2017.
Pope Francis named Zglejszewski the titular bishop of Nicives and an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre on February 11, 2014. He was consecrated in St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre on March 25, 2014, by Bishop William Murphy. Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone and Auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Brennan were the principal co ...
Monsignor Alan J. Placa, a Rockville Centre diocesan priest, was cleared by the tribunal of the Diocese of Albany, the home diocese of the complainant, of allegations made against him in June 2002. The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , which instructed Murphy "to do what we can to restore ...
Pope John Paul II accepted McGann's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre on January 4, 2000. [5] He was succeeded by Bishop James T. McHugh, who had served as his coadjutor bishop since 1999. [5] John McGann died at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre on January 31, 2002, at age 77. [4]