List of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

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This is a list of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

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High schools

There are three diocesan and/or parish high schools under the auspices of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens. While the Catholic high schools below may geographically lie within the diocese, most are run independently of it. [1]

Brooklyn

Queens

Elementary schools

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Queen of All Saints School, Fort Greene

There were 116 diocesan and parish elementary schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens including Saint Patrick Catholic Academy located at 9707 4th Ave New York. In March 2009. In the fall of 2009, a new free tuition school called the Pope John Paul II Family Academy [2] opened [3] at St. Barbara's School in Bushwick, Brooklyn.http://s3.amazonaws.com/vspot_prod_images/uploads/group/image/70349/77009186205980060.png In 2019 two Diocese of Brooklyn elementary schools– Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Academy in Bensonhurst, and Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Academy in Mill Basin - permanently closed, and two Bushwick schools, St Brigid and St. Frances Cabrini, merged. [4]

Brooklyn
Queens

Former schools

In the 1980s the diocese had about 102 schools. From the mid-2000s to 2019 the diocese had closed 45 schools. By 2019 36 remained. [7] Three grade schools were scheduled to close in 2019, and that year another two grade schools were to merge. [8] Another six schools were scheduled to close in 2020, with the six collectively being owed $600,000 in tuition. [9]

Seminaries

Brooklyn
Queens
Outside of the Diocese (Suffolk County)

High schools

Brooklyn

Queens

Grade schools

Brooklyn
Queens

References

  1. ↑ "Catholic High Schools". Diocese of Brooklyn website. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  2. ↑ NY Daily News (February 27, 2009). "Rich donor aids new Catholic school for poor fams" . Retrieved March 20, 2009.
  3. ↑ Pope John Pall II Family Academy official site
  4. 1 2 "With Schools Closing, Is Catholic Education Disappearing in Brooklyn?". Bklyner. June 21, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ Parrott, Max (September 11, 2019). "After merging Bushwick Catholic schools, Brooklyn Diocese installs new school infrastructure". QNS . Schneps Media . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Escobar, Allyson (September 5, 2019). "First Day of School: Jitters and Excitement". The Tablet . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  7. 1 2 McGibney, Megan (June 21, 2019). "With Schools Closing, Is Catholic Education Disappearing in Brooklyn?". Bklyner . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Diocese of Brooklyn to close 3 Catholic schools at end of school year". WABC. February 11, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 "Rally calls for Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy to remain open". News 12 Brooklyn . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ Blau, Eleanor (December 20, 1972). "A Brooklyn Diocese High School Will Close". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "After 115 Years, St. Joseph HS to Close in 2020". The Tablet. May 29, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ michaeldorgan (January 19, 2021). "Catholic High School in College Point to Close After Being Open for 100-Plus Years". Astoria Post. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  13. 1 2 "Old Mill Basin - Mary Queen Of Heaven Catholic Academy Closes Its Doors After 68 Years". Canarsie Courier . June 25, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Home". Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Academy. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  15. ↑ Katinas, Paula (February 7, 2019). "Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy closing in June". Brooklyn Reporter . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  16. 1 2 3 Katinas, Paula (July 9, 2020). "Diocese of Brooklyn Announces Closures of Six Schools". The Tablet . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  17. ↑ Nieto del Rio, Giulia McDonnell (September 5, 2020). "A Growing Number of Catholic Schools Are Shutting Down Forever". The New York Times . Retrieved September 11, 2020. [in image caption]Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, [...] after the school closed last month.
  18. ↑ "Corpus Christi School in Woodside to Close in June". DNAinfo New York. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Collection: Saint Gabriel's School (The La Salle School at St. Gabriel's). East Elmhurst, New York. (Queens) | Archives and Special Collection of Manhattan College and De La Salle Christian Brothers Archives". archivesspace.manhattan.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  20. ↑ Giossi, Marie Elena (February 8, 2019). "Three Brooklyn Diocese Schools Slated to Close, Two Will Merge". The Tablet . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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