ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK

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The 'Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York' covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond Counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 405 parishes. The Archdiocese of New York is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of New York which includes the suffragan dioceses of Brooklyn, Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Ogdensburg, and Rockville Centre.
The Latin title of the Archdiocese is 'Archidioecesis Neo-Eboracensis', and the corporate title is 'Archdiocese of New York'.

Contents
History
Archdiocesan Demographics
Ordinaries
Auxiliary Bishops
Current
Deceased
Bishops who once were priests of New York
Living
Deceased
Schools
Cemeteries
See also
External links

History


Initially the territory that now makes up the Archdiocese of New York was part of the ''Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America'' which was established on November 26, 1784. On November 6, 1789 the Prefecture was elevated to a diocese and the present territory of the Archdiocese of New York fell under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Baltimore, headed by Bishop John Carroll.
At the time, there was a dearth of priests to minister the large territory. The first Catholic Church in New York City was St. Peter's on Barclay street. The land was purchased from Trinity Church with financial aid coming from the Spanish consul. The Church was built in the federal style. Among its regular worshippers were Elizabeth Ann Seton and Pierre Toussaint.
On April 8, 1808, the Holy See raised Baltimore to the status of an Archdiocese. At the same time, the dioceses of Philadelphia, Boston, Bardstown and New York were created. At the time of its establishment, the Diocese of New York covered all of the state of New York, as well as the New Jersey counties of Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth.
Since the first appointed bishop could not set sail from Italy due to the Napoleonic blockade, Fr. Kohlman was appointed administrator. He was instrumental in organizing the diocese and preparing for the Cathedral of St. Patrick to be built on Mulberry St. Among the difficulties faced by Catholics at the time was anti-Catholic bigotry in general and in the New York school system. A strong Nativist movement sought to keep Catholics out of the country and to prevent those already present from advancing.
On April 23, 1847 territory was taken from the Diocese to form the Dioceses of Albany and Buffalo. The Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese on July 19, 1850. On July 29, 1853 territory was again taken from the Diocese, this time to form the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, and the Diocese of Brooklyn. Finally, territory was taken to form the Prefecture Apostolic of Bahama (now the Archdiocese of Nassau) on March 21, 1929.

Archdiocesan Demographics


As of 2004, the Catholic population of the Archdioces was a little over 2.5 million. These Catholics were served by 922 archdiocesan priests and 913 priests of religious orders. Also laboring in the diocese were 359 permanent deacons, 1,493 religious brothers, and 3,153 nuns.[1]

Ordinaries


The following is a list of the 'Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of the Diocese and Archdiocese of New York' (and their terms of service):

Most Rev. R. Luke Concanen, O.P. (1808-1810)

★ Most Rev. John Connolly, O.P. (1814-1825)

★ Most Rev. John Dubois, S.S. (1826-1842)

★ Most Rev. John Joseph Hughes (1842-1864)

★ His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey (1864-1885)

★ Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan (1885-1902)

★ His Eminence John Murphy Cardinal Farley (1902-1918)

★ His Eminence Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes (1919-1938)

★ His Eminence Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman (1939-1967)

★ His Eminence Terence James Cardinal Cooke (1968-1983)

★ His Eminence John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor (1984-2000)

★ His Eminence Edward Michael Cardinal Egan (2000-present)
Auxiliary Bishops

Current


Josu Iriondo

Dominick John Lagonegro

Dennis Joseph Sullivan

Gerald Thomas Walsh

Patrick Vincent Ahern, Emeritus

Robert Anthony Brucato, Emeritus

James Francis McCarthy, Emeritus

William Jerome McCormack, Emeritus

Anthony Francis Mestice, Emeritus

Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan, Emeritus
Deceased


Joseph Maria Pernicone - first Italian-American auxiliary bishop in New York

Emerson John Moore - first African-American auxiliary bishop in New York

Austin Bernard Vaughan
Bishops who once were priests of New York

Living


Edwin Frederick O'Brien - fifth Archbishop of the U.S. Military; fifteenth Archbishop of Baltimore

Theodore Edgar McCarrick - fourth Archbishop of Newark; fifth Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

Charles Daniel Balvo - titular archbishop of Castello, papal nuncio to South Pacific

Timothy Anthony McDonnell - eighth bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts

Henry Joseph Mansell- twelfth Bishop of Buffalo; twelfth Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut

Rrok Kola Mirdita - Archbishop of Durrës-Tirana, Albania
Deceased


St. John Nepomucene Neumann - fourth Bishop of Philadelphia

James Roosevelt Bayley - first Bishop of Newark; eighth Archbishop of Baltimore

Patrick Aloysius Cardinal O'Boyle - second Archbishop of Washington

James Francis Louis Cardinal McIntyre - second Archbishop of Los Angeles

Charles Edward McDonnell - second Bishop of Brooklyn

Michael Augustine Corrigan - second Bishop of Newark

William Quarter - first Bishop of Chicago

Bernard John Joseph McQuaid - first Bishop of Rochester

Charles Henry Colton - fourth Bishop of Buffalo

Edward Dennis Head - eleventh Bishop of Buffalo

John Cardinal McCloskey - first Bishop of Albany

John Joseph Conroy - second Bishop of Albany

Francis McNeirny - third Bishop of Albany

Thomas Francis Cusack - fifth Bishop of Albany

William Aloysius Scully - eighth Bishop of Albany

Edwin Bernard Broderick - eighth Bishop of Albany

Joseph Thomas O'Keefe - eighth Bishop of Syracuse

George Henry Guilfoyle - fourth Bishop of Camden

Francis Patrick MacFarland - third Bishop of Hartford

Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes - first Vicar Apostolic of the United States Military

Walter Philip Kellenberg - sixth Bishop of Ogdensburg; first Bishop of Rockville Center

John Joseph Mitty - third Bishop of Salt Lake City; fourth Archbishop of San Francisco

Francis Frederick Reh - ninth Bishop of Charleston; third Bishop of Saginaw

Schools


See ''List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York''

Cemeteries



Saint Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx

See also



Polish Cathedral style churches

External links



The Archdiocese of New York

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