Diocese of

Albany

USA USA

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Albany / Albanen(sis) in America (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New York

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Mary

Liturgical Calendar (National) πŸ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: 40 North Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203-1422, USA

Phone: +1 (518) 453-6600

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.02.11 – ...):Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (75)Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Albany (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (75)Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (75)
(2014.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Albany (USA)

Lord, make me a channel of your peace

Born:1948.05.29 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1973.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:2014.04.10

Priest of Brooklyn (USA) (1973.07.02 – 2014.02.11)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (2014.02.11 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo (USA) (2019.12.04 – 2020.12.01)

Bishop Howard James Hubbard
(1977.02.01 – 2014.02.11)

Rejoice, We Are God’s People

Born:1938.10.31 (Troy, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1963.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1977.03.27
Died:2023.08.19 (Albany, NY, USA † 84)

Priest of Albany (USA) (1963.12.18 – 1977.02.01)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1977.02.01 – 2014.02.11)

Civilly married without dispensation 2023.

Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick
(1969.03.19 – 1976.06.03)

Abide with us O Lord

Born:1917.01.16 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1942.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1967.04.21
Died:2006.07.02 († 89)

Priest of New York (USA) (1942.05.30 – 1967.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Thizica (1967.03.08 – 1969.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1967.03.08 – 1969.03.19)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1969.03.19 – 1976.06.03)

Bishop William Aloysius Scully
(1954.11.10 – 1969.01.05)

Tibi servire regnare

Born:1894.08.06 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1919.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1945.10.24
Died:1969.01.05 (Albany, NY, USA † 74)

Priest of New York (USA) (1919.09.20 – 1945.08.21)

Titular Bishop of Pharsalus (1945.08.21 – 1954.11.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (USA) (1945.08.21 – 1954.11.10)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1954.11.10 – 1969.01.05)

Bishop Edmund Francis Gibbons
(1919.03.10 – 1954.11.10)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:1868.09.16 (White Plains, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1893.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:1919.03.25
Died:1964.06.19 (Albany, NY, USA † 95)

Priest of Buffalo (USA) (1893.05.27 – 1919.03.10)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1919.03.10 – 1954.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Verbe (1954.11.10 – 1964.06.19)

Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack
(1915.07.05 – 1918.07.12)

Born:1862.02.22 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1885.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1904.04.25
Died:1918.07.12 (New York, NY, USA † 56)

Priest of New York (USA) (1885.05.30 – 1904.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Themiscyra (1904.03.11 – 1915.07.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1904.03.11 – 1915.07.05)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1915.07.05 – 1918.07.12)

Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke
(1894.05.15 – 1915.01.20)

Born:1840.01.10 (Swinford, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1864.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1894.07.01
Died:1915.01.20 († 75)

Priest of Albany (USA) (1864.06.30 – 1894.05.15)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1894.05.15 – 1915.01.20)

Bishop Francis McNeirny
(1877.10.16 – 1894.01.02)

Born:1828.04.25 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1854.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1872.04.21
Died:1894.01.02 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Resaina (1871.12.22 – 1877.10.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (USA) (1871.12.22 – 1877.10.16)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1877.10.16 – 1894.01.02)

Bishop John Joseph Conroy
(1865.07.07 – 1877.10.16)

Born:1819.07.25 (Clonaslee, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1842.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1865.10.15
Died:1895.11.20 (New York, NY, USA † 76)

Priest of New York (USA) (1842.05.21 – 1865.07.07)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1865.07.07 – 1877.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Curium (1877.10.16 – 1895.11.20)

Bishop John McCloskey (later Cardinal)
(1847.05.21 – 1864.05.06)

In spem vitæ æternæ

Born:1810.03.10 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1834.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:1844.03.10
Created Cardinal:1875.03.15
Died:1885.10.10 (New York City, NY, USA † 75)

Priest of New York (USA) (1834.01.12 – 1843.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Axieri (1843.11.21 – 1847.05.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of New York (USA) (1843.11.21 – 1847.05.21)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1847.05.21 – 1864.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1864.05.06 – 1885.10.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1875.09.17 – 1885.10.10)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (157)

Scranton (↙), Syracuse (←), Ogdensburg (↑), Burlington (β†—), Springfield in Massachusetts (β†’), Hartford (β†˜), New York (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 26,985 kmΒ²

Population: 316,275 Catholics (22.6% of 1,400,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 126 parishes

Personnel: 211 priests (166 diocesan, 45 religious), 114 deacons, 560 religious (105 brothers, 455 sisters), 34 seminarians

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