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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre

The Diocese of Rockville Centre (Latin: Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the Long Island region of New York State in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New York.

Diocese of Rockville Centre

Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa
St. Agnes Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryLong Island, New York
Ecclesiastical provinceNew York
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
2,851,977
1,531,445[1] (53.7%)
Parishes134
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedApril 6, 1957
CathedralSt. Agnes Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Agnes[2]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJohn Barres
Metropolitan ArchbishopTimothy M. Dolan
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
drvc.org

The current bishop is John Barres. The cathedral is St. Agnes Cathedral, in Rockville Centre, New York. Founded in 1957, this diocese was created from territory that once belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn. It includes all of Nassau and Suffolk counties except for Fishers Island, which is part of the Diocese of Norwich. As of 2005, it the sixth-largest Catholic diocese in the United States, currently serving approximately 1.5 million people in 134 parishes.[3]

History edit

Early history edit

During the Dutch and British rule of the Province of New York in the 17th and 18th centuries, Catholics were banned from the colony.[4] Richard Coote, the first colonial governor, passed a law at the end of the 17th century that mandated a life sentence to any Catholic priest. The penalty for harboring a Catholic was a £250 fine plus three days in the pillory. In 1763, Catholic Bishop Richard Challoner of London stated that:

“...in New York, one may find a Catholic here and there, but they have no opportunity of practicing their religion as no priest visits them, and … there is not much likelihood that Catholic priests will be permitted to enter these provinces."[4]

After the approval of the New York Constitution in 1777, freedom of worship for Catholics was guaranteed. This was soon followed by the same guarantee in the US Constitution.

1784 to 1957 edit

In 1784, Pope Pius VI erected the Apostolic Prefecture of United States of America, including all of the new United States. In 1789, the same pope raised this prefecture to the Diocese of Baltimore.[5] Pope Pius VII in 1808 erected the Diocese of New York, taking all of New York State from the Diocese of Baltimore.[6]

Catholic priests started appearing in Long Island in the mid-19th century, founding missions and parishes. The first Catholic Church in Nassau County was St. Brigid in Westbury, founded in 1840.[7] The first resident priest in Suffolk County arrived in Sag Harbor in 1852 to provide support to Irish Catholic families working on the railroads.[8]

The Diocese of Brooklyn was erected by Pope Pius IX in 1853 with territory from the Archdiocese of New York.[9] All of Long Island would remain part of the new diocese for the next 104 years.

1957 to 2000 edit

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. Kellenberg founded the diocese's Catholic Charities office in 1957.[12] He resigned in 1976.

Kellenberg was followed by Auxiliary Bishop John McGann, named by Pope Paul VI in 1976.[13] In 1984, the diocese closed its minor seminary, St. Pius X Preparatory, in Uniondale. Pope John Paul II in 1999 appointed Bishop James T. McHugh from the Diocese of Camden as a coadjutor bishop in Rockville Centre to assist McGann.[14]

2000 to 2010 edit

After McGann retired in January 2000, McHugh automatically succeeded him as bishop. However, only 11 months later, McHugh died in December 2000. John Paul II then appointed Auxiliary Bishop William Murphy of the Archdiocese of Boston as the next bishop of Rockville Centre.[15]

Soon after Murphy's installation as bishop in 2001, he decided that his private quarters in the cathedral rectory were inadequate. He complained that they lacked privacy and sufficient space to entertain visiting clergy. Murphy decided to use the top floor of an old convent building at the cathedral for a new apartment. The diocese had been planning to create rooms for nuns on that floor, but Murphy asked them to accept different accommodations. The Murphy apartment ended up costing the diocese $800,000.[16] As news of the project cost became public, Murphy invited a Newsday reporter and photographer to tour the apartment. They reported that it included a large suite with a new fireplace with an oak mantel, a temperature-controlled wine storage cabinet, and a marble floored bathroom.[16]

In 2003, 52 priests requested a meeting with Murphy. In a letter, the priests spoke of anger and dissatisfaction within the diocese and "a certain lack of confidence in your pastoral leadership." They also complained about Murphy's management style, the cost of his new apartment, the sexual abuse scandal in Boston[17] and his ban against Long Island Voice of the Faithful.[18]

2010 to present edit

In 2011, Murphy announced the closing of six elementary schools in the diocese:

In 2012, the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre merged all their seminary programs.

