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( particularly the Roman Catholic or

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) located in the

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. It encompasses the boroughs of

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and Staten Island in

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and the counties of Dutchess,

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, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan,

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, and Westchester. The Archdiocese of New York is the second-largest diocese in the United States by population, encompassing 296 parishes that serve around 2.8 million Catholics, in addition to hundreds of Catholic schools, hospitals and charities. The archdiocese also operates the well-known St. Joseph's Seminary, commonly referred to as Dunwoodie. The Archdiocese of New York is the metropolitan see of the

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of New York which includes the suffragan dioceses of Albany,

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, Buffalo, Ogdensburg,

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and Syracuse. It publishes a bi-weekly newspaper, ''Catholic New York'', the largest of its kind in the United States.

Prelature

The ordinary of the Archdiocese of New York is an archbishop whose cathedra is The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly St. Patrick's Cathedral) in

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. The Archbishop of New York is also the metropolitan of the larger Ecclesiastical Province of New York, which consists of the eight

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s that comprise the

with the exception of a small portion (

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) that belongs to the Province of Hartford. As such, the metropolitan archbishop possesses certain limited authority over the suffragan sees of the province (see

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became the first

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of the (then) Diocese of New York in 1808. The current archbishop of New York is Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan.

History

On November 26, 1784, Pope Pius VI erected the Apostolic Prefecture of United States of America with the territory of what was then the entire United States of America. On November 6, 1789, the same pope raised this prefecture to a diocese and changed its title to Diocese of Baltimore headed by the first American bishop,

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. At the time, there was a dearth of priests to minister to the large territory. The first Catholic Church in New York City was St. Peter's Church on Barclay Street. The land was purchased from Trinity Church with community donations and a gift of 1,000 pieces of silver from

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. The church was built in the federal style. Among its regular worshippers were

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and

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. On April 8, 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Philadelphia, the Diocese of Boston, the

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, and the Diocese of New York, taking their territory from the Diocese of Baltimore. He simultaneously elevated the Diocese of Baltimore to a metropolitan archdiocese and assigned all four new sees as its suffragans. The initial territory of the Diocese of New York encompassed all of the

and Sussex,

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, and Monmouth counties in northeastern New Jersey. The first appointed Bishop of New York could not set sail from Italy due to the

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, so a Jesuit priest,

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, was chosen as administrator pending his arrival. He was instrumental in organizing the diocese and preparing for its original Cathedral of St. Patrick to be built on Mulberry Street. The difficulties faced by Catholics at the time included anti-Catholic bigotry in general and in the New York school system and a strong Nativist movement that sought to keep Catholics out of the country and to prevent those already present from advancing. On April 23, 1847, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Albany and Diocese of Buffalo, taking their initial territory from the Diocese of New York. On July 19, 1850, the same pope elevated the Diocese of New York to an archdiocese. On July 29, 1853, the same pope erected the Diocese of Newark, with territory taken from the Diocese of New York and the Diocese of Philadelphia, and the

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, with territory taken from the Diocese of New York. On February 16, 1872, the Diocese of Ogdensburg was established. On July 25, 1885, the same pope annexed the territory of

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to the Archdiocese of New York, establishing their first permanent Catholic presence, due to their proximity to New York's busy port. The Archdiocese of New York constructed and administered churches and schools in the Bahamas until Pope Pius XI erected the Apostolic Prefecture of Bahama on March 21, 1929, enabled a transition. By 1932, The Bahamas were no longer under the spiritual jurisdiction of New York. This established the present territory of the Archdiocese of New York. From 1919 to 1983, the Archbishops of New York held the collateral position of Apostolic Vicar of the Military Vicariate of the United States.

