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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rochester
This diocese, on its establishment by separation from the See of Buffalo, 24 January, 1868, comprised the counties of Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Yates, and Tompkins in the state of New York.
In 1896, after the death of Bishop Ryan of Buffalo, the boundary line of the two dioceses was somewhat changed, the counties of Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga being detached from the See of Buffalo and added to that of Rochester.
In 1864 St. Mary's Boys' Orphan Asylum was also established in Rochester under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph, to whom also the Girls' Orphan Asylum was confided in 1870 on the resignation of the Sisters of Charity hitherto in charge.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13102a.htm   (1445 words)

  
 USCCB - (OCYP) - 2004 Audit Executive Summary: Diocese of Rochester, New York
The diocese has a mechanism in place to respond promptly to any allegation where there is reason to believe that sexual abuse of a minor occurred.
The diocese complies with all applicable civil laws with respect to the reporting of allegations of sexual abuse of minors to civil authorities.
In all instances, the diocese advises victims/survivors of their right to report allegations of abuse by a member of the clergy to civil authorities.
www.usccb.org /ocyp/dioceses04/rochesterny.shtml   (882 words)

  
 Diocese of Rochester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese is ancient having been established in 604, only the neighbouring diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England.
In 1877, Essex and Hertfordshire became the new Diocese of St Albans.
Church of England Dioceses in the Province of Canterbury
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diocese_of_Rochester   (270 words)

  
 Links and News Releases Concerning the
The Diocese of Rochester, New York this week announced the excommunication of a priest who was removed his office as a pastor and then went to set up his own church.
Recently, the case of an alleged-priest of the Diocese of Rochester, NY fell into the clutches of the local press and television media.
Actually, the diocese’s statement said that, "Father Callan has effectively excommunicated himself." The excommunication means that Callan cannot legitimately participate in any of the sacraments even as a layperson, until such time as his bishop may choose to lift it.
www.unavoce.org /rochester_schism.htm   (2760 words)

  
 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Diocese consists of 158 parishes, 53 diocesan, parish, and private elementary schools, and seven high schools, and it serves a community of 341,500 Catholics of the Diocese with 246 diocesan priests and 135 deacons.
A compliance audit of the Diocese was conducted during the period of September 15-19, 2003.
The diocese has participated in the research study regarding the “nature and scope” of the problem of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.
www.usccb.org /ocyp/audit2003/rochesterny.htm   (791 words)

  
 Diocese of Mpwapwa
The Diocese of Mpwapwa is part of the Anglican Church of Tanzania.
The Diocese is led by the Diocesan Bishop, the Rt.
At the Rochester Diocesan Synod (Church of England) meeting on 16 October 2004 a link was approved between the Diocese of Rochester and the Dioceses of Mpwapwa and Kondoa.
www.tarlings.com /diocese_of_mpwapwa.htm   (643 words)

  
 PBSC: Rochester race - Pentecost 99
Robinson was one of six candidates in the Diocese of Newark in June 1998.
And in 1906, a diocesan court found the Rev. Algernon Sidney Crapsey of Rochester guilty of denying the doctrine of the Trinity, denying Jesus' miraculous conception and virgin birth and denying his bodily resurrection.
The Diocese of Rochester's Nominating Committee has presented five white men as nominees prepare to elect a new bishop on June 19, and that has left some diocesan liberals troubled.
www.anglican.tk /pblam/pblam285.htm   (2123 words)

  
 Episcopal News Service
Robinson, who wrote to the diocese on February 18 to say that he had entered treatment on February 1, wrote again to the diocese March 7 to say he had returned from the Caron Foundation treatment center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, on March 2.
The diocesan convention in November 2005 dissolved All Saints' "because of its refusal to live by the norms, or canons, of this diocese," the statement said.
The diocese also sent a letter to Harnish and the former wardens and vestry members of All Saints' asking that they turn over the property and records, and that they take responsibility for dissolving the secular corporation.
www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_72777_ENG_HTM.htm   (1253 words)

  
 Father Gagnier's Jubilee Year Pilgrimage : Rochester, England: Castle,Cathedral & R.C. Church
Rochester's shrine of Saint William of Perth became a place of pilgrimage second only to Canterbury's shrine of Saint Thomas Becket.
The coat of arms of the Diocese of Rochester, New York,designed in 1933, also uses the X but instead uses a crescent moon in the center, a symbol of Mary under the title of Immaculate Conception, patroness of the United States of America.
To the left is the coat of arms of the Diocese of Southwark.
www.catholic-church.org /stdominic-shortsville/p0000624.htm   (941 words)

