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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.
St. Issac Jogues Church, Chestertown Vicar: Joseph G. Busch [2]. Battenkill Catholic Cluster: . Holy Cross Church – Established in 1859Notre Dame-Visitation Church (Schuylerville) – Established in 1889; formed from merger of Notre Dame de Lourdes and Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (later Our Lady of the Visitation)
(The Old) Church of St. Rose of Lima (Cannon St., between Broome & Delaney St.) – established in 1868 and closed in the 1960s. Church of St. Sebastian (312 E. 24th St.) – Staffed by the Franciscan Friars; opened in 1921 and closed in 1971. Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary (307 E. 33rd St.) – established in 1915 as an Italian ...
St. Joseph's Church is a historic neo-gothic church edifice in the Ten Broeck Triangle section of Albany, New York's Arbor Hill neighborhood. The structure is considered a city landmark and an important part of the Albany skyline. [1] The church closed in 1994. The City of Albany placed the church for sale in February 2023. [2]
St. Mary's Church was established in Albany in 1796, making it the only Catholic Church in Upstate New York and the second Catholic church in the state after St. Peter's in New York City. [3] The Vatican converted the prefecture into the Diocese of Baltimore in 1789. It was the first diocese in the United States, covering the entire country.
After establishing the first community of religious Sisters in the diocese in 1817, the Sisters began to staff dozens of parochial schools, the College of Mount St. Vincent, the now-closed Elizabeth Seton College in Yonkers, the New York Foundling Hospital and former St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in Manhattan and Staten Island.
By 1847 the Catholic Church and its congregations were well entrenched in Albany and the other cities of the region, and Pope Pius IX granted requests to establish the Diocese of Albany. [3] [10] John McCloskey, later Archbishop of New York, was installed as the first bishop of Albany in 1847, with St. Mary's as his procathedral. [1]
Even though this article deals with closed churches within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, there also are a number of merged/suppressed parishes. As such, should the title of this article be changed to reflect that fact? --JB82 23:11, 8 July 2012 (UTC)