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terminated this arrangement, first by appointing Bishop John Joseph O'Connor as Archbishop of New York but as ''Apostolic Administrator'' of the Military Vicariate of the United States on 26 January 1984 to oversee the transition and, subsequently, by reconstituting the Military Vicariate of the United States as the present Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, with its own archbishop and its see relocated to

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on 21 July 1986. In 2008, the Archdiocese of New York celebrated its bicentennial anniversary of its establishment as a diocese. To mark the occasion, Pope Benedict XVI visited the archdiocese from April 18 to April 20. During his visit, Benedict visited St. Patrick's Cathedral,

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and celebrated a Mass at

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in The Bronx. In 2009,

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was named the 10th Archbishop of New York. He was made a Cardinal in February 2012. Since the start of the 21st century, The Archdiocese of New York, like other dioceses around the country and the world, has been dealing with a decline in priestly vocations. This has led to a number of parishes being closed and/or merged, and in some cases priests are being asked to take care of multiple parishes at once.

Archdiocesan demographics

As of 2016, the Catholic population of the archdiocese was 2,642,740. These Catholics were served by 696 archdiocesan priests and 590 priests of religious orders. Also laboring in the diocese were 319 permanent deacons, 962 religious brothers, and 2,260 nuns. As of 2021, the archdiocese currently has around 30 men enrolled in its priestly formation program. 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. In 1959, there were 7,913 nuns and sisters ministering in the archdiocese, representing 103 different religious orders.

Anniversaries of significance to the archdiocese

* January 4 – Memorial of

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, native of New York * January 5 – Memorial of

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, ordained a priest of New York * March 17 – Solemnity of Saint Patrick, Patronal Feast of both the archdiocese and the cathedral * April 8 – Anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of New York (1808) * July 14 – Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, born near Albany in territory which was once part of the Diocese of New York * September 5 – Memorial of

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, who did missionary work in the Bronx * October 5 – Anniversary of Dedication of the current Cathedral of Saint Patrick (1910) * November 13 – Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, missionary in New York

Leadership

Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of New York and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding.

Bishops of New York

(1808–1810) # John Connolly (1814–1825) #

John Dubois John Dubois (french: Jean Dubois) served as the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York from 1826 until his death in 1842. He was the first Bishop of New York who was not Irish-born and, as of 2021, remains the only Bishop or Archb ...

(1826–1842) # John Hughes (1842–1850; coadjutor bishop 1837–1842), elevated to archbishop
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John McCloskey John McCloskey (March 10, 1810 – October 10, 1885) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first American born Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death in 1885, having previously served as Bishop o ...

(coadjutor 1843–1847), appointed Bishop of Albany; subsequently returned as archbishop in 1864

Archbishops of New York

# John Hughes (1850–1864) #

(1864–1885) ( Cardinal in 1875) #

Michael Corrigan Michael Augustine Corrigan (August 13, 1839May 5, 1902) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third archbishop of New York from 1885 to 1902. Early life Michael Augustine Corrigan was born August 13, 1839, in Ne ...

(1885–1902;

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1880–1885) # John Farley (1902–1918) # Patrick Hayes (1919–1938) #

Francis Spellman Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 1939 until his death in 1967, he served as the sixth Archbishop of New York; he had previously served as an auxiliary ...

(1939–1967)
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James Francis McIntyre James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (June 25, 1886 – July 16, 1979) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. He was a highly successful bui ...

(coadjutor 1946–1948), appointed Archbishop of Los Angeles
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John Joseph Maguire John Joseph Maguire (December 11, 1904 – July 6, 1989) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop (1959–1965) and coadjutor archbishop (1965–1980) in the Archdiocese of New York. Early life and e ...

(coadjutor 1965–1980), did not have right of succession #

Terence Cooke Terence James Cooke (March 1, 1921 – October 6, 1983) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a cardin ...

(1968–1983) # John O'Connor (1984–2000) #

Edward Egan Edward Michael Egan (April 2, 1932 – March 5, 2015) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1988 to 2000 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York i ...

(2000–2009) #

(2009–present)

Current auxiliary bishops of New York

Peter John Byrne Peter John Byrne (born July 24, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York since 2014. Biography Early life Peter Byrne was born on July 24, 1951, ...

