Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
Diocese of Syracuse
Dioecesis Syracusensis
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 5,479 square miles (14,190 km2) in Central New York (Counties of Onondaga, Oneida, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, and Oswego, New York) |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New York |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 1,198,000 289,000 (24.1%) |
Parishes | 129 |
Schools | 22 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | November 26, 1886 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immacculate Conception |
Secular priests | 223 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Robert Joseph Cunningham |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York |
Vicar General | Msgr. Timothy S. Elmer |
Emeritus Bishops | James Michael Moynihan, Thomas Joseph Costello |
Map | |
File:Diocese of Syracuse in New York map 1.png | |
Website | |
syracusediocese.org |
The Diocese of Syracuse is a Catholic diocese headquartered in Syracuse, New York, USA. The current bishop is the Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham. The Diocese of Syracuse includes 350,000 Catholics residing in seven counties of Central and South Central New York State. These are Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego.
The diocese has 142 parishes, 11 missions and 3 devotional chapels. There are 3 Catholic Hospitals in the diocese. There are 5 diocesan Junior / Senior high schools and 23 diocesan elementary schools. The diocese has 264 offices (including schools) and employs 3,000 people.
History
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Bishops
The list of ordinaries of the diocese and their years of service:
- Most Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden (1886-1912)[1]
- Most Rev. John Grimes (1912-1922)
- Most Rev. Daniel Joseph Curley (1923-1932)
- Most Rev. John A. Duffy (1933-1937)
- Most Rev. Walter Andrew Foery (1937-1970)
- Most Rev. David Frederick Cunningham (1970-1975)
- Most Rev. Francis James Harrison (1977-1987)
- Most Rev. Joseph Thomas O'Keefe (1987-1995)
- Most Rev. James Michael Moynihan (1995-2009)
- Most Rev. Robert Joseph Cunningham (2009–present) [2]
High schools
- Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, East Syracuse
- Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School, Syracuse
- Christian Brothers Academy*, Syracuse
- Holy Cross Academy*, Oneida
- Notre Dame Junior Senior High School, Utica
- Seton Catholic Central High School, Binghamton
- * Operated independently with the blessing and spiritual support of the Diocese
See also
- Index of Catholic Church articles
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
References
External links
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