  
 Have Cake -- Eat It Too! [Diocese of Rochester resolution fisked]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
First, Rochester expresses its "deep desire to remain in the Anglican Communion." They then go ahead and say that their understanding of communion is based on communion with Canterbury, and not much else.
In addition to these four items, which clearly contradict the earlier statement promising to not "impose uniformity," the Diocese of Rochester, in a separate action, voted to expel All Saints Irondequoit from the Diocese because it is an orthodox parish that has refused to pay its apportionment.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the 2005 Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1526245/posts   (1531 words)

  
 Diocese Holds Youth Convention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester held its annual youth convention Saturday.
Michael Theison of Catholic Diocese of Rochester says, “We also hope that they take the message that they're not alone among being a teenager of faith in the world today, and there are others who celebrate and struggle, with that and all that that means as well."
This is the 10th year the diocese has held the event.
www.rnews.com /print.cfm?id=12236   (120 words)

  
 Bishop of Rochester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.
The see is in the City of Rochester where the seat is located at The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a cathedral in 604.
The diocese of Rochester was historically the oldest and smallest of all the suffragan sees of Canterbury.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_of_Rochester   (333 words)

  
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The coat of arms of the English Diocese, founded in A.D. 604, is a red St. Andrew cross on white background, with a scallop shell in the center.
The coat of arms of our Diocese was designed in 1933 by a noted heraldry artist, Pierre LaRose, using the same cross on gold background, but with a crescent moon, a symbol of the Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the USA.
Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester in England and Martyr for the Christian Faith.
www.catholic-church.org /stdominic-shortsville/bell.htm   (1129 words)

  
 Episcopal Bishop 'Inhibits' Priest
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester has taken action against the priest of a church in Irondequoit that took a stand against the diocese.
Jack McKelvey, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester “inhibited” Reverend David Harnish.
Harnish stands strong in his convictions, despite the fact that, after nearly 25 years as a priest, the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester has decided to inhibit him or strip him of his duties as a priest.
www.rnews.com /print.cfm?id=34306   (510 words)

  
 The Living Church Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Diocese of Rochester announced at a press conference Monday that it will be asking the New York State Supreme Court, Monroe County, to award it the property and records of the former parish of All Saints' Church, Irondequoit, N.Y., as well as unspecified personal damages from the former rector and vestry.
Last November the Rochester diocesan convention voted to terminate the All Saints' parish charter.
Tensions between the diocese and All Saints' began shortly after the 74th General Convention when the parish announced its intention to withhold its apportionment payment in protest over the diocese’s support for the consecration of a partnered homosexual as Bishop of New Hampshire and for permitting liturgical blessings of same-sex unions.
www.livingchurch.org /publishertlc/viewarticle.asp?ID=1734   (334 words)

  
 Annual Convention - Diocese of Newark
The diocese is composed of a significant number of churches that are made up of peoples of many colors and cultures.
The Diocese of Massachusetts is considering a similar resolution at its convention in mid-November.
For our own Diocese of Newark it will show the impending crisis that many of our inner suburban communities are or will be facing as a result of a loss and shift in the tax base.
www.dioceseofnewark.org /convention/resolutions03.html   (6036 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service
[Diocese of Rochester] It is with great sorrow and regret that the Bishop’s Council of the Diocese of Rochester announces its decision to suspend the diocese’s long-standing link with the Diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Where individual people and parishes in the two dioceses have developed links, they will be encouraged and supported in working to maintain them wherever possible.
Equally, while the formal link may be suspended, the Diocese of Rochester will continue to raise funds through collections taken at Confirmation Services and will not stop in its efforts to provide financial support to the people of the Diocese of Harare.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/29/75/acns2979.html   (435 words)

  
 Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Greater Rochester region of New York State.
The region that the Diocese comprises extends from the southern shore of Lake Ontario through the Finger Lakes region to the New York-Pennsylvania border.
The Metropolitan for this Diocese is the Archdiocese of New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Rochester   (255 words)

  
 VirtueOnline - News - News - ROCHESTER, NY: Diocese files suit against All Saints Episcopal
The Irondequoit parish was voted out of the diocese in November, so the property - including religious records - should be returned and the legal corporation of the parish should be dissolved, the suit states.
The diocese's position is that Episcopal churches and their land, religious records and other property are held in trust for the diocese.
Meanwhile the diocese of Rochester was auto-answering their e-mails with some ridiculous notice of them being to busy to respond.
www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3712   (1672 words)

