Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City

New York City

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(coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan

Manhattan

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, The Bronx

The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...

, and Staten Island

Staten Island

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, respectively), as well as Dutchess

Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...

, Orange

Orange County, New York

Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...

, Putnam

Putnam County, New York

Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the lower Hudson River Valley. Putnam county formed in 1812, when it detached from Dutchess County. , the population was 99,710. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The county seat is the hamlet of Carmel...

, Rockland

Rockland County, New York

Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...

, Sullivan

Sullivan County, New York

Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,547. The county seat is Monticello. The name is in honor of Major General John Sullivan, who was a hero in the American Revolutionary War...

, Ulster

Ulster County, New York

Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...

, and Westchester

Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...

counties in New York

New York

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state. There are 480 parishes. The Archdiocese of New York is the metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...

see of the ecclesiastical province of New York which includes the suffragan dioceses of Brooklyn

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853 when the City of Brooklyn was separate from New York City....

, Albany

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany covers all or part of 14 counties in Eastern New York...

, Buffalo

Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

The Diocese of Buffalo is a Catholic diocese headquartered in Buffalo, New York, USA. The current Bishop is the Most Rev. Edward U. Kmiec.The Diocese of Buffalo was established 23 April 1847. It consists of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties...

, Syracuse

Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse

The Diocese of Syracuse is a Catholic diocese headquartered in Syracuse, New York, USA. The current bishop is the Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham. The Diocese of Syracuse includes 350,000 Catholics residing in seven counties of Central and South Central New York State...

, Rochester

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the Greater Rochester region of New York State in the United States. The region that the Diocese comprises extends from its northern border on the south shore of Lake Ontario through the Finger Lakes region to its...

, Ogdensburg

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg is a Roman Catholic diocese in New York. It was founded on February 15, 1872.On February 23, 2010, the Most Reverend Terry R...

, and Rockville Centre

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre comprises the territory of Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York state, USA. Founded in 1957, this diocese was created from territory that once belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn...

.

The Latin

Latin

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

It publishes a bi-weekly newspaper, Catholic New York (www.cny.org).

History

Initially, the territory that now makes up the Archdiocese of New York

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

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

and the present territory of the Archdiocese of New York fell under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Baltimore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The archdiocese comprises the City of Baltimore as well as Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington Counties in Maryland...

, headed by Bishop John Carroll

John Carroll (bishop)

John Carroll, was the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States — serving as the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is also known as the founder of Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States, and St...

.

At the time, there was a dearth of priests to minister to the large territory. The first Roman Catholic Church in New York City was St. Peter's

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, New York

St Peter's Church is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in New York City and part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The church was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965. The original church's cornerstone was laid in 1785 and the first...

on Barclay Street. The land was purchased from Trinity Church

Trinity Church, New York

Trinity Church at 79 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, is a historic, active parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York...

with financial aid coming from the Spanish consul. The church was built in the federal style. Among its regular worshippers were Saint Elizabeth Seton and Venerable

Venerable

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Pierre Toussaint

The Venerable Pierre Toussaint was an immigrant to the United States and a successful hairdresser in New York City during the Federal Period. Due to his devout and exemplary life, the Roman Catholic Church has been investigating his life for possible canonization.-Life:Pierre Toussaint was born as...

.

On April 8, 1808, the Holy See

Holy See

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raised Baltimore to the status of an Archdiocese. At the same time, the dioceses of Philadelphia

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. The diocese was...

, Boston

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. It comprises several counties of the state of Massachusetts...

, Bardstown

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville consists of twenty-four counties in Central Kentucky, USA, covering . It is the seat of the Metropolitan Province of Louisville, which comprises the states of Kentucky and Tennessee...

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

New Jersey

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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

St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York

The Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral, or Old St. Patrick's, is located at 260-264 Mulberry Street between Prince and Houston Streets in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, with the primary entrance currently located on Mott Street...

to be built on Mulberry Street. 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

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany covers all or part of 14 counties in Eastern New York...

and Buffalo

Roman Catholic Diocese of 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

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark

The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...

