Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

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.

History

Initially the diocese was part of the Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America when the Prefecture was established on November 26, 1784. It was later part of the Diocese of Baltimore. The Diocese of New York was established on April 8, 1808. At the time of its establishment it covered all of the state of New York, as well as the New Jersey counties of Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth.

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.

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)

Current Auxiliary Bishops

Josu Iriondo
Dominick Lagonegro
Dennis Sullivan (bishop)
Gerald Walsh

Bishops who once were priests of New York

Edwin Frederick O'Brien - Archdiocese of the U.S. Military
Theodore Edgar McCarrick - cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C.
Charles Daniel Balvo - titular archbishop of Castello, papal nuncio to South Pacific
Timothy Anthony McDonnell - bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts

External links

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