(2014–present) *

Edmund James Whalen Edmund James Whalen (born July 6, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New York since 2019. Biography Early life Edmund Whalen was born July 6, 1958, i ...

(2019–present) * Gerardo Joseph Colacicco (2019–present) * John S. Bonnici (2022-present) * Joseph A. Espaillat (2022-present)

Former auxiliary bishops of New York

* John Farley (1895–1902), appointed archbishop of this archdiocese * Thomas Cusack (1904–1915), appointed Bishop of Albany * Patrick Hayes (1914–1919), appointed archbishop of this archdiocese *

John Joseph Dunn John Joseph Dunn (September 1, 1870 – August 31, 1933) 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 John Dunn was born in New ...

(1921–1933) * Stephen Joseph Donahue (1934–1972) *

(1941–1946), appointed coadjutor archbishop of this archdiocese, then

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(Cardinal in 1953) *

Joseph Patrick Donahue Joseph Patrick Donahue (November 6, 1870 – April 26, 1959) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1945 to 1959. Biography Born in New York City, Joseph Donahue was ...

(1945–1959) *

Thomas John McDonnell Thomas John McDonnell, D.D., (August 18, 1894 – February 25, 1961) was the Roman Catholic coadjutor bishop, ''cum jure successionis'', of what is now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia. Education and pastoral as ...

(1947–1951), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling *

Joseph Francis Flannelly Joseph Francis Flannelly (October 22, 1894—May 23, 1973) 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 Joseph Flannelly was born in New ...

(1948–1969) *

James Henry Ambrose Griffiths James Henry Ambrose Griffiths (July 16, 1903—February 24, 1964) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1950 to 1964. Biography Early life and education Ja ...

(1950–1964) *

Fulton J. Sheen Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in ...

(1951–1966), appointed Bishop of Rochester, then appointed

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* Walter P. Kellenberg (1953–1954), appointed Bishop of Ogdensburg, then Bishop of Rockville Centre * Edward Vincent Dargin (1953–1973) *

Joseph Maria Pernicone Joseph Maria Pernicone (November 4, 1903 – February 11, 1985) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1954 to 1978. Biography Joseph Pernicone was born ...

(1954–1978) * John Michael Fearns (1957–1972) *

(1959–1965), appointed coadjutor archbishop of this archdiocese * Edward Ernest Swanstrom (1960–1978) *

James Edward McManus James Edward McManus (October 10, 1900 – July 6, 1976) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A Redemptorist, he served as Bishop of Ponce in Puerto Rico (1947–1963) and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York ( ...

(1963–1970), previously Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico *

George Henry Guilfoyle George Henry Guilfoyle (November 13, 1913 – June 11, 1991) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey from 1968 to 1989. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the A ...

(1964–1968), appointed Bishop of Camden *

(1965–1968), appointed archbishop of this archdiocese * John William Comber (1966–1976) * Edwin Broderick (1967–1969), appointed Bishop of Albany * Edward Dennis Head (1970–1973), appointed

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Patrick Vincent Ahern Patrick Vincent Ahern (March 8, 1919 – March 19, 2011) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1970 to 1994. Biography Ahern was born in New York City, and ...

(1970–1994) * James Patrick Mahoney (1972–1997) * Anthony Francis Mestice (1973–2001) *

Theodore Edgar McCarrick Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born July 7, 1930) is a laicized American bishop and former cardinal of the Catholic Church. Ordained a priest in 1958, he became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1977, then became Bishop of Metuch ...

(1977–1981), appointed the first Bishop of Metuchen, then

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, then

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(Cardinal 2001–2018) *

Austin Bernard Vaughan Austin Bernard Vaughan (September 27, 1927 – June 25, 2000) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Archdiocese of New York from 1977 to 2000. Biography B ...

