Cities

Rochester

United States

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Rochester." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/cities/rochester-new-york.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Rochester. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/cities/rochester-new-york

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-rochester,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Rochester},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/cities/rochester-new-york},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Rochester is a city in western New York State, on the Genesee River near Lake Ontario, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.

Facts

Origins

Founded

Settled in 1789 at the falls of the Genesee River; Nathaniel Rochester and his partners bought the tract in 1802, offered lots for sale in 1811, and it was incorporated as a city in 1834. 1

Attributions

Traditionthe subject's own account

Roman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Rochester, erected on 3 March 1868 by separation from the Diocese of Buffalo. 2

Traditions

Sacred and Liturgical Languagesthe subject's own account

English in ordinary parish worship, with Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite alongside the vernacular. 3

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Diocese of Rochester Chapter 11 Settlement

Source Judge Confirms Bankruptcy Plan for Rochester Diocese

EWTN News: Bankruptcy Court Accepts Diocese of Syracuse's $176 Million Abuse Settlement

This source names Rochester directly: "sum among other New York settlements (Rochester $246 million, Buffalo $150 million, Rockville Centre $323 million)."

Source EWTN News: Bankruptcy Court Accepts Diocese of Syracuse's $176 Million Abuse SettlementDaniel Payne

Howard Thurman

This source names Rochester directly: "on to study at Morehouse College and Rochester Theological Seminary before being ordained a Baptist minister."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica: Verified Biographies (online academic reference)Encyclopaedia Britannica editors

New York

United States

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)

Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source

2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae

Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account

3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy