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Diocese of Buffalo
The Diocese of Buffalo (Latin: Diœcesis Buffalensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Western New York in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the metropolitan province of the Archdiocese of New York.
The Diocese of Buffalo includes eight counties in New York State. It was erected in 1847. The mother church of the diocese is St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo.
Since December 2020, Michael Fisher has served as the bishop of Buffalo.
The Diocese of Buffalo covers 6,455 square miles (16,720 km2) .
As of 2018, the diocese has a Catholic population of 725,125. The diocese had 161 parishes, 15 high schools, 52 elementary schools, seven colleges and universities, and four hospitals.
In 1678, Louis Hennepin, accompanying French explorer René-Robert La Salle, celebrated the first mass in present day Buffalo.
During the British rule of the Province of New York in the 18th century, Catholics were banned from the colony. 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."
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Diocese of Buffalo
The Diocese of Buffalo (Latin: Diœcesis Buffalensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Western New York in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the metropolitan province of the Archdiocese of New York.
The Diocese of Buffalo includes eight counties in New York State. It was erected in 1847. The mother church of the diocese is St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo.
Since December 2020, Michael Fisher has served as the bishop of Buffalo.
The Diocese of Buffalo covers 6,455 square miles (16,720 km2) .
As of 2018, the diocese has a Catholic population of 725,125. The diocese had 161 parishes, 15 high schools, 52 elementary schools, seven colleges and universities, and four hospitals.
In 1678, Louis Hennepin, accompanying French explorer René-Robert La Salle, celebrated the first mass in present day Buffalo.
During the British rule of the Province of New York in the 18th century, Catholics were banned from the colony. 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."