Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany covers 14 counties in Eastern New York (Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer,Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington).

History

Initially the diocese was part of the Archdiocese of New York, but was established as a diocese on April 23, 1847.

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Ordinaries

The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Diocese of Albany (and their terms of service)

   * Bishop John McCloskey (1847–1865)(later the Archbishop of New York and first American Cardinal
   * Bishop John J. Conroy(1865–1877)
   * Bishop Francis McNierney (1877–1894)
   * Bishop Thomas Burke (1894–1915)
   * Bishop Thomas Cusack (1915–1919)
   * Bishop Edmund Gibbons (1919–1954)
   * Bishop William Scully
   * Bishop Edward Maginn
   * Bishop Edwin Broderick
   * Bishop Howard J. Hubbard (1977-present)