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Diocese of Syracuse

Syracusen(sis)

The Diocese of Syracuse is a Latin Church diocese in central New York, erected in 1886. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York and is led by Bishop Douglas J. Lucia, installed in 2019.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
26 November 1886
Latin
Syracusen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Annuario code
001003138

The see in figures

Catholics
342,361
Population
1,186,894
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
28.8%
Priests
180
Catholics per priest
1,902
Extent
14,915 km²
Catholics per km²
23

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Douglas J. Lucia
Born
17 March 1963
Birthplace
Plattsburgh

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Syracuse, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of New York

A suffragan of Archdiocese of New York.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Upstate New York in the United States is served in part by the Diocese of Syracuse (Latin: Diœcesis Syracusensis), whose episcopal see rests in the city of Syracuse. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York, the diocese is led by Bishop Douglas Lucia.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.