Friday, April 05, 2019


This list is a bit old but interesting:  Catholic Dioceses in the USA listed by size

Rockville Centre is # 8 and our neighbor and 'parent' Diocese of Brooklyn is #5.  We used to be part of the Brooklyn Diocese so if RVC were not created, the combined Diocese would be #2.

Here are the top twenty:


#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicDioceseYearSource
14,174,30411,096,20037.62%Los Angeles (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
22,521,0875,602,41845.00%New York (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
32,442,0006,104,00040.01%Chicago (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
42,077,4873,970,02652.33%Boston (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
51,826,5924,694,70538.91%Brooklyn2004ap2005
61,486,0583,872,78338.37%Philadelphia (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
71,481,8664,441,55133.36%Detroit (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
81,428,5632,753,91351.87%Rockville Centre2004ap2005
91,319,5582,835,59446.54%Newark (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
101,170,4803,000,00039.02%Orange in California2004ap2005
111,041,1234,972,54420.94%Galveston-Houston (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
121,017,1963,556,63128.60%San Bernardino2004ap2005
13930,3793,041,19530.59%San Diego2004ap2005
14930,3523,371,30027.60%Dallas2004ap2005
15904,0004,755,50019.01%Seattle (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
16888,0041,044,71185.00%Brownsville2004ap2005
17856,7834,036,79921.22%Miami (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
18815,7191,966,06741.49%Pittsburgh2004ap2005
19812,6752,852,33128.49%Cleveland2004ap2005
20780,9252,000,23539.04%Trenton2004ap2005

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