(1977–2000) * Francisco Garmendia (1977–2001) *

Joseph Thomas O'Keefe Joseph Thomas O'Keefe (March 12, 1919 – September 2, 1997) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1987 to 1995. Biography Joseph O'Keefe was born in New York City to Michael and Bridget (n ...

(1982–1987), appointed Bishop of Syracuse *

Emerson John Moore Emerson John Moore (May 16, 1938 – September 14, 1995) was an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. An auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York (1982–1995), he was the first African American monsignor and the first to ...

(1982–1995) *

(1985–1988), appointed Bishop of Bridgeport, then returned as archbishop of this archdiocese * William Jerome McCormack (1987–2001) *

Patrick Sheridan Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan K.H.S., K.M., (March 10, 1922 – December 2, 2011) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1990 until his retirement in 2001. Biography ...

(1990–2011) *

Henry J. Mansell Henry Joseph Mansell (born October 10, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut from the fourth Archbishop of Hartford from 2004 to 2013. Mansell previous ...

(1993–1995), appointed

, then Archbishop of Hartford *

Edwin Frederick O'Brien Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born April 8, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2012 and headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019. O'Brien served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of ...

(1996–1997), appointed Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, then

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, then Grand Master of the

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(Cardinal in 2012) *

Robert Anthony Brucato Robert Anthony Brucato (August 14, 1931 – November 7, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1997 to 2006. Biography Born in the Bronx in New York City, ...

(1997–2006) *

James Francis McCarthy James Francis McCarthy (born July 9, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in New York City from 1999 to 2002. McCarthy was forced to resign his post in 2002 ...

(1999–2002) *

Timothy A. McDonnell Timothy Anthony McDonnell (born December 23, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. McDonnell served as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2014 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of ...

(2001–2004), appointed Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts *

Josu Iriondo Josu Iriondo (born December 19, 1938) is a Spanish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2001 to 2014. Biography Early life and education One of seven childre ...

(2001–2014) *

Dominick John Lagonegro Dominick John Lagonegro (born March 6, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2001 to 2018. Biography Early life An only child, Dominick Lagonegro wa ...

(2001–2018) * Dennis Joseph Sullivan (2004–2013), appointed Bishop of Camden *

Gerald Thomas Walsh Gerald Thomas Walsh (born April 25, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York. He was rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, fro ...

(2004–2017) *

John Joseph Jenik John Joseph Jenik (born March 7, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2014 to 2018. His ministerial privileges were suspended in October 2018, pending V ...

(2014–2019) *

John Joseph O'Hara John Joseph O'Hara (born February 7, 1946) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2014 to 2021. Biography Early life O'Hara was born on February 7, 1946, in Jerse ...

(2014–2021)

Other priests of the diocese who became bishops

Benedict Joseph Fenwick Benedict Joseph Fenwick (September 3, 1782 – August 11, 1846) was an American Catholic prelate, Jesuit, and educator who served as the Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843, he founded the College of the Holy Cross in ...

, appointed Bishop of Boston (1825) *

William Quarter William J. Quarter (January 21, 1806 – April 10, 1848) was an Irish American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Chicago (1844–1848). Biography Early years William Quarter was born in Killurin, King's County, Ireland ...

, appointed the first Bishop of Chicago (1843) *

Andrew Byrne Andrew J. Byrne (1802 – June 10, 1862) was an Irish-born American Catholic priest, who became the first bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas from 1844 until his death in 1862. Biography Early life Andrew Byrne was born in 1802 ...

, appointed the first Bishop of Little Rock (1844) * Bernard O'Reilly, appointed Bishop of Hartford (1850) * Saint

John Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...

, appointed Bishop of Philadelphia (1852) *

James Roosevelt Bayley James Roosevelt Bayley (August 23, 1814 – October 3, 1877) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Newark (1853–1872) and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (1872–1877). Early life and educa ...