Murphy retired in 2016. The current bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre is John Barres, the former bishop of the Diocese of Allentown. He was appointed by Pope Francis in January 2017.[20]

In October 2017, Barres announced the creation of the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP) for survivors of acts of child sexual abuse committed by clergy in the diocese. That same year, he created a video series on Telecare, the diocesan television network. Targeted to commuters, the series was entitled "The Catholic Spirituality of Commuter Delays."[21]

In June 2020, the diocese, which suffered significant financial damage from the COVID-19 pandemic, filed court documents stating its intention to file for bankruptcy if there was no pause in nearly 100 pending sex abuse lawsuits.[22][23][24][25] In October 2020, Rockville Centre became the fourth diocese in New York State to declare bankruptcy.[26] An April 2021 bankruptcy filing documents allegations against some former priests who had not previously been publicly accused of abuse. In total, the diocese listed 101 accused clergy members, though a committee of unsecured creditors had published a list of 46 more names.[27]

Sex abuse edit

In May 2000, Reverend Andrew Millar, a retired priest residing at the rectory of St. Peter and Paul Roman Church in Manorville, was arrested on sodomy charges. A parent had caught Millar sodomizing his 15 year old developmentally disabled son in a public bathroom at Tobay Beach in Nassau County.[28] The diocese had retired Millar in 1999 after receiving an abuse complaint dating back to 1991. After pleading guilty, Millar was sentenced in November 2000 to one to three years in prison.[29]

Reverend Michael Hands of St. Raphael's Parish in East Meadow was arrested in May 2001 on charges of sexual abuse and sodomy. He was accused of sexually abusing a 13 year old boy during 2000 and 2001.[30] Hands in January 2003 testified before a grand jury in Suffolk County as part of a plea agreement. He accused Monsignor Charles Ribaudo of sexually abusing him as a teenager, reporting it to the diocese in 2001. Bishop Murphy removed Ribaudo from ministry at that time. However, a few months later another diocesan official allegedly asked Hands to keep his accusations secret as the diocese wanted to reinstate Ribaudo.[31] In March 2003, after pleading guilty to abusing the boy, Hands was sentenced to two years in prison and five years probation.[32]

In November 2006, Reverend Thomas G. Saloy, an administrator at the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Roosevelt was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. The Federal Bureau of Investigation came across Saloy while investigating an unrelated case in Wisconsin. Saloy then contacted an investigator on America Online, thinking it was a teenage boy.[33] In May 2008, after undergoing treatment in Maryland, Saloy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.[34]

Reverend Gerald Twomey was arrested in May 2008 on charges of forcible touching and third-degree sexual abuse. He was accused of forcibly touching a man in a private home in 1996.[35] Twomey had been suspended from ministry since June 2007, when he was accused of sexually abusing a ten year old in 1964 or 1965.[36]

By August 2019, the diocese had named 68 clergy who were "credibly accused" of acts of sex abuse.[37] That same month, Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone of the Diocese of Charleston was named in a sex abuse lawsuit in New York. A man accused Guglielmone, then a pastor at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Amityville, of sexually abusing him when he was an eight year in 1978.[38] Guglielmone denied the allegations. The diocese investigated the allegation and found it not credible.[39] In December 2020, the Vatican concluded its investigation and determined Guglielmone to be innocent of the charges.[40]

In February 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act. The law created a one-year lookback period in which victims of child sex abuse could file civil lawsuits against abusers that were previously barred by the statute of limitations.[41] Also in February 2019, two women accused Bishop McGann of sexually abusing them as children in the 1960s and 1970s.[42]