, New Jersey, and the Diocese of Brooklyn

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

. Finally, territory was taken to form the Prefecture Apostolic of Bahama (now the Archdiocese of Nassau

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the islands of the former British dependency of the Bahamas...

) on March 21, 1929.

Archdiocesan Demographics

As of 2004, the Catholic population of the Archdiocese 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.http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnewy.html

For comparison, in 1929, the Catholic population of the Archdiocese was 1,273,291 persons. There were 1,314 clergy ministering in the archdiocese and 444 churches. There were also 170,348 children in Catholic educational and welfare institutions. New York Times article

In 1959, there were 7,913 nuns and sisters ministering in the Archdiocese, representing 103 different religious orders.

Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Archdiocese

January 4 - Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, native of New York
January 5 - Memorial of St. John Neumann, ordained a priest of New York
February 23 -Anniversary of Archbishop Dolan's appointment to the Archdiocese by the Pope
Pope
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(2009)
March 17 - Solemnity of St. Patrick, Patronal Feast of both the Archidocese and the Cathedral
April 8 - Anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of New York (1808)
April 15 - Anniversary of Archbishop Dolan's Installation (2009)
May 5 - Memorial of Bl. Edmund Rice, founder of the Irish Christian Brothers
September 5 - Memorial of Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, who did missionary work in the Bronx
October 5 - Anniversary of Dedication of the Cathedral of St. Patrick
November 13 - Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, missionary in New York

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of New York who have served as the diocesan bishop of New York (and their terms of service):

Bishops of the Diocese of New York (1808–July 19, 1850):

R. Luke Concanen
R. Luke Concanen
Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of New York ....

, O.P. † (1808–1810)
John Connolly
John Connolly (bishop)
John Connolly, O.P. was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. A Dominican, he served as Bishop of New York from 1814 until his death in 1825.-Biography:...

, O.P. † (1814–1825)
John Dubois
John Dubois
Bishop John DuBois was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York. He was the first presiding bishop to reside in the diocese....

, S.S. † (1826–1842)

Archbishops of the Archdiocese of New York:

John Joseph Hughes
John Hughes (archbishop)
John Joseph Hughes , was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, serving between 1842 and his death in 1864....

† (1842–1864)
John Cardinal McCloskey
John Cardinal McCloskey
John McCloskey was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death in 1885, having previously served as Bishop of Albany...

† (1864–1885)
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Michael Corrigan
Michael Augustine Corrigan was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as the third archbishop of New York from 1885 to 1902.-Early life:...

† (1885–1902)
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1902–1918)
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1919–1938)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1939–1967)
Terence James Cardinal Cooke † (1968–1983)
John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor † (1984–2000)
Edward Michael Cardinal Egan (2000–2009)
Timothy Michael Dolan (2009–present)

† = deceased

Current

Josu Iriondo
Josu Iriondo
Josu Iriondo is a Spanish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York.-Early life:...

- Ordained a priest in 1962 in Spain; became an archdiocesan priest in 1995. Ordained a bishop in 2001; titular bishop of Alton.
Dominick John Lagonegro
Dominick John Lagonegro
Dominick John Lagonegro is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York.-Early life:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1969 and a bishop in 2001; titular bishop of Modrus.
Dennis Joseph Sullivan
Dennis Joseph Sullivan
Dennis Joseph Sullivan is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York.-Early life:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1971 and a bishop in 2004; titular bishop of Enera.
Gerald Thomas Walsh - Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1967 and a bishop in 2004; titular bishop of Altiburus. Bishop Walsh is the current rector of St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers.
Robert Anthony Brucato, Emeritus - Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1957 and a bishop in 1997; titular bishop of Temuniana.
William Jerome McCormack
William Jerome McCormack
William Jerome McCormack is an American Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.William Jerome McCormack was born in New York City ordained a priest on February 21, 1959. McCormack was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York as well as Titular bishop of Nicives on December 23, 1986 and...

, Emeritus - Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1959 and a bishop in 1986; titular bishop of Nicives.
Anthony Francis Mestice
Anthony Francis Mestice
Anthony Francis Mestice was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Villa Nova and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York....

, Emeritus - Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1949 and a bishop in 1973; titular bishop of Villa Nova.
Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan
Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan
Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan, is a American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Sheridan was born in New York and ordained a priest on March 1, 1947 . Sheridan was appointed Auxiliary Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York as well as titular bishop of Cursola on October 30, 1990 and was...

, Emeritus - Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1947 and a bishop in 1990; titular bishop of Cursola.

Former

Edwin Broderick
Edwin Broderick
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- Ordained a priest in 1942; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1967; appointed eighth bishop of Albany in 1969.
Thomas Cusack
Thomas Cusack (bishop)
Thomas Francis Cusack was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1915 until his death in 1918.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1885; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1904; appointed fifth bishop of Albany in 1915.
Edward Vincent Dargin
Edward Vincent Dargin
Edward Vincent Dargin was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1953 to 1973.-Biography:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1922 and a bishop in 1953; titular bishop of Amphipolis.
John Joseph Dunn
John Joseph Dunn
John Joseph Dunn was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1921 until his death in 1933.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1896 and a bishop in 1921; titular bishop of Camuliana.
John Michael Fearns
John Michael Fearns
John Michael Fearns was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1957 to 1972.-Biography:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1922 and a bishop in 1957; titular bishop of Geras.
Joseph Francis Flannelly
Joseph Francis Flannelly
Joseph Francis Flannelly was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1948 to 1969.-Biography:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1918 and a bishop in 1948; titular bishop of Metelis.
George Henry Guilfoyle
George Henry Guilfoyle
George Henry Guilfoyle was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Camden from 1968 to 1989.-Early life and education:...

- Ordained a priest in 1944; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1964; appointed fourth bishop of Camden in 1968.
Edward Dennis Head - Ordained a priest in 1945; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1970; appointed eleventh bishop of Buffalo in 1973.
Walter P. Kellenberg
Walter P. Kellenberg
Walter Philip Kellenberg was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Ogdensburg and Bishop of Rockville Centre .-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1928; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1953; appointed sixth bishop of Ogdensburg in 1954; appointed first bishop of Rockville Centre in 1957.
John Joseph Maguire
John Joseph Maguire
John Joseph Maguire was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop and coadjutor archbishop in the Archdiocese of New York.-Early life and education:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1928 and a bishop in 1959.
Henry J. Mansell- appointed auxiliary bishop on November 24, 1992; ordained a bishop on January 6, 1993; named twelfth bishop of Buffalo on April 18, 1995; named twelfth archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut.
Theodore Edgar McCarrick - Ordained an archdiocesan priest on May 31, 1958; appointed auxiliary bishop on May 24, 1977; ordained a bishop on June 29, 1977; named founding bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, on November 19, 1981; named fourth archbishop of Newark on May 30, 1986; named fifth archbishop of Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2000; created cardinal on February 21, 2001; retired on May 16, 2006.
Timothy Anthony McDonnell - appointed auxiliary bishop on October 30, 2001; ordained a bishop on December 12, 2001; named the eighth bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts on March 9, 2004.
James Francis McIntyre - Ordained a priest in 1921; appointed auxiliary bishop on November 16, 1940; appointed coadjutor archbishop on July 20, 1946; appointed second archbishop of Los Angeles on February 7, 1948; created cardinal on January 12, 1953; retired on January 21, 1970; died on July 16, 1979.
Anthony Francis Mestice
Anthony Francis Mestice
Anthony Francis Mestice was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Villa Nova and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York....

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1949 and ordained a bishop in 1973; titular bishop of Villa Nova; he was the first U.S.-born Italian-American priest to become a bishop of the New York Archdiocese; died on Friday, April 29, 2011
Emerson John Moore
Emerson John Moore
Emerson John Moore was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. An auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York , he was the first African American to serve as a Catholic bishop in New York....

- first African-American bishop in New York.
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 29 August 2011...

- appointed auxiliary bishop on February 6, 1996; ordained a bishop on March 25, 1996; appointed fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA; appointed fifteenth archbishop of Baltimore.
Joseph Thomas O'Keefe
Joseph Thomas O'Keefe
Joseph Thomas O'Keefe was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1987 to 1995.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1948; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1982; appointed eighth bishop of Syracuse in 1987.
Joseph Maria Pernicone
Joseph Maria Pernicone
Joseph Maria Pernicone was an Italian-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1954 to 1978.-Biography:...

- Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1926 and a bishop in 1954; titular bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade. First Italian-American bishop in New York.
Fulton J. Sheen
Fulton J. Sheen
Servant of God Fulton John Sheen, born Peter John Sheen was an American archbishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio...

– television personality; appointed auxiliary bishop in 1951; ordained a bishop on June 11, 1951; appointed bishop of Rochester in 1966; resigned in 1969; then elevated to titular archbishop; buried in crypt of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Austin Bernard Vaughan
Patrick Vincent Ahern, Emeritus - Ordained an archdiocesan priest in 1945 and a bishop in 1970; titular bishop of Naiera.

Living

Charles Daniel Balvo – titular archbishop of Castello, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to the Cook Islands (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to the Marshall Islands (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to the Federated States of Micronesia (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Palau (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga (non-residential), Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu (non-residential)
Charles John Brown
Charles John Brown
Charles John Brown is the current nuncio to Ireland since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 26 November 2011. He had previously served as an official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.-Early life and education:...

– titular archbishop of 'Aquileia, apostolic nuncio to Ireland
Joseph Thomas Dimino – fourth archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
Rrok Kola Mirdita – archbishop of Durrës-Tirana, Albania

Deceased

St. John Nepomucene Neumann - Ordained for the diocese of New York in 1836, later became a Redemptorist; appointed the fourth bishop of Philadelphia in 1852.
Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle - Ordained a priest in 1921; appointed the second archbishop of Washington, DC in 1947. Appointed a cardinal in 1967 and given the basilica of S. Nicola in Carcere.
Charles H. Colton
Charles H. Colton
Charles Henry Colton was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Buffalo from 1903 until his death in 1915.-Early life and education:...

- Ordained a priest in 1876; appointed the fourth bishop of Buffalo in 1903.
John J. Conroy
John J. Conroy
John Joseph Conroy was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1865 to 1877.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1842; appointed the second bishop of Albany in 1865.
Philip Joseph Furlong
Philip Joseph Furlong
Philip J. Furlong was a Catholic bishop, serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the United States Military Vicariate from 1956 to 1971.-Biography:...

– Ordained a priest in 1918; appointed Bishop to the US Military Vicariate (a responsibility at the time of the archbishop of New York) on December 3, 1955. At the death of Cardinal Spellman on December 2, 1967, Furlong served as administrator of the military vicariate until the appointment of Cardinal Cooke as new military vicar on April 4, 1968. Furlong retired from the Vicariate in 1971 at 78 and died April 13, 1989.
Francis Patrick MacFarland - Ordained a priest in 1845; appointed the third bishop of Hartford in 1857.
Charles Edward McDonnell
Charles Edward McDonnell
Charles Edward McDonnell was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Brooklyn from 1892 until his death in 1921.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1878; appointed the second bishop of Brooklyn in 1892.
Francis McNeirny
Francis McNeirny
Francis S. McNeirny was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1877 until his death in 1894.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1845; appointed coadjutor bishop of Albany and titular bishop of Rhesaina in 1871. Appointed the third bishop of Albany in 1877.
Bernard John Joseph McQuaid - Ordained a priest in 1848; appointed the first bishop of Rochester (N.Y.) in 1868.
John Joseph Mitty
John Joseph Mitty
John Joseph Mitty was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third Bishop of Salt Lake City and the fourth Archbishop of San Francisco .-Early life and education:...

- Ordained a priest in 1906; appointed the third bishop of Salt Lake City in 1926. Appointed coadjutor archbishop of San Francisco and the titular bishop of Aegina in 1932. Appointed the fourth archbishop of San Francisco in 1935.
William Quarter
William Quarter
William J. Quarter was an Irish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Chicago .-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1829; appointed the first bishop of Chicago in 1843.
Francis Frederick Reh
Francis Frederick Reh
Francis Frederick Reh was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston , rector of the Pontifical North American College , and Bishop of Saginaw ....

- Ordained a priest in 1935; appointed the ninth bishop of Charleston in 1962. Appointed the rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome and the titular bishp of Macriana in Mauretania in 1964. Appointed the third bishop of Saginaw in 1968.
Joseph Rummel - Ordained a priest in 1902; appointed the fourth bishop of Omaha in 1928. Appointed the tenth archbishop of New Orleans in 1935.
William Scully
William Scully (bishop)
William Aloysius Scully was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1954 until his death in 1969.-Biography:...

- Ordained a priest in 1919; appointed coadjutor bishop of Albany and titular bishop of Pharsalus in 1945. Appointed the seventh bishop of Albany in 1954.

Cemeteries

The following cemeteries are under the auspices of Calvary & Allied Cemeteries, Inc.:

Calvary Cemetery - Established in 1847; located in Queens. The cemetery, while located in the Diocese of Brooklyn, is property of the Archdiocese of New York as it was established before the Diocese of Brooklyn was canonically erected.
Cemetery of the Ascension - Located in Airmont
Airmont, New York
Airmont is a village in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Montebello and west of Chestnut Ridge. The population was 7,799 at the 2000 census....

in Rockland County
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...

.
Cemetery of the Resurrection - Located in Staten Island.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, United States, as a Roman Catholic burial site...

- Located in Valhalla
Valhalla, New York
Valhalla is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place that is located within the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, in Westchester County. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census...

in Westchester County.

Many parishes have their own cemeteries, or their own sections in private cemeteries. An incomplete list of those cemeteries follows:

All Souls Cemetery (Pleasantville
Pleasantville, New York
Pleasantville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 7,019 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Mount Pleasant. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center...

) - Belongs to Holy Innocents Church in Pleasantville.
Assumption Cemetery (Cortlandt Manor
Cortlandt Manor, New York
Cortlandt Manor is an area located in the Town of Cortlandt in Northern Westchester County, New York. Cortlandt Manor is situated directly east, north and south of Peekskill, and east of three sections of the Town of Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Crugers, and Montrose...

) - Belongs to Assumption Church in Peekskill.
Calvary Cemetery (Newburgh) - Belongs to St. Patrick Church in Newburgh.
Calvary Cemetery (Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie (city), New York
Poughkeepsie is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany...

) - Belongs to St. Martin de Porres Church in Poughkeepsie.
Holy Mount Cemetery (Eastchester) - Belongs to Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state.The town was settled by refugee Huguenots in 1688 who were fleeing persecution in France...

) - Belongs to Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle.
Mount Calvary Cemetery (White Plains
White Plains, New York
White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...

) - Belongs to St. John the Evangelist Church in White Plains.
Sacred Heart Cemetery (Barrytown
Barrytown, New York
Barrytown is a hamlet within the town of Red Hook in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is within the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and comprises four of the Hudson River Valley estates: Edgewater, Messina, Rokeby, and Sylvania...

) - Belongs to St. Christopher Church in Red Hook. The parish has a mission chapel in Barrytown.
St. Anastasia Cemetery (Harriman
Harriman, New York
Harriman is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 2,252 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined...

) - Belongs to St. Anastasia Church in Harriman.
St. Denis Cemetery (Hopewell Junction
Hopewell Junction, New York
Hopewell Junction is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,610 at the 2000 census...

) - Belongs to St. Denis Church in Hopewell Junction.
St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery (Mount Kisco
Mount Kisco, New York
Mount Kisco is a community that is both a village and a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The Town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,877 at the 2010 census.- History :...

) - Belongs to St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mount Kisco.
St. Joachim Cemetery (Beacon
Beacon, New York
Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 census placed the city total population at 15,541. Beacon is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport,...

) - Belongs to St. Joachim-St. John the Evangelist Church in Beacon. The cemetery consists of an old section and a new section.
St. John Cemetery (Goshen
Goshen (village), New York
Goshen is a village in and the county seat of Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport,...

) - Belongs to St. John the Evangelist Church in Goshen.
St. John Cemetery (Pawling
Pawling (village), New York
Pawling is a village in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The population was 2,233 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area...

) - Belongs to St. John the Evangelist Church in Pawling.
St. Joseph Cemetery (Florida
Florida, New York
Florida is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:*Florida, Montgomery County, New York, a town*Florida, Orange County, New York, a village...

) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Florida.
St. Joseph Cemetery (Middletown
Middletown, Orange County, New York
Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. It lies in New York's Hudson Valley region, near the Wallkill River and the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains. Middletown is situated between Port Jervis and Newburgh, New York. The city's population was 25,388 at the 2000 census...

) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Middletown.
St. Joseph Cemetery (Millbrook
Millbrook, New York
Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is often said to be a "low-key version of the Hamptons" and one of the wealthiest towns in New York State. Millbrook's estimated town population was 1,551 in 2008. Millbrook is located in the Hudson Valley, an hour and thirty...

) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Millbrook.
St. Joseph Cemetery (Yonkers
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Yonkers.
St. Lucy Cemetery (Cochecton
Cochecton, New York
Cochecton is a town located in west-central Sullivan County, New York, USA. The population was 1,328 at the 2000 census. The name is an aboriginal word for "low land."...

) - Belongs to St. Francis Xavier Church in Narrowsburg. There was formerly a mission church in Cochecton.
St. Mary Cemetery (Bangall) - Belongs to Immaculate Conception Church in Bangall.
St. Mary Cemetery (Port Jervis
Port Jervis, New York
Port Jervis is a city on the Delaware River in western Orange County, New York, with a population of 8,860 at the 2000 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis, and the towns of Montague, New Jersey and Matamoras, Pennsylvania face the...

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Port Jervis.
St. Mary Cemetery (Wappingers Falls
Wappingers Falls, New York
Wappingers Falls is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The name is derived from the local Wappinger Indians. One half of the village is in the town of Wappinger and the other half is in the town of Poughkeepsie, with Wappinger Creek forming the dividing line between the...

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Wappingers Falls.
St. Mary Cemetery (Washingtonville
Washingtonville, New York
Washingtonville is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined...

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Washingtonville.
St. Mary Cemetery (Yonkers
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Yonkers.
St. Patrick Cemetery (Millerton
Millerton, New York
Millerton is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined...

) - Belongs to Immaculate Conception Church in Amenia. The parish has a mission chapel in Millerton.
St. Patrick Cemetery (Newburgh) - Belongs to St. Patrick Church in Newburgh.
St. Peter Cemetery (Kingston
Kingston, New York
Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...

) - Belongs to St. Peter Church in Kingston.
St. Peter Cemetery (Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie (city), New York
Poughkeepsie is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany...

) - Belongs to St. Peter Church in Hyde Park. The church was formerly located in Poughkeepsie.
St. Raymond Cemetery (The Bronx) - Belongs to St. Raymond Church in the Bronx. The cemetery consists of an old section and a new section.
St. Stephen Cemetery (Warwick
Warwick, New York
Warwick is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 30,764 at the 2000 census. The 2007 census population estimate is 32,669.The Town of Warwick is located in the southwest part of the county...

) - Belongs to St. Stephen-St. Edward Church in Warwick.
St. Sylvia Cemetery (Tivoli
Tivoli, New York
Tivoli is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2010 census. The village, which was incorporated in 1872 from parts of Upper Red Hook Landing and Madalin, is the northernmost settlement in the county, located in the northwest part of the Town of Red...

