We are The Roman Catholic Church on Long Island

Formed from the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1957, the Diocese of Rockville Centre by reason of population, is the second largest diocese in the U.S.

The single largest outreach to the People of God on Long Island is through its media outlets. Telecare broadcasts 24/7/365 to over 1.5 million homes; weekly newspaper, The Long Island Catholic with a circulation of over 101,000 is one of the largest weekly papers on Long Island; our diocesan website averages over 13,000 unique visitors each month; our Spanish language newspaper reaches 11,000 Hispanics per month.
The Roman Catholic Church on Long Island is comprised of 134 parishes in 115 towns as well as the Diocesan corporation, housed at the Pastoral Center in Rockville Centre.
The Diocese is blessed with over 370 priests, 771 religious women, 72 brothers and 250 deacons are in ministry.

The Diocese of Rockville Centre with its hospitals, parishes, schools and other Diocese-associated institutions is the second largest non-governmental employer on Long Island with approximately 19,800 lay employees.

Liturgical and Sacramental:

17,000 were baptized into the Catholic faith.
17,000 children received Jesus for the first time in the Holy Eucharist.
19,000 adolescents were confirmed by our bishops.
3,000 couples married into the Catholic Church.
Catholic clergy and community provided consolation to families and loved ones of over 12,000 Catholics.

Over 33,000 students are educated in 57 Catholic elementary and ten Catholic high schools by over 2,000 dedicated educators.
99 percent of our high school graduates go on to college.

Hundreds of thousands are brought to a closer relationship with God through the work of the ministries of the office of new evangelization, including: campus ministry, Catholics of African Ancestry, Haitian Ministry, Hispanic Ministry, the Diocesan Mission in the Dominican Republic, Renewal, youth and young adult ministries.

We are a Diocese with 17,000 catechists educating 120,000 children in religious education each year.
Through the ongoing efforts of pastoral staff and volunteers, we prepare engaged couples for marriage and parents for the Baptism of their children.
We work for the inclusion of persons with special needs in faith formation and parish life.
Parish and diocesan programs provide ongoing formation in the faith for our adult members.

In 2008, more than 55,000 poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged individuals were assisted by Catholic Charities on Long Island.
Meals-on-Wheels delivers more than 200,000 meals to homebound seniors each year.
Through parish outreach programs, we, the Catholic Church on Long Island, provide direct services to more than 17,000 individuals and families each month.
We provide safe and affordable housing to people in our communities with 15 senior housing facilities with more than 1,200 affordable apartments.
Housing and supportive services are made available to adults with chronic mental illness and substance abuse difficulties.
We provide housing and support services to pregnant and parenting young women and their children and residences for people with disabilities.

Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHSLI) serves hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders each year through a system of five hospitals, three nursing homes, a regional home care and hospice network and a community-based agency for those with special needs.
More than 15,400 staff and 3,300 medical professionals work within the CHSLI system.

More than 3200 interments were performed in 3 Diocesan and 20 parish cemeteries.
64 parishes offer bereavement support groups and programs for the bereaved.