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The Archbishop of New York is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs.As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing nearly all of the state of New York, [1] [2] the Archbishop of New York also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of Albany ...
Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of New York since 2009.. Dolan served as the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2010 to 2013 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2012.
On August 14, 2019, James Grien, who accused McCarrick of sexually abusing him when McCarrick was an auxiliary bishop of New York, sued the archdiocese. [96] [97] In his lawsuit, Grien also stated that McCarrick's status as a friend of his family allowed him to continue to visit and sexually abuse him after leaving the archdiocese in 1981. [98]
Robert John Brennan (born June 7, 1962) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City since 2021. Previously he served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York from 2012 to 2019, and as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 2019 to 2021.
Francis Cardinal Spellman (415) served as Archbishop of New York. Aloisius Cardinal Muench (437, at center) served as Bishop of Fargo and, later, as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany . Bishop Hugh L. Lamb (441) became the first bishop of Greensburg in 1951 ( cathedral pictured.)
He was elected bishop coadjutor by clergy and lay representatives of diocese at a special diocesan convention held at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine on November 19, 2011. Dietsche was consecrated at the cathedral on March 10, 2012, and formally installed as the 16th Bishop of New York on February 2, 2013.
In 1989 Grein was elected Bishop of New York [3] and was installed as bishop at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on October 14 of the same year. He devoted much of his time and energy as Bishop of New York to financial and administrative endeavors such as Episcopal Charities, the congregational support plan, the Trustees of the Diocese ...
The Rt. Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd is an American prelate who has served as the 17th bishop of New York since 2024. [1] [2] He was consecrated as bishop co-adjutor in 2023, [3] [4] [5] having previously served for 10 years as rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City. [6]