Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

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Basic information
Archdiocese of New York
Archidioecesis Neo-Eboracensis
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Territory	New York City (Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island), Counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester, New York
Population	2,500,000 Catholics
Rite	Latin Rite
Patron	St. Patrick
Ecclesiastical province	Province of New York
Established	November 26, 1784
Cathedral	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Bishop	Archbishop of New York
Website	Archdiocese of New York
Current leadership
Diocesan Bishop	Edward Michael Egan Archbishop of New York
Auxiliary bishops	Josu Iorondo, Dominick J. Lagonegro, Dennis J. Sullivan, Gerald T. Walsh

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. There are 405 parishes. The Archdiocese of New York is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of New York which includes the suffragan dioceses of Brooklyn, Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Ogdensburg, and Rockville Centre.

The Latin title of the Archdiocese is Archidioecesis Neo-Eboracensis, and the corporate title is Archdiocese of New York.

1 History
2 Archdiocesan Demographics
3 Bishops
- 3.1 Auxiliary Bishops
  - 3.1.1 Current
  - 3.1.2 Deceased
- 3.2 Bishops who once were priests of New York
  - 3.2.1 Living
  - 3.2.2 Deceased
4 Churches
5 Schools
6 Religious Orders
7 Cemeteries
8 Catholic Charitable Organizations
9 External links

Initially the territory that now makes up the Archdiocese of New York was part of the Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America which was established on November 26, 1784. On November 6, 1789 the Prefecture was elevated to a diocese and the present territory of the Archdiocese of New York fell under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Baltimore, headed by Bishop John Carroll.

At the time, there was a dearth of priests to minister the large territory. The first Catholic Church in New York City was St. Peter's on Barclay street. The land was purchased from Trinity Church with financial aid coming from the Spanish consul. The Church was built in the federal style. Among its regular worshippers were Elizabeth Ann Seton and Pierre Toussaint.

On April 8, 1808, the Holy See raised Baltimore to the status of an Archdiocese. At the same time, the dioceses of Philadelphia, Boston, Bardstown and New York were created. At the time of its establishment, the Diocese of New York covered all of the state of New York, as well as the New Jersey counties of Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth.

Since the first appointed bishop could not set sail from Italy due to the Napoleonic blockade, Fr. Kohlman was appointed administrator. He was instrumental in organizing the diocese and preparing for the Cathedral of St. Patrick to be built on Mulberry St. Among the difficulties faced by Catholics at the time was anti-Catholic bigotry in general and in the New York school system. A strong Nativist movement sought to keep Catholics out of the country and to prevent those already present from advancing.

On April 23, 1847 territory was taken from the Diocese to form the Dioceses of Albany and Buffalo. The Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese on July 19, 1850. On July 29, 1853 territory was again taken from the Diocese, this time to form the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, and the Diocese of Brooklyn. Finally, territory was taken to form the Prefecture Apostolic of Bahama (now the Archdiocese of Nassau) on March 21, 1929.

As of 2004, the Catholic population of the Archdioces was a little over 2.5 million. These Catholics were served by 922 archdiocesan priests and 913 priests of religious orders. Also laboring in the diocese were 359 permanent deacons, 1,493 religious brothers, and 3,153 nuns.[1]

The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of New York (and their terms of service):

Most Rev. R. Luke Concanen, O.P. (1808-1810)
Most Rev. John Connolly, O.P. (1814-1825)
Most Rev. John Dubois, S.S. (1826-1842)
Most Rev. John Joseph Hughes (1842-1864)
His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey (1864-1885)
Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan (1885-1902)
His Eminence John Murphy Cardinal Farley (1902-1918)
His Eminence Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes (1919-1938)
His Eminence Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman (1939-1967)
His Eminence Terence James Cardinal Cooke (1968-1983)
His Eminence John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor (1984-2000)
His Eminence Edward Michael Cardinal Egan (2000-present)

Josu Iriondo
Dominick John Lagonegro
Dennis Joseph Sullivan
Gerald Thomas Walsh
Patrick Vincent Ahern, Emeritus
Robert Anthony Brucato, Emeritus
James Francis McCarthy, Emeritus
William Jerome McCormack, Emeritus
Anthony Francis Mestice, Emeritus
Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan, Emeritus

Joseph Maria Pernicone - first Italian-American auxiliary bishop in New York
Emerson John Moore - first African-American auxiliary bishop in New York
Austin Bernard Vaughan

Edwin Frederick O'Brien - fifth Archbishop of the U.S. Military; fifteenth Archbishop of Baltimore
Theodore Edgar McCarrick - first Bishop of Metuchen, NJ; fourth Archbishop of Newark; fifth Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Charles Daniel Balvo - titular archbishop of Castello, papal nuncio to South Pacific
Timothy Anthony McDonnell - eighth bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts
Henry Joseph Mansell- twelfth Bishop of Buffalo; twelfth Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Rrok Kola Mirdita - Archbishop of Durrës-Tirana, Albania

St. John Nepomucene Neumann - fourth Bishop of Philadelphia
James Roosevelt Bayley - first Bishop of Newark; eighth Archbishop of Baltimore
Patrick Aloysius Cardinal O'Boyle - second Archbishop of Washington
James Cardinal McIntyre - second Archbishop of Los Angeles
Charles Edward McDonnell - second Bishop of Brooklyn
Michael Augustine Corrigan - second Bishop of Newark
William Quarter - first Bishop of Chicago
Bernard John Joseph McQuaid - first Bishop of Rochester
Charles Henry Colton - fourth Bishop of Buffalo
Edward Dennis Head - eleventh Bishop of Buffalo
John Cardinal McCloskey - first Bishop of Albany
John Joseph Conroy - second Bishop of Albany
Francis McNeirny - third Bishop of Albany
Joseph Rummel - fourth bishop of Omaha; tenth bishop of New Orleans
Thomas Francis Cusack - fifth Bishop of Albany
William Aloysius Scully - eighth Bishop of Albany
Edwin Bernard Broderick - eighth Bishop of Albany
Joseph Thomas O'Keefe - eighth Bishop of Syracuse
George Henry Guilfoyle - fourth Bishop of Camden
Francis Patrick MacFarland - third Bishop of Hartford
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes - first Vicar Apostolic of the United States Military
Walter Philip Kellenberg - sixth Bishop of Ogdensburg; first Bishop of Rockville Center
John Joseph Mitty - third Bishop of Salt Lake City; fourth Archbishop of San Francisco
Francis Frederick Reh - ninth Bishop of Charleston; third Bishop of Saginaw