Diocese of Albany

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Bishop(s) Howard James Hubbard, Bishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 23 April 1847 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New York Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: New York Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 26,975 (10,419 Square Miles) Description: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Green, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington Counties plus parts of Herkimer and Hamilton Counties. Conference Region: II (NY) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: ALB Official Web Site: http://www.rcda.org/ Mailing Address: 40 N. Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203-1422 Telephone: (518) 453-6600 Fax: 453-6795

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• John McCloskey † (21 May 1847 Appointed - 6 May 1864 Appointed, Archbishop of New York, New York)
• John Joseph Conroy † (7 Jul 1865 Appointed - 16 Oct 1877 Resigned)
• Francis McNeirny † (16 Oct 1877 Succeeded - 2 Jan 1894 Died)
• Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke † (15 May 1894 Appointed - 20 Jan 1915 Died)
• Thomas Francis Cusack † (5 Jul 1915 Appointed - 12 Jul 1918 Died)
• Edmund Francis Gibbons † (10 Mar 1919 Appointed - 10 Nov 1954 Retired)
• William Aloysius Scully † (10 Nov 1954 Succeeded - 5 Jan 1969 Died)
• Edwin Bernard Broderick † (19 Mar 1969 Appointed - 3 Jun 1976 Resigned)
• Howard James Hubbard (1 Feb 1977 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
23 April 1847	Erected	Diocese of New York	Diocese of Albany (erected)
15 February 1872	Territory Lost	Diocese of Albany	Diocese of Ogdensburg (erected)
26 November 1886	Territory Lost	Diocese of Albany	Diocese of Syracuse (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	285,775	952,022	30.0%	379	198	577	495		315	710	159	ap1951
1959	357,600	1,031,747	34.7%	396	234	630	567		368	1,680	206	ap1960
1965	397,612	1,160,420	34.3%	473	255	728	546		390	1,872	208	ap1967
1968	426,968	1,322,000	32.3%	472	271	743	574		386	1,468	207	ap1971
1976	424,219	1,472,684	28.8%	417	212	629	674		397	1,245	207	ap1977
1980	412,000	1,492,000	27.6%	369	158	527	781	36	248	1,422	201	ap1981
1990	427,022	1,123,090	38.0%	327	168	495	862	81	237	1,168	199	ap1991
1999	403,403	1,340,388	30.1%	306	118	424	951	93	86	1,001	186	ap2000
2000	411,000	1,365,000	30.1%	292	118	410	1,002	87	214	951	184	ap2001
2001	411,000	1,386,200	29.6%	264	105	369	1,113	89	199	934	183	ap2002
2002	400,000	1,340,450	29.8%	257	105	362	1,104	91	199	910	182	ap2003
2003	400,000	1,342,460	29.8%	246	108	354	1,129	95	194	895	181	ap2004
2004	400,000	1,342,465	29.8%	227	108	335	1,194	97	188	867	178	ap2005
2006	403,000	1,351,000	29.8%	232	108	340	1,185	105	188	832	167	ap2007

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Matthew Harvey Clark (Priest: 19 Dec 1962 to 23 Apr 1979)
• Joseph Walter Estabrook (Priest: 30 May 1969 to 7 May 2004)
• Harry Joseph Flynn (Priest: 28 May 1960 to 19 Apr 1986)
• Howard James Hubbard (Priest: 18 Dec 1963; Bishop: 1 Feb 1977 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Edwin Bernard Broderick † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1969 to 3 Jun 1976)
• Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke † (Bishop: 15 May 1894 to 20 Jan 1915)
• John Joseph Conroy † (Bishop: 7 Jul 1865 to 16 Oct 1877)
• Thomas Francis Cusack † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1915 to 12 Jul 1918)
• Edmund Francis Gibbons † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1919 to 10 Nov 1954)
• Patrick Anthony Ludden † (Priest: 21 May 1865 to 14 Dec 1886)
• Edward Joseph Maginn † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1957 to 8 Jul 1972)
• John McCloskey † (Bishop: 21 May 1847 to 6 May 1864)
• Francis McNeirny † (Coadjutor Bishop: 22 Dec 1871; Bishop: 16 Oct 1877 to 2 Jan 1894)
• John Gavin Nolan † (Priest: 11 Jun 1949 to 12 Dec 1987)
• John Joseph Thomas Ryan † (Priest: 3 Jun 1939 to 7 Feb 1966)
• William Aloysius Scully † (Coadjutor Bishop: 21 Aug 1945; Bishop: 10 Nov 1954 to 5 Jan 1969)
• Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams † (Priest: 15 Jan 1850 to 15 Feb 1872)