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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.
The Archdiocese of New York (Latin: Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York. It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan , the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the counties of Dutchess , Orange , Putnam , Rockland , Sullivan ...
John McCloskey (March 10, 1810 – October 10, 1885) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first American-born Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death in 1885, having previously served as Bishop of Albany (1847–1864). In 1875, McCloskey became the first American cardinal.
John Carroll (1) became the first American bishop in 1790. Portrait of Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus by Gilbert Stuart. Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus (7) was the first bishop of Boston, and became a cardinal after he returned to France. John McCloskey (42) was Archbishop of New York and became the first American cardinal in 1875.
John Dubois (French: Jean Dubois) (August 24, 1764 – December 20, 1842) was a French-born Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of New York from 1826 until his death in 1842. [1] Dubois was the first Bishop of New York who was not Irish-born and, as of 2024, remains the only bishop or archbishop of New York of non-Irish ancestry.
Hughes was chosen by Pope Gregory XVI as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of New York on August 7, 1837. He was consecrated bishop at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral on January 7, 1838, with the title of the titular see of Basilinopolis, by the Bishop of New York, John Dubois, S.S., his former Rector. [1]
On April 2, 2007, Egan offered his letter of resignation as archbishop of New York to Pope Benedict XVI, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. Cardinal Egan was the first archbishop of New York to retire; all previous archbishops had died in office. [16]