In May 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the 2019 New York Child Victims Act's statute of limitation deadline to file sex abuse lawsuits from August 2020, to January 2021.[43] In May 2020, a Nassau County Supreme Court justice allowed pending lawsuits against the diocese to proceed. The justice rejected legal claims from the diocest that the Child Victims Act violated due process.[44][45]

Bishops edit

Bishops of Rockville Centre edit

  1. Walter P. Kellenberg (1957–1976)
  2. John R. McGann (1976–2000)
  3. James T. McHugh (2000; coadjutor bishop 1998–2000)
  4. William F. Murphy (2001–2017)
  5. John O. Barres (2017–present)

Current auxiliary bishops edit

Former auxiliary bishops edit

Other diocesan priests who became bishops edit

Coat of Arms edit

Coat of arms of Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre
 
Notes
Arms was designed and adopted when the diocese was erected
Adopted
1957
Escutcheon
The arms are divided into four parts, two blue and two gold, with a wavy line border. Three parts include a scallop shell and the fourth part includes a lamb's head. The center of the arms contains a black roundel with three stones.
Symbolism
The blue and gold quarters appear on the coat of arms of King William III. The scallop shells refer to the Native American name for Long Island, "Seawanhacky" (Island of Shells). The scallop shells also signify the flowing of water in the sacrament of baptism.

The wavy lines represent the sea water around the diocese. The lamb's head symbolizes innocence and represents St. Agnes, patron saint of Rockville Centre.

The stones derive from the coat of arms of Pope Pius XII. The black roundel represents the black marshes of "Breuck-Landt'" (Broken Land), the seventeenth century name of Brooklyn.

Media edit

Catholic Faith Network (CFn) formerly known as "Telecare" was founded in 1969 by Monsignor Thomas Hartman . CFn's programming includes live religious services, talk shows, devotional programs, educational programming, entertainment, and children's programs. It also presents coverage of special events at the Vatican and of papal journeys. It serves subscribers in three states.

In 2012, the diocesan weekly newspaper, Long Island Catholic, switched to a subscription-based monthly magazine.[46]

Education edit

Former seminary edit

Seminary of the Immaculate Conception – (1926 to 2012) The diocese now uses St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers as its major seminary.

High schools edit

Diocesan edit

Operated by religious orders and independent edit

Closed schools edit

Catholic Charities edit

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville Centre began operating in 1957. In 1974, it opened a residence for the developmentally disabled in Valley Stream. As of 2019, Catholic Charities operates 13 residences. Catholic Charities opened a shelter for single mothers in 1968 and in 2009 expanded it to include transitional housing. Catholic Charities is one of the largest providers of affordable senior housing on Long Island, operating over 1,300 units.[47]

Catholic Health edit

Catholic Health System, formerly Catholic Health Services of Long Island, was founded in 1997 and operates under the sponsorship of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.[48] CHS operates six hospitals:

CHS is the primary clinical affiliate and major teaching site of New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury[51] With 17,000 employees, CHS in 2017 was the third-largest employer on Long Island.[52] In 2021, CHSLI's name was changed to Catholic Health.[53]

Cemeteries edit

In 2016 the diocese created a new corporation, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island, to assume ownership of its cemeteries. It administers four major cemeteries:[54]

In addition, the diocese contains 21 parish cemeteries. Six of them are managed by Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island and the remainder by the individual parishes.[54]

St. Charles / Resurrection Cemeteries, despite being located within the diocese in East Farmingdale, is administered by the Diocese of Brooklyn.