, appointed the first bishop of Newark (1853), then Archbishop of Baltimore * John Loughlin, appointed the first

Bishop of Brooklyn The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. ...

(1853) *

David William Bacon David William Bacon (September 15, 1813 – November 5, 1874) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine and New Hampshire from 1855 until his death in 1874. Biogra ...

, appointed the first bishop of Portland, Maine (1855) *

Francis Patrick McFarland Francis Patrick McFarland (Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April 1819 – Hartford, Connecticut, 2 October 1874) was an American Catholic bishop who served as the third Bishop of Hartford. Biography His parents, John McFarland and Mary McKeever ...

, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Florida (1857; did not take effect) and Bishop of Hartford (1858) * John J. Conroy, appointed Bishop of Albany (1865) * William George McCloskey, appointed Bishop of Louisville (1868) *

Bernard John McQuaid Bernard John McQuaid (December 15, 1823 – January 18, 1909) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first and longest-serving Bishop of Rochester, serving for 40 years from 1868 until his death in 1909. He previously served ...

, appointed the first Bishop of Rochester (1868) *

Francis McNeirny Francis McNeirny (April 25, 1828 – January 2, 1894) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Albany from 1877 until his death in 1894. Biography Francis S. McNeirny was born in New York City, and receiv ...

, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (1871), then Bishop of Albany * William Hickley Gross, appointed Bishop of Savannah (1873), then Archbishop of Oregon City *

John Lancaster Spalding John Lancaster Spalding (June 2, 1840 – August 25, 1916) was an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 and a co-founder of The Catholic University of Ameri ...

, appointed the first bishop of Peoria (1876) * Michael J. O'Farrell, appointed the first Bishop of Trenton (1881) * Henry P. Northrop, appointed Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (1881) and Bishop of Charleston *

Charles Edward McDonnell Charles Edward McDonnell (February 1, 1854 – August 8, 1921) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Brooklyn from 1892 until his death in 1921. Biography Charles McDonnell was born in Manhattan to Ch ...

, appointed Bishop of Brooklyn (1892) *

Henry Gabriels Henry Gabriels (October 6 1838 – April 23 1921) was a Belgian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York from 1892 until his death in 1921. Biography Early life Henry Gab ...

, Rector of St Joseph's Seminary in

Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany ...

, appointed Bishop of

Ogdensburg, New York Ogdensburg ( moh, Kaniatarahòn:tsi) is a city in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 10,436 at the 2019 census. In the late 18th century, European-American settlers named the community after American land owner and de ...

(1892) * Thomas O'Gorman, appointed Bishop of Sioux Falls (1896) * Charles H. Colton, appointed

(1903) * Bonaventure Broderick, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Havana (1903) * John T. McNicholas, appointed Bishop of Duluth (1918), then Archbishop of Cincinnati * Francis Joseph Tief, appointed Bishop of Concordia, Kansas (1920) *

Daniel Joseph Curley Daniel Joseph Curley (June 16, 1869 – August 3, 1932) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1923 until his death in 1932. Biography Daniel Curley was born in New York City to Michael and ...

, appointed Bishop of Syracuse (1923) *

John Joseph Mitty John Joseph Mitty (January 20, 1884 – October 15, 1961) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third Bishop of Salt Lake City (1926–1932) and the fourth Archbishop of San Francisco (1935–1961). Ea ...

, appointed Bishop of Salt Lake City (1926), then Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco, then Archbishop of San Francisco *

Joseph Francis Rummel Joseph Francis Rummel (October 14, 1876 – November 8, 1964) was a German-born American Catholic prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Omaha in Nebraska from 1928 to 1935 and as archbishop of the Archdi ...

, appointed

Bishop of Omaha The Archdiocese of Omaha ( la, Archidioecesis Omahensis) is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. Its current archbishop, George Joseph Lucas, was installed in Omaha on July 22, 2009. The ar ...