) - Belongs to St. Sylvia Church in Tivoli.
St. Thomas Cemetery (Cornwall-on-Hudson) - Belongs to St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Catholic charitable organizations

Saints, Blesseds & Venerables of New York

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Also known as Mother Seton; founded the Sisters of Charity; first canonized saint of New York; first U.S. native-born citizen canonized a saint; aunt of Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley
James Roosevelt Bayley
James Roosevelt Bayley was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Newark and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore .-Early life and education:...

(first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...

, and eighth Archbishop of Baltimore).
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini – Also known as Mother Cabrini; founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart; first U.S. citizen canonized a saint.
St. Isaac Jogues – Jesuit missionary, active in northern New York State, but before the establishment of the Diocese of New York.
St. John Nepomucene Neumann – Ordained as a priest of New York; later became a Redemptorist
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic missionary Congregation founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, near Amalfi, Italy for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people in the neighbourhood of Naples.Members of the Congregation, priests and brothers,...

; became the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia (1852–60) and the first U.S. bishop to be canonized; as bishop of Philadelphia, he founded the first Catholic diocesan school system in the U.S.

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Kateri Tekakwitha
Kateri Tekakwitha or Catherine Tekakwitha was a Mohawk-Algonquian woman from New York and an early convert to Catholicism, who has been beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.-Her life:...

Venerable Fulton Sheen
Fulton J. Sheen
Servant of God Fulton John Sheen, born Peter John Sheen was an American archbishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio...
Venerable Pierre Toussaint
Pierre Toussaint
The Venerable Pierre Toussaint was an immigrant to the United States and a successful hairdresser in New York City during the Federal Period. Due to his devout and exemplary life, the Roman Catholic Church has been investigating his life for possible canonization.-Life:Pierre Toussaint was born as...
Venerable Terence Cooke

Isaac Thomas Hecker
Isaac Hecker
Isaac Thomas Hecker was an American Roman Catholic Priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, the North American religious society of men; he is named a Servant of God by the Catholic Church....

- Servant of God
Servant of God
Servant of God is a title given to individuals by various religions, but in general the phrase is used to describe a person believed to be pious in his or her faith tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates someone who is being investigated by the Church for possibly being recognized as a...

; founder of the Paulist Fathers.
Vincent Robert Capodanno – Servant of God; Navy chaplain in Vietnam War; awarded Medal of Honor.
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert; she advocated the Catholic economic theory of Distributism. She was also considered to be an anarchist, and did not hesitate to use the term...

- Servant of God; sainthood cause being investigated currently in Rome.

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop was an American Roman Catholic religious sister and social worker.-Biography:Born in Lenox, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia Peabody, she was educated in London, Paris, Rome and Florence. She married author George Parsons Lathrop in 1871; both...

- Sainthood cause in Rome; founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne.

Shrines of New York

St. Frances Cabrini Shrine
St. Frances Cabrini Shrine
The St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, located in Washington Heights, northern Manhattan, New York, is adjacent to Mother Cabrini High School, which is at 701 Fort Washington Avenue. The shrine is dedicated to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, who in 1946 became the first American citizen to be canonized by the...

, next to Mother Cabrini High School
Mother Cabrini High School
Mother Cabrini High School is a Catholic high school located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The school was founded in 1899 by Frances Xavier Cabrini and is sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the order she founded...

, at 701 Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue (Manhattan)
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point in Manhattan. Famous residents of Fort Washington Avenue...

, in the Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

section of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, New York, N.Y. The street to the west of the shrine was renamed Cabrini Boulevard
Cabrini Boulevard (Manhattan)
Cabrini Boulevard spans the Manhattan neighborhood of Hudson Heights, running from West 177th Street in the south, near the George Washington Bridge, to Fort Tryon Park in the north, along an escarpment of Manhattan schist overlooking the Henry Hudson Parkway and the Hudson River...

in her honor.

Province of New York

See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States

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