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External links edit

  • The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre Official Website

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The Diocese of Rockville Centre Latin Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Long Island region of New York State in the United States It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New York Diocese of Rockville CentreDioecesis Petropolitana in Insula LongaSt Agnes CathedralCoat of armsLocationCountry United StatesTerritoryLong Island New YorkEcclesiastical provinceNew YorkStatisticsPopulation Total Catholics as of 2014 2 851 9771 531 445 1 53 7 Parishes134InformationDenominationCatholicSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablishedApril 6 1957CathedralSt Agnes CathedralPatron saintSaint Agnes 2 Current leadershipPopeFrancisBishopJohn BarresMetropolitan ArchbishopTimothy M DolanAuxiliary BishopsAndrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski Robert J Coyle Luis Miguel Romero FernandezBishops emeritusWilliam Murphy John Charles DunneMapWebsitedrvc orgThe current bishop is John Barres The cathedral is St Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre New York Founded in 1957 this diocese was created from territory that once belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn It includes all of Nassau and Suffolk counties except for Fishers Island which is part of the Diocese of Norwich As of 2005 update it the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the United States currently serving approximately 1 5 million people in 134 parishes 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1 2 1784 to 1957 1 3 1957 to 2000 1 4 2000 to 2010 1 5 2010 to present 1 6 Sex abuse 2 Bishops 2 1 Bishops of Rockville Centre 2 2 Current auxiliary bishops 2 3 Former auxiliary bishops 2 4 Other diocesan priests who became bishops 3 Coat of Arms 4 Media 5 Education 5 1 Former seminary 5 2 High schools 5 2 1 Diocesan 5 2 2 Operated by religious orders and independent 5 3 Closed schools 6 Catholic Charities 7 Catholic Health 8 Cemeteries 9 References 10 External linksHistory editEarly history editDuring the Dutch and British rule of the Province of New York in the 17th and 18th centuries Catholics were banned from the colony 4 Richard Coote the first colonial governor passed a law at the end of the 17th century that mandated a life sentence to any Catholic priest The penalty for harboring a Catholic was a 250 fine plus three days in the pillory In 1763 Catholic Bishop Richard Challoner of London stated that in New York one may find a Catholic here and there but they have no opportunity of practicing their religion as no priest visits them and there is not much likelihood that Catholic priests will be permitted to enter these provinces 4 After the approval of the New York Constitution in 1777 freedom of worship for Catholics was guaranteed This was soon followed by the same guarantee in the US Constitution 1784 to 1957 edit In 1784 Pope Pius VI erected the Apostolic Prefecture of United States of America including all of the new United States In 1789 the same pope raised this prefecture to the Diocese of Baltimore 5 Pope Pius VII in 1808 erected the Diocese of New York taking all of New York State from the Diocese of Baltimore 6 Catholic priests started appearing in Long Island in the mid 19th century founding missions and parishes The first Catholic Church in Nassau County was St Brigid in Westbury founded in 1840 7 The first resident priest in Suffolk County arrived in Sag Harbor in 1852 to provide support to Irish Catholic families working on the railroads 8 The Diocese of Brooklyn was erected by Pope Pius IX in 1853 with territory from the Archdiocese of New York 9 All of Long Island would remain part of the new diocese for the next 104 years 1957 to 2000 edit 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 Kellenberg founded the diocese s Catholic Charities office in 1957 12 He resigned in 1976 Kellenberg was followed by Auxiliary Bishop John McGann named by Pope Paul VI in 1976 13 In 1984 the diocese closed its minor seminary St Pius X Preparatory in Uniondale Pope John Paul II in 1999 appointed Bishop James T McHugh from the Diocese of Camden as a coadjutor bishop in Rockville Centre to assist McGann 14 2000 to 2010 edit After McGann retired in January 2000 McHugh automatically succeeded him as bishop However only 11 months later McHugh died in December 2000 John Paul II then appointed Auxiliary Bishop William Murphy of the Archdiocese of Boston as the next bishop of Rockville Centre 15 Soon after Murphy s installation as bishop