Diocese of Buffalo

Past and Present Ordinaries

• John Timon, C.M. † (23 Apr 1847 Appointed - 16 Apr 1867 Died)
• Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan, C.M. † (3 Mar 1868 Appointed - 10 Apr 1896 Died)
• James Edward Quigley † (12 Dec 1896 Appointed - 8 Jan 1903 Appointed, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois)
• Charles Henry Colton † (20 May 1903 Appointed - 9 May 1915 Died)
• Dennis Joseph Dougherty † (9 Dec 1915 Appointed - 1 May 1918 Appointed, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• William Turner † (10 Mar 1919 Appointed - 10 Jul 1936 Died)
• John Aloysius Duffy † (5 Jan 1937 Appointed - 27 Sep 1944 Died)
• John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † (10 Mar 1945 Appointed - 23 Nov 1951 Appointed, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Joseph Aloysius Burke † (7 Feb 1952 Appointed - 16 Oct 1962 Died)
• James Aloysius McNulty † (12 Feb 1963 Appointed - 4 Sep 1972 Died)
• Edward Dennis Head † (23 Jan 1973 Appointed - 18 Apr 1995 Retired)
• Henry Joseph Mansell (18 Apr 1995 Appointed - 20 Oct 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut)
• Edward Urban Kmiec † (12 Aug 2004 Appointed - 29 May 2012 Retired)
• Richard Joseph Malone (29 May 2012 Appointed - 4 Dec 2019 Resigned)
• Michael William Fisher (1 Dec 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1918	330,000			291	140	431	765				236	ocdk1919
1928	385,438			399	177	576	669				255	ocdk1929
1950	640,501	1,307,432	49.0%	528	380	908	705		454	2,816	250	ap1951
1959	847,554	1,690,206	50.1%	579	508	1,087	779		619	2,939	265	ap1960
1966	913,640	1,806,895	50.6%	637	548	1,185	771		656	3,592	270	ap1967
1968	948,669	1,882,434	50.4%	625	526	1,151	824		653	3,302	266	ap1971
1976	925,873	1,758,355	52.7%	628	396	1,024	904		526	2,607	275	ap1977
1980	800,125	1,716,725	46.6%	574	298	872	917	36	403	2,411	298	ap1981
1990	789,723	1,591,768	49.6%	509	228	737	1,071	74	289	1,780	292	ap1991
1999	741,506	1,587,808	46.7%	435	198	633	1,171	92	46	1,446	265	ap2000
2000	731,008	1,565,471	46.7%	416	191	607	1,204	94	236	1,400	266	ap2001
2001	725,452	1,553,471	46.7%	404	179	583	1,244	100	221	1,362	266	ap2002
2002	713,752	1,591,708	44.8%	397	173	570	1,252	103	219	1,317	266	ap2003
2003	709,258	1,581,686	44.8%	384	163	547	1,296	103	210	1,272	265	ap2004
2004	707,981	1,578,922	44.8%	377	162	539	1,313	104	210	1,218	265	ap2005
2006	694,992	1,570,179	44.3%	361	152	513	1,354	112	200	1,116	264	ap2007
2010	710,000	1,607,000	44.2%	319	115	434	1,635	126	160	964	236	ap2011
2012	721,000	1,632,000	44.2%	306	108	414	1,741	124	144	880	164	ap2013
2015	730,000	1,538,064	47.5%	299	94	393	1,857	139	129	800	163	ap2016
2018	727,125	1,527,681	47.6%	293	86	379	1,918	133	110	659	161	ap2019
2020	732,500	1,539,080	47.6%	286	84	370	1,979	129	107	546	161	ap2021
2022	741,000	1,557,319	47.6%	276	74	350	2,117	139	97	522	160	ap2023
2023	742,800	1,561,100	47.6%	254	78	332	2,237	137	100	506	160	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Robert Joseph Cunningham (Priest: 24 May 1969 to 9 Mar 2004)
• Michael William Fisher (Bishop: 1 Dec 2020 - )
• Edward Michael Grosz (Priest: 29 May 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Nov 1989 to 2 Mar 2020)
• Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.
• Richard Joseph Malone (Bishop: 29 May 2012 to 4 Dec 2019)
• Henry Joseph Mansell (Bishop: 18 Apr 1995 to 20 Oct 2003)
• Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (Apostolic Administrator: 4 Dec 2019 to 15 Jan 2021)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Pius Anthony Benincasa † (Priest: 27 Mar 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 May 1964 to 13 Aug 1986)
• Stanislaus Joseph Brzana † (Priest: 7 Jun 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 1964 to 22 Oct 1968)
• Joseph Aloysius Burke † (Priest: 3 Aug 1912; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Apr 1943; Bishop: 7 Feb 1952 to 16 Oct 1962)
• Charles Henry Colton † (Bishop: 20 May 1903 to 9 May 1915)
• Celestine Joseph Damiano † (Priest: 21 Dec 1935 to 27 Nov 1952)
• Dennis Joseph Dougherty † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1915 to 1 May 1918)
• John Aloysius Duffy † (Bishop: 5 Jan 1937 to 27 Sep 1944)
• John Joseph Fitzpatrick † (Priest: 13 Dec 1942 to 1948)
• Edmund Francis Gibbons † (Priest: 27 May 1893 to 10 Mar 1919)
• Edward Joseph Hanna †
• Edward Dennis Head † (Bishop: 23 Jan 1973 to 18 Apr 1995)
• Thomas Augustine Hendrick †
• Thomas Francis Hickey †
• Edward Urban Kmiec † (Bishop: 12 Aug 2004 to 29 May 2012)
• Francis Xavier Krautbauer † (Priest: 16 Jul 1850 to 12 Feb 1875)
• Bernard Joseph McLaughlin † (Priest: 21 Dec 1935; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Dec 1968 to 5 Jan 1988)
• John Joseph McMahon † (Priest: 20 May 1900 to 2 Mar 1928)
• James Aloysius McNulty † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1963 to 4 Sep 1972)
• Andrew Brennan Meehan †
• James Johnston Navagh † (Priest: 21 Dec 1929 to 29 Jul 1952)
• Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †
• John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1945 to 23 Nov 1951)
• John Francis O’Hern †
• John Aloysius O’Mara †
• James Edward Quigley † (Priest: 13 Apr 1879; Bishop: 12 Dec 1896 to 8 Jan 1903)
• Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan, C.M. † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1868 to 10 Apr 1896)
• John Shanley †
• Leo Richard Smith † (Priest: 21 Dec 1929; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 1952 to 12 Feb 1963)
• John Timon, C.M. † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1847 to 16 Apr 1867)
• Donald Walter Trautman † (Priest: 7 Apr 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1985 to 2 Jun 1990)
• William Turner † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1919 to 10 Jul 1936)
• Thomas Joseph Walsh † (Priest: 27 Jan 1900 to 10 May 1918)

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