Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

 

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Archdiocese of New York
Archidioecesis Neo-Eboracensis
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
Basic information
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Territory	New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island), Counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester, New York
Population	2,500,000 Catholics
Rite	Roman Rite
Patron	St. Patrick
Metropolitan province	Archdiocese of New York
Established	November 26, 1784
Cathedral	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Bishop	Archbishop of New York
Website	Archdiocese of New York
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Metropolitan	Edward Michael Egan Archbishop of New York
Ordinary	Edward Michael Egan Bishop of New York
Auxiliary bishops	Josu Iorondo, Dominick J. Lagonegro, Dennis J. Sullivan, Gerald T. Walsh Auxiliary Bishops 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 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 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

Churches

See List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Schools

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

Religious Orders

See List of religious orders 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
• Catholic Encyclopedia article

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