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 |
Information | |
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 M. Dolan Archbishop of New York |
Vicar General | Timothy S. Elmer |
Emeritus Bishops | Thomas Joseph Costello |
Map | |
Website | |
syracusediocese.org |
The Diocese of Syracuse is a Catholic diocese headquartered in Syracuse, New York, United States. The current bishop is the Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse includes 237,546 Catholics residing in seven counties of Central and South Central New York State. The seven counties are Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego.
The list of ordinaries of the diocese and their years of service:
Coordinates: 43°02′45.7″N 76°08′58.7″W / 43.046028°N 76.149639°W