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Diocese of Albany

Dioecesis Albanensis



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Bishop(s)

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: 26,985 (10,422 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 North Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203-1422, USA
  • Telephone: (518) 453-6612
  • Fax: 453-6795

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 April 1847ErectedDiocese of New York Diocese of Albany (erected)
Diocese of Buffalo (erected)
19 July 1850Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Albany (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Boston (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Buffalo (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Hartford (from Baltimore to New York)
16 February 1872Territory LostDiocese of Albany Diocese of Ogdensburg (erected) (Counties of St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Ifferson, Lewis, and Essex along with parts of Hamiliton and De Herkimer)
26 November 1886Territory LostDiocese of Albany Diocese of Syracuse (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950285,775952,02230.0%379198577495315710159ap1951
1959357,6001,031,74734.7%3962346305673681,680206ap1960
1965397,6121,160,42034.3%4732557285463901,872208ap1967
1968426,9681,322,00032.3%4722717435743861,468207ap1971
1976424,2191,472,68428.8%4172126296743971,245207ap1977
1980412,0001,492,00027.6%369158527781362481,422201ap1981
1990427,0221,123,09038.0%327168495862812371,168199ap1991
1999403,4031,340,38830.1%30611842495193861,001186ap2000
2000411,0001,365,00030.1%2921184101,00287214951184ap2001
2001411,0001,386,20029.6%2641053691,11389199934183ap2002
2002400,0001,340,45029.8%2571053621,10491199910182ap2003
2003400,0001,342,46029.8%2461083541,12995194895181ap2004
2004400,0001,342,46529.8%2271083351,19497188867178ap2005
2006403,0001,351,00029.8%2321083401,185105188832167ap2007
2012337,2001,374,00024.5%189592481,359105128646128ap2013
2015345,0001,412,00024.4%173622351,468108110588126ap2016
2018300,0001,388,04021.6%171362071,44910888525126ap2019
2020313,4001,388,04022.6%173452181,437108107490126ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 85
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 43
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 171

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