Diocese of Albany, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Albany / Albanen(sis) in America (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New York

Neighbouring Dioceses: Scranton (↙), Syracuse (←), Ogdensburg (↑), Burlington (↗), Springfield in Massachusetts (→), Hartford (↘), New York (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Mary

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1847.04.23: Established as Diocese of Albany / Albanen(sis) in America (Latin) (from Diocese of New York and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1850.07.19: Became suffragan of New York
1872.02.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ogdensburg
1886.11.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Syracuse

Contact Info

Address: 40 North Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203-1422, USA

Phone: +1 (518) 453-6600

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.10.20 – ...):

Bishop Mark William O’Connell (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Albany (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mark William O’Connell (61)
(2025.10.20 – ...)

Bishop of Albany (USA)

Invenimus Messiam

Born:	1964.06.25 (Scarborough, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.24

Priest of Boston (USA) (1990.06.16 – 2016.06.03)

Titular Bishop of Gigthi (2016.06.03 – 2025.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (2016.06.03 – 2025.10.20)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (2025.10.20 – ...)

Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (77)
(2014.02.11 – 2025.10.20)

Bishop emeritus of Albany (USA)

Lord, make me a channel of your peace

Born:	1948.05.29 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.04.10

Priest of Brooklyn (USA) (1973.07.02 – 2014.02.11)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.09.05 – 2014.02.11)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (2014.02.11 – 2025.10.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo (USA) (2019.12.04 – 2020.12.01)

Bishop Howard James Hubbard
(1977.02.01 – 2014.02.11)

Rejoice, We Are God’s People

Born:	1938.10.31 (Troy, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.27
Died:	2023.08.19 (Albany, NY, USA † 84)

Priest of Albany (USA) (1963.12.18 – 1977.02.01)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1977.02.01 – 2014.02.11)

Civilly married without dispensation 2023.

Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick
(1969.03.19 – 1976.06.03)

Abide with us O Lord

Born:	1917.01.16 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.04.21
Died:	2006.07.02 (Albany, NY, USA † 89)

Priest of New York (USA) (1942.05.30 – 1967.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Thizica (1967.03.08 – 1969.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1967.03.08 – 1969.03.19)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1969.03.19 – 1976.06.03)

Bishop William Aloysius Scully
(1954.11.10 – 1969.01.05)

Tibi servire regnare

Born:	1894.08.06 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1919.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.10.24
Died:	1969.01.05 (Albany, NY, USA † 74)

Priest of New York (USA) (1919.09.20 – 1945.08.21)

Titular Bishop of Pharsalus (1945.08.21 – 1954.11.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (USA) (1945.08.21 – 1954.11.10)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1954.11.10 – 1969.01.05)

Bishop Edmund Francis Gibbons
(1919.03.10 – 1954.11.10)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1868.09.16 (White Plains, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1893.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.03.25
Died:	1964.06.19 (Albany, NY, USA † 95)

Priest of Buffalo (USA) (1893.05.27 – 1919.03.10)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1919.03.10 – 1954.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Verbe (1954.11.10 – 1964.06.19)

Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack
(1915.07.05 – 1918.07.12)

Born:	1862.02.22 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1885.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.04.25
Died:	1918.07.12 (New York, NY, USA † 56)

Priest of New York (USA) (1885.05.30 – 1904.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Themiscyra (1904.03.11 – 1915.07.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1904.03.11 – 1915.07.05)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1915.07.05 – 1918.07.12)

Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke
(1894.05.15 – 1915.01.20)

Born:	1840.01.10 (Swinford, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1864.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.07.01
Died:	1915.01.20 (Albany, NY, USA † 75)

Priest of Albany (USA) (1864.06.30 – 1894.05.15)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1894.05.15 – 1915.01.20)

Bishop Francis McNeirny
(1877.10.16 – 1894.01.02)

Born:	1828.04.25 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1854.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.04.21
Died:	1894.01.02 (Albany, NY, USA † 65)

Titular Bishop of Resaina (1871.12.22 – 1877.10.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (USA) (1871.12.22 – 1877.10.16)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1877.10.16 – 1894.01.02)

Bishop John Joseph Conroy
(1865.07.07 – 1877.10.16)

Born:	1819.07.25 (Clonaslee, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1842.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.10.15
Died:	1895.11.20 (New York, NY, USA † 76)

Priest of New York (USA) (1842.05.21 – 1865.07.07)

Bishop of Albany (USA) (1865.07.07 – 1877.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Curium (1877.10.16 – 1895.11.20)

Bishop John McCloskey (later Cardinal)
(1847.05.21 – 1864.05.06)

In spem vitæ æternæ

Born:	1810.03.10 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1834.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1844.03.10
Created Cardinal:	1875.03.15
Died:	1885.10.10 (New York City, NY, USA † 75)