Diocese of Buffalo

Diocese of Buffalo Dioecesis Buffalensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Western New York (Counties of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Cattauraugus, and Allegany, New York)
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of New York
Metropolitan	795 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14203
Statistics
Area	16,511 km2 (6,375 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 1,632,000 721,000 (44.2%)
Parishes	164
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 23, 1847
Cathedral	St. Joseph Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Richard Joseph Malone
Metropolitan Archbishop	Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York
Auxiliary Bishops	Edward M. Grosz
Emeritus Bishops	Edward U. Kmiec Bishop emeritus of Buffalo
Map
Website
buffalodiocese.org

The Diocese of Buffalo is a Roman Catholic diocese headquartered in Buffalo, New York, United States. It is included in the province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in the Roman Rite. The Buffalo Diocese includes eight counties in Western New York State. The Catholic population is nearly 700,000. The Diocese is divided into more than 150 parishes, which also include churches, schools, convents, seminaries, hospitals, and colleges. The Buffalo Diocese was established in 1847. From the Buffalo Diocese, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was created in 1868. The Most Reverend Richard Joseph Malone became the 14th bishop of the Buffalo Diocese, August 10, 2012.

The Diocese covers 6,455 square miles (16,720 km²) throughout the eight counties of Western New York; and has a Catholic population of 690,000. In the Diocese are 166 parishes, 15 high schools, 52 elementary schools, seven colleges and universities, one seminary, convents, and four hospitals.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo was established April 23, 1847. It was set apart from the great Diocese of New York and the See located at Buffalo on Lake Erie, the territory comprising nearly one-third of the State of New York.

In 1868, the Diocese of Rochester was formed from the eastern counties of the territory of the Diocese of Buffalo. In 1896, after Bishop Stephen Vincent Ryan's death, four more counties, including Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga, were taken from the Diocese of Buffalo and added to the Rochester jurisdiction.

The Diocese of Buffalo includes the following eight counties in Western New York State:

The lists of bishops and auxiliary bishops of the diocese and their years of service, followed by other priests of this diocese who became bishops:

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