Diocese of Albany
| Diocese of Albany | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of New York |
| Diocesan bishop | Edward Scharfenberger |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Howard James Hubbard |
| Vicar General | Michael A. Farano |
| founding | 1847 |
| surface | 26,975 km² |
| Parishes | 126 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 1,412,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 345,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 24.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 173 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 62 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,468 |
| Permanent deacons | 108 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 110 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 588 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| address | 40 N. Main Ave. Albany NY 12203-1422 |
| Website | www.rcda.org |
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The Diocese of Albany ( Latin Dioecesis Albanensis in America , English Diocese of Albany ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the USA with its seat in Albany , the capital of the state of New York .
history
The diocese was founded on April 23, 1847 by Pope Pius IX. taken out of the diocese of New York and is subject to this today as a suffragan . On February 15, 1872 the diocese of Ogdensburg was by Pope Pius IX. established and separated from the Diocese of Albany, on November 26, 1886, the Diocese of Syracuse was established and also removed from the area of the diocese.
cathedral
Episcopal Church is the Cathedral Immaculate Conception ( Immaculate Conception ). It was completed in 1852.
Bishops
- John McCloskey (1847–1864, then Archbishop of New York )
- John Joseph Conroy (1865–1877)
- Francis McNeirny (1877-1894)
- Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke (1894–1915)
- Thomas Francis Cusack (1915-1918)
- Edmund Francis Gibbons (1919–1954)
- William Aloysius Scully (1954–1969)
- Edwin Bernard Broderick (1969–1976)
- Howard James Hubbard (1977-2014)
- Edward Scharfenberger (since 2014)
See also
Web links
- Site of the Diocese of Albany (English)
- Site of the Cathedral of Albany (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Albany on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
