Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
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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.
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Diocese of Buffalo Diœcesis Buffalensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Western New York (Counties of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Cattaraugus, and Allegany, New York) |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New York |
Headquarters | 795 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14203 |
Statistics | |
Area | 16,511 km2 (6,375 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018) 1,527,681 727,125 (47.6%) |
Parishes | 161 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | April 23, 1847; 177 years ago (1847-04-23) |
Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
Patron saint | St. Joseph[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Michael William Fisher |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
Bishops emeritus | Richard Joseph Malone Edward M. Grosz |
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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.
As of 2023, Michael Fisher is the bishop of Buffalo.