The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The Diocese of Brooklyn is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New York. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn and its co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights. The current Bishop of Brooklyn is Robert J. Brennan.
James Thomas McHugh was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York during the year 2000.
Arthur Joseph Serratelli is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey from 2004 to 2020 and as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey between 2000 and 2004.
Gerald Michael Barbarito is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach in Florida since August 28, 2003. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York from 1999 to 2003 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City from 1994 to 1999.
Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City from 2003 to 2021.
Octavio Cisneros is a Cuban-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City from 2006 to 2020.
Ignatius Anthony Catanello was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. From 1994 to 2010 he served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Justin Joseph McCarthy was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. McCarthy served as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey from 1957 until his death in 1959. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark from 1954 to 1957
Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Hanifen was the first bishop of the new Diocese of Colorado Springs in Colorado, serving from 1984 to 2003. Hanifen served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado from 1974 to 1984.
John Charles Dunne is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Dunn served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York from 1988 until 2013.
Raymond Francis Chappetto is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City from 2012 to 2022.
Emil Aloysius Wcela was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Wcela served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York State from 1988 to 2007.
Edward Bernard Scharfenberger is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Albany in Upstate New York since 2014.
Carl Alan Kemme is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2014, he has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas.
Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski is a Polish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York since 2014.
Peter Leslie Smith is a South African-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Since 2014, he has served as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
James Massa is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City since 2015 and as rector of St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, New York.
Neil Edward Tiedemann C.P. is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Brooklyn from 2016 to 2023 and as bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville in Jamaica from 2008 to 2016.
Kevin J. Sweeney is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey since 2020.
Bruce Alan Lewandowski, CSsR is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and a member of the Redemptorists. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland, since 2020. He previously served in New York City, Saint Lucia, and Pennsylvania.