in 2001 he decided that his private quarters in the cathedral rectory were inadequate He complained that they lacked privacy and sufficient space to entertain visiting clergy Murphy decided to use the top floor of an old convent building at the cathedral for a new apartment The diocese had been planning to create rooms for nuns on that floor but Murphy asked them to accept different accommodations The Murphy apartment ended up costing the diocese 800 000 16 As news of the project cost became public Murphy invited a Newsday reporter and photographer to tour the apartment They reported that it included a large suite with a new fireplace with an oak mantel a temperature controlled wine storage cabinet and a marble floored bathroom 16 In 2003 52 priests requested a meeting with Murphy In a letter the priests spoke of anger and dissatisfaction within the diocese and a certain lack of confidence in your pastoral leadership They also complained about Murphy s management style the cost of his new apartment the sexual abuse scandal in Boston 17 and his ban against Long Island Voice of the Faithful 18 2010 to present edit In 2011 Murphy announced the closing of six elementary schools in the diocese St John Baptist de La Salle Regional School in Farmingdale St Catherine of Sienna School in Franklin Square St Ignatius Loyola School in Hicksville Sacred Heart School in North Merrick Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Lindenhurst Prince of Peace Regional School in Sayville 19 In 2012 the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre merged all their seminary programs The minor seminary program was designated as the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation in Queens The major seminary program was set at St Joseph s Seminary in Yonkers As a result the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Lloyd Harbor closed that year Murphy retired in 2016 The current bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre is John Barres the former bishop of the Diocese of Allentown He was appointed by Pope Francis in January 2017 20 In October 2017 Barres announced the creation of the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program IRCP for survivors of acts of child sexual abuse committed by clergy in the diocese That same year he created a video series on Telecare the diocesan television network Targeted to commuters the series was entitled The Catholic Spirituality of Commuter Delays 21 In June 2020 the diocese which suffered significant financial damage from the COVID 19 pandemic filed court documents stating its intention to file for bankruptcy if there was no pause in nearly 100 pending sex abuse lawsuits 22 23 24 25 In October 2020 Rockville Centre became the fourth diocese in New York State to declare bankruptcy 26 An April 2021 bankruptcy filing documents allegations against some former priests who had not previously been publicly accused of abuse In total the diocese listed 101 accused clergy members though a committee of unsecured creditors had published a list of 46 more names 27 Sex abuse edit In May 2000 Reverend Andrew Millar a retired priest residing at the rectory of St Peter and Paul Roman Church in Manorville was arrested on sodomy charges A parent had caught Millar sodomizing his 15 year old developmentally disabled son in a public bathroom at Tobay Beach in Nassau County 28 The diocese had retired Millar in 1999 after receiving an abuse complaint dating back to 1991 After pleading guilty Millar was sentenced in November 2000 to one to three years in prison 29 Reverend Michael Hands of St Raphael s Parish in East Meadow was arrested in May 2001 on charges of sexual abuse and sodomy He was accused of sexually abusing a 13 year old boy during 2000 and 2001 30 Hands in January 2003 testified before a grand jury in Suffolk County as part of a plea agreement He accused Monsignor Charles Ribaudo of sexually abusing him as a teenager reporting it to the diocese in 2001 Bishop Murphy removed Ribaudo from ministry at that time However a few months later another diocesan official allegedly asked Hands to keep his accusations secret as the diocese wanted to reinstate Ribaudo 31 In March 2003 after pleading guilty to abusing the boy Hands was sentenced to two years in prison and five years probation 32 In November 2006 Reverend Thomas G Saloy an administrator at the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Roosevelt was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography The Federal Bureau of Investigation came across Saloy while investigating an unrelated case in Wisconsin Saloy then contacted an investigator on America Online thinking