  
 VirtueOnline - News - News - ROCHESTER, NY: Diocese sues former rector, congregation members
It used to be....many years ago in the 1940s and 50s....that the bishops would leave the running of their dioceses to the laity, when diocesan leadership wasn't regarded as politicians in backward collars and purple shirts assuming personal control over everything that went on in the diocese.
Perhaps All Saints, Rochester, could file a countersuit against the Diocese in general and the Bishop specific for their demonstrated lack of toeing the mark set by Timothy 3.
No matter how conservative your diocese, you're going to have difficulty reaching the unchurched because they don't know that your diocese is conservative--as far as they're concerned, you're part of that gay/lesbian church and what parent in their right mind would consider bringing their kids to that kind of place?
www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3764   (3065 words)

  
 Democrat and Chronicle | Day In The Life of Gates & Chili   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The archives, which date back to 1868, when the diocese was founded, are housed in several large rooms in the basement of diocesan headquarters at 1150 Buffalo Road.
The collection includes paintings, photographs and religious artifacts; papers, writings and photographs of all bishops who have served the diocese; files on every parish; biographies on every priest ordained in the diocese; files on church-related hospitals and social service and community agencies; historical diocesan and parish records; and books and other publications by diocesan authors.
In October 1966, at age 70, Sheen was chosen by Pope Paul VI as spiritual leader of the diocese in Rochester.
www.democratandchronicle.com /homes/community/gateschili/story10.html   (625 words)

  
 All Saints sues Episcopal Diocese of Rochester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Irondequoit parish, formerly known as All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church, was voted out of the diocese in November after it withheld $16,000 from the diocese.
All churches in the diocese are expected to pass along some of their income to the diocese, so withholding the money was seen as breaking communion with the churches in the diocese.
Earlier this month, the Rochester diocese filed suit against the parish, saying that the property - including religious records - should be returned and the legal corporation of the parish should be dissolved.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1606398/posts   (366 words)

  
 Episcopal Diocese of Newark Total Ministry Task Force
It will be hard to train deacons and educate the diocese about their role because there are so many different opinions about what the role of the deacon should be.
When she moved to the Diocese of Newark in 1991, she was unable to be ordained deacon, but she has continued to exercise her vocation in fruitful and effective ways.
That the Diocese of Newark establish a Committee on Lay Ministry whose purpose it is to develop programs to support and validate lay ministry as a response to the call of God found within a community of faith.
www.dioceseofnewark.org /totalmin.html   (9596 words)

  
 Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, NY
Welcome to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.
Led by Bishop Matthew H. Clark, the Diocese of Rochester extends from the southern shore of Lake Ontario, through New York's Finger Lakes region, and to the New York-Pennsylvania border.
Established in 1868, the Diocese encompasses 12 counties and is home to approximately 350,000 Catholics.
www.dor.org   (69 words)

  
 News in the Rochester area
Her parish joins 35 others in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester in a Community Pledge for Life that will help these teens and other women faced with crisis pregnancies.
an, Consistent Life Ethic Coordinator of the Diocese, said, "One of the challenges we face in city and suburb alike are teen and crisis pregnancies.
Today, led by St. Leo's of Hilton, the Diocese of Rochester formalizes an outreach that hundreds of its parishioners have been doing informally for decades.
www.righttoliferoch.org /nroch.htm   (637 words)

  
 Rochester, New York For Kids
View photos of the Rochester RazorSharks, the defending ABA Basketball Champions.
Rochester's School Superintendent, Manuel Rivera, will retire at the end of the 2006-2007 school year.
Okay, I was at the library and had to take a picture when I left.
www.rochesterforkids.com   (154 words)

  
 The Cafeteria Is Closed: The Poster Boy of Rochester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Off the Record has an entry on these posters from the Diocese of Rochester.
Now, it's interesting WHO the Diocese of Rochester chose as their poster boy.
Father Joe Marcoux is one of 30 Rochester priests [one of the 3 authors, actually] who deplores the violence of the language of the Vatican instruction on gay marriage:
closedcafeteria.blogspot.com /2006/05/poster-boy-of-rochester.html   (829 words)

  
 Poster-Boy Priest of Rochester Diocese is Known Dissident
Poster-Boy Priest of Rochester Diocese is Known Dissident
ROCHESTER, May 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Diogenes, the ever-watchful anonymous author of Catholic World Report's back-page and the main blogger of Catholic World News has pointed out the unbelievable fact that the priest used by the Rochester diocese in magazines to promote the priesthood is a known dissident.  Fr.
The diocese cannot claim ignorance of Marcoux's actions since he led the charge to write the controversial letter to the US Bishops Conference, and the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith then and sent a copy to his bishop, Rochester Bishop Matthew Clark.
www.lifesite.net /ldn/2006/may/06050811.html   (403 words)

  
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