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The Diocese of Albany (Latin: Diœcesis Albanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory in eastern New York in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany. The Diocese of Albany is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of New York. As of 2024, the bishop of Albany is Edward Scharfenberger.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany covers the Capital District (Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties), as well as Warren, Washington, Greene, Columbia, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, Fulton, Montgomery, southern Herkimer, and extreme southeastern Hamilton counties in New York state. In these fourteen counties, there are over ...
Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (born May 29, 1948) is an American prelate from the state of New York who has served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany since 2014. [ 1 ] Biography
This is a list of closed and open churches within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.In 2006, the Diocese started the "Called to BE Church" initiative. As of November 2015, this initiative had reduced the number of parishes to 126 [1] through church mergers and closings in response to declining church enrollment, priest shortages, and changing demographics.
Howard James Hubbard (October 31, 1938 – August 19, 2023) was an American prelate from the state of New York who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany from 1977 to 2014. Early life and education
St. Clements Roman Catholic Church (Saratoga Springs, New York) St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York) St. Mary's Church (Ballston Spa, New York) St. Paul the Apostle Church (Mechanicville, New York) Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church Complex
When Connolly arrived in New York, the diocese had four priests and three churches: St. Peter's and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, and St. Mary's in Albany. [19] The Catholic population of the diocese was approximately 15,000, primarily Irish with some English, French and Germans.
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.