appointed Bishop of Metuchen in 1997 Edward Bernard Scharfenberger, appointed Bishop of Albany in 2014 Kevin J. Sweeney, appointed Bishop of Paterson in 2020 Priests "equivalent to diocesan bishops" affiliated with this diocese Father Leo Joseph White, Apostolic Prefect of Garissa, Kenya, 1976-1984 - incardinated in 1990. Education The sitting bishop is also the true principal of the diocese's pre-seminary high school, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary. As of March 2009, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary is the only full-time high school seminary in the nation. Three Diocesan and/or parish high schools are under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens. As of 2019, only 36 Diocese of Brooklyn schools were still not scheduled to close, compared to the 102 which were operational in the 1980s. Between the mid-2000s and 2019, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn permanently closed 45 of its schools. High schools There are three diocesan and/or parish high schools under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. While the Catholic high schools below may geographically lie within the diocese, most are run independently of it. Brooklyn Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School- operated and staffed by the De la Salle Christian Brothers Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School- operated and staffed by the Sisters of Mercy Fontbonne Hall Academy- affiliated with the Sisters of St. Joseph Nazareth Regional High School- sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers St. Edmund Preparatory High School- staffed by a member of the Oratory of St. Philip of Neri and lay faculty, formerly staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, and the Sisters of St. Joseph Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn- formerly staffed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame Xaverian High School- operated and staffed by the Xaverian Brothers Queens Archbishop Molloy High School- staffed by the Marist Brothers Cathedral Preparatory Seminary- staffed by Diocesan Priests Christ the King Regional High School- formerly staffed by the Marist Brothers and Daughters of Wisdom Holy Cross High School- operated and staffed by Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School- operated and staffed by Brothers of the Sacred Heart St. Francis Preparatory School- staffed by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn St. John's Preparatory School- staffed by Diocesan Priests, formerly staffed by the De la Salle Christian Brothers and Sisters of Mercy The Mary Louis Academy- operated and staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood Elementary schools