it was a teenage boy 33 In May 2008 after undergoing treatment in Maryland Saloy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison 34 Reverend Gerald Twomey was arrested in May 2008 on charges of forcible touching and third degree sexual abuse He was accused of forcibly touching a man in a private home in 1996 35 Twomey had been suspended from ministry since June 2007 when he was accused of sexually abusing a ten year old in 1964 or 1965 36 By August 2019 the diocese had named 68 clergy who were credibly accused of acts of sex abuse 37 That same month Bishop Robert E Guglielmone of the Diocese of Charleston was named in a sex abuse lawsuit in New York A man accused Guglielmone then a pastor at St Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Amityville of sexually abusing him when he was an eight year in 1978 38 Guglielmone denied the allegations The diocese investigated the allegation and found it not credible 39 In December 2020 the Vatican concluded its investigation and determined Guglielmone to be innocent of the charges 40 In February 2019 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act The law created a one year lookback period in which victims of child sex abuse could file civil lawsuits against abusers that were previously barred by the statute of limitations 41 Also in February 2019 two women accused Bishop McGann of sexually abusing them as children in the 1960s and 1970s 42 In May 2020 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the 2019 New York Child Victims Act s statute of limitation deadline to file sex abuse lawsuits from August 2020 to January 2021 43 In May 2020 a Nassau County Supreme Court justice allowed pending lawsuits against the diocese to proceed The justice rejected legal claims from the diocest that the Child Victims Act violated due process 44 45 Bishops editBishops of Rockville Centre edit Walter P Kellenberg 1957 1976 John R McGann 1976 2000 James T McHugh 2000 coadjutor bishop 1998 2000 William F Murphy 2001 2017 John O Barres 2017 present Current auxiliary bishops edit Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski 2014 present Robert J Coyle 2018 present previously Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA 2013 2018 Luis Miguel Romero Fernandez 2020 present Former auxiliary bishops edit Vincent John Baldwin 1962 1979 John R McGann 1970 1976 appointed Bishop of this diocese Gerald Augustine John Ryan 1977 1985 James Joseph Daly 1977 1996 Alfred John Markiewicz 1986 1994 appointed Bishop of Kalamazoo Emil Aloysius Wcela 1988 2007 John Charles Dunne 1988 2013 Paul Henry Walsh 2003 2012 Peter Anthony Libasci 2007 2011 appointed Bishop of Manchester Nelson J Perez 2012 2017 appointed Bishop of Cleveland later Archbishop of Philadelphia Robert J Brennan 2012 2019 appointed Bishop of Columbus later Bishop of Brooklyn Richard Garth Henning 2018 2023 appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Providence Rhode Island Other diocesan priests who became bishops edit Robert E Guglielmone appointed Bishop of Charleston in 2009 William Edward Koenig appointed Bishop of Wilmington in 2021Coat of Arms editCoat of arms of Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre nbsp Notes Arms was designed and adopted when the diocese was erected Adopted 1957 Escutcheon The arms are divided into four parts two blue and two gold with a wavy line border Three parts include a scallop shell and the fourth part includes a lamb s head The center of the arms contains a black roundel with three stones Symbolism The blue and gold quarters appear on the coat of arms of King William III The scallop shells refer to the Native American name for Long Island Seawanhacky Island of Shells The scallop shells also signify the flowing of water in the sacrament of baptism The wavy lines represent the sea water around the diocese The lamb s head symbolizes innocence and represents St Agnes patron saint of Rockville Centre The stones derive from the coat of arms of Pope Pius XII The black roundel represents the black marshes of Breuck Landt Broken Land the seventeenth century name of Brooklyn Media editCatholic Faith Network CFn formerly known as Telecare was founded in 1969 by Monsignor Thomas Hartman CFn s programming includes live religious services talk shows devotional programs educational programming entertainment and children s programs It also presents coverage of special events at the Vatican and of papal journeys It serves subscribers in three states In 2012 the diocesan weekly newspaper Long Island Catholic switched to a subscription based monthly magazine 46 Education editSee also List of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre Former seminary edit Seminary of the Immaculate Conception 1926 to 2012 The diocese now uses St Joseph s Seminary in Yonkers as its major seminary High schools edit Diocesan edit Holy Trinity Diocesan High School Hicksville 1966 St John the Baptist Diocesan High School West Islip 1966 Operated by religious orders and independent edit Chaminade High School Mineola Marianists Fathers and Brothers Kellenberg Memorial High School Uniondale Marianists Fathers and Brothers 1987 Our Lady of Mercy Academy Syosset Sisters of Mercy 1928 Sacred Heart Academy Hempstead Sisters of St Joseph Brentwood 1949 St Anthony s High School South Huntington Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn 1933 St Dominic High School Oyster Bay independent 1928 St Mary s High School Manhasset Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist 1949 Closed schools edit Academy of Saint Joseph Brentwood 1856 to 2009 Bishop McGann Mercy Diocesan High School Riverhead 1956 to 2018 St Pius X Preparatory Seminary Uniondale 1961 to 1984 Catholic Charities editCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville Centre began operating in 1957 In 1974 it opened a residence for the developmentally disabled in Valley Stream As of 2019 Catholic Charities operates 13 residences Catholic Charities opened a shelter for single mothers in 1968 and in 2009 expanded it to include transitional housing Catholic Charities is one of the largest providers of affordable senior housing on Long Island operating over 1 300 units 47 Catholic Health editCatholic Health System formerly Catholic Health Services of Long Island was founded in 1997 and operates under the sponsorship of the Diocese of Rockville Centre 48 CHS operates six hospitals Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center West Islip Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre Saint Catherine of Siena Medical Center Smithtown Saint Charles Hospital Port Jefferson Saint Francis Hospital and Heart Center Flower Hill 49 Saint Joseph Hospital Bethpage 50 CHS is the primary clinical affiliate and major teaching site of New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury 51 With 17 000 employees CHS in 2017 was the third largest employer on Long Island 52 In 2021 CHSLI s name was changed to Catholic Health 53 Cemeteries editIn 2016 the diocese created a new corporation Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island to assume ownership of its cemeteries It administers four major cemeteries 54 Cemetery of the Holy Rood Westbury Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Coram Queen of Peace Cemetery Old Westbury Queen of All Saints Cemetery Central IslipIn addition the diocese contains 21 parish cemeteries Six of them are managed by Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island and the remainder by the individual parishes 54 St Charles Resurrection Cemeteries despite being located within the diocese in East Farmingdale is administered by the Diocese of Brooklyn References edit Who We Are Archived 2017 03 18 at the Wayback Machine Diocese of Rockville Centre Retrieved September 24 2015 The Diocese of Rockville Centre Celebrates Patron St Agnes the Diocese of Rockville Centre 1010 WINS On Air Online on Demand LI Diocese Loses Sex Abuse Suit Archived from the original on 2007 08 05 Retrieved 2005 12 14 a b Parish History New Church of St Patrick Huntington NY Retrieved 2023 04 08 Catholic Encyclopeida Archdiocese of New York New Advent Archived from the original on 2020 01 21 Retrieved 2006 01 21 New York Archdiocese Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 Cipollone Alex A Short History of our Parish Saint Brigid s Catholic Church Retrieved 2023 04 08 The Immigrant Church St Patrick s PDF Retrieved April 8 2023 Brooklyn Diocese Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 Rockville Centre Diocese Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 Church Hierarchy Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Celebrating 60 Years Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville Centre PDF The Mission September 2017 Archived from the original PDF on October 9 2020 Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Bishop John Raymond McGann Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 Bishop James Thomas McHugh Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 Bishop William Francis Murphy Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 a b Ryan Dick October 25 2002 One bishop s high cost of living National Catholic Reporter Retrieved 2022 01 24 New York Times Priests Say Murphy Takes a First Step January 25 2004 Rather John 2006 03 19 Can a Mediator Heal the Rift in the Diocese The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 09 04 6 Catholic schools on Long Island to close The Wall Street Journal Associated Press 6 December 2011 Bishop John Oliver Barres Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2023 09 04 The Most Reverend John Oliver Barres S T D J C L D D The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre January 28 2020 Archived from the original on February 25 2021 Retrieved May 1 2021 Diocese of Rockville Centre threatens bankruptcy if judge doesn t pause child sex abuse suits longisland news12 com June 15 2020 Rockville Centre diocese faces bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits Catholic News Agency June 15 2020 Nossa Jill June 18 2020 Diocese of Rockville Centre faces bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits Herald Community Newspapers Boniello Kathianne 13 June 2020 Diocese of Rockville Centre threatens bankruptcy in face of child sex abuse lawsuits Rockville Centre is fourth NY diocese to file for bankruptcy Catholic World Report October 1 2020 Retrieved October 1 2020 Parpan Grant 28 April 2021 New Diocese list of abusers includes 16 former local priests The Suffolk Times Corral Oscar May 17 2000 Ex Priest Charged with Abuse Newsday Retrieved 2023 09 05 Gearty Robert November 16 2000 Jail for Sex Rap Rev Newsday Retrieved 2023 09 05 Baker Al 2001 05 08 Priest on Long Island Is Charged With Sexual Abuse of Teenage Boy The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 09 04 LeSure Elizabeth January 2 2003 N Y Priest Church Protected Monsignor Midland Daily News Retrieved September 4 2023 Gootman Elissa 2003 03 05 L I Priest Apologizes to Victim Before Receiving a 2 Year Term The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 09 04 Priest charged with child porn Lewiston Sun Journal 2006 11 18 Retrieved 2023 09 05 PRIEST ADMITS TO KIDDIE PORN The New York Post 2008 05 02 Retrieved 2023 09 05 Harmon Brian 2008 03 12 Suspended priest faces new sex abuse rap New York Daily News Retrieved 2023 09 05 Jones Bart June 8 2007 Catholic Priest Denies Abusing 10 Year Old Newsday Retrieved 2023 09 05 Database of Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse app bishop accountability org Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Smith Glenn Hobbs Stephen Moore Thad 14 August 2019 Bishop of Charleston Diocese accused of sexual abuse in new lawsuit from NY Post and Courier Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Smith Glenn 14 August 2019 Bishop of Charleston Diocese accused of sexual abuse in new lawsuit from NY Post and Courier Charleston Catholic Bishop cleared by Vatican over child sexual abuse claim Catholic News Agency December 8 2020 Retrieved 2022 01 06 Joseph Elizabeth February 14 2019 This is society s way of saying we are sorry New York Governor tells survivors of sex abuse before signing Child Victims Act into law CNN 2 women accuse longtime Long Island Bishop John McGann of sex abuse ABC7 New York Retrieved 2023 09 05 Pozarycki Robert May 8 2020 Time limit extended for sex abuse victims to file claims under New York Child Victims Act amNewYork Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Tarinelli Ryan May 13 2020 Child Victims Act Does Not Violate Diocese s Due Process Right Nassau Justice Rules New York Law Journal Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Harris Cayla May 13 2020 Judge throws out constitutional challenge to Child Victims Act San Antonio Express News Retrieved Jul 1 2020 Rockville Centre diocese converts newspaper to monthly magazine Catholic News Agency Retrieved Jul 1 2020 About Us www catholiccharities cc Retrieved Jul 1 2020 https www chsli org about chs Catholic Health Services of Long Island About CHS List of Geographical Misnomers Newsday com 2006 05 28 Archived from the original on May 28 2006 Retrieved 2023 08 19 https www chsli org hospitals Catholic Health Services of Long Island Hospitals Clinical Education Institutions College of Osteopathic Medicine New York Tech www nyit edu Retrieved 2021 02 01 Long Island s largest employers Newsday Catholic Health Experts in medicine leaders in care CHSLI www chsli org Retrieved 2021 02 01 a b Map of Long Island Catholic Cemeteries PDF Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island Retrieved 2021 07 19 External links editThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre Official Website 40 39 48 N 73 38 13 W 40 66333 N 73 63694 W 40 66333 73 63694 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre amp oldid 1185754151, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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