(1928), then

Archbishop of New Orleans The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans ( la, Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae, french: Archidiocèse de la Nouvelle-Orléans, es, Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleans) is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church spanning Jeffers ...

* James E. Kearney, appointed Bishop of Salt Lake City (1932), then Bishop of Rochester *

Bryan Joseph McEntegart Bryan Joseph McEntegart (January 5, 1893 – September 30, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York (1943–1953), rector of the Catholic University of Amer ...

, appointed Bishop of Ogdensburg (1943), later Bishop of Brooklyn (1957) * William Scully, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (1945), then Bishop of Albany * Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle, appointed

(1947) (Cardinal in 1967) *

Christopher Joseph Weldon Christopher Joseph Weldon (September 6, 1905 – March 19, 1982) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts from 1950 to 1977. In 2020, an investigation by the Diocese of ...

, appointed Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (1950) * Philip Joseph Furlong, appointed Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services, USA (1956) *

Francis Frederick Reh Francis Frederick Reh (January 9, 1911 – November 14, 1994) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina from 1962 to 1964. Reh previously served as rector of the P ...

, appointed Bishop of Charleston (1962), then

Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

of the Pontifical North American College, then Bishop of Saginaw * Thomas Andrew Donnellan, appointed Bishop of Ogdensburg (1964), then Archbishop of Atlanta *

Charles Borromeo McLaughlin Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (September 28, 1913 – December 14, 1978) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Saint Petersburg in Florida from 1968 to 1978. He previously serve ...

, appointed auxiliary bishop of Raleigh (1964), then the first bishop of St. Petersburg *

Thomas C. Kelly Thomas Cajetan Kelly (July 14, 1931 – December 14, 2011) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Dominican Order, Kelley served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky from 1982 until his retire ...

, appointed auxiliary bishop of Washington (1977), then Archbishop of Louisville *

Joseph Thomas Dimino Joseph Thomas Dimino (January 7, 1923 – November 25, 2014) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop for the Archdiocese of the Military Services USA from 1991 to 1997. Dimino previously served as auxilia ...

, appointed auxiliary bishop for the Military Services, USA (1983), then Archbishop for the Military Services, USA *

Roberto González Nieves Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (born June 2, 1950) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Juan in Puerto Rico since 1999. González previously served as an auxili ...

, appointed auxiliary bishop of Boston (1988), Bishop of Corpus Christi, then Archbishop of San Juan *

Rrok Kola Mirdita Rrok Kolë Mirdita (28 September 1939 – 7 December 2015) was an Albanian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës from 1993 to his death in 2015. Biography Mirdita was ordained a priest on 2 July 196 ...

, appointed Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania (1993) * Emilio S. Allué, appointed auxiliary bishop of Boston (1996) *

Charles Daniel Balvo Charles Daniel Balvo (born June 29, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving in diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1987. His current posting is as apostolic nuncio to Australia. He has been an apostoli ...

, appointed an

apostolic nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international ...

and

titular archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

(2005) *

Charles John Brown Charles John Brown (born 13 October 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an apostolic nuncio since 2012. He is currently the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines. Before entering the diplomatic se ...

, appointed an apostolic nuncio and titular archbishop (2011) * William James Muhm, appointed auxiliary bishop for the Military Services, USA (2019)

Churches

Schools

The headquarters of the archdiocesan school system is in the New York Catholic Center Terrence Cardinal Cooke Building in Midtown Manhattan.

Religious orders

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 in

Rockland County Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is about from the Bronx at their closest points. The county's population, as of t ...

. *

Cemetery of the Resurrection The Cemetery of the Resurrection is a Catholic cemetery on the southern shore of Staten Island, in New York City. Notable burials * Joseph Armone (1917–1992), organized crime figure * William Cutolo, Sr. (1949–1999), Underboss of the Colo ...

- Located in Staten Island. *

Gate of Heaven Cemetery Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is ...

- Located in

Valhalla In Norse mythology Valhalla (;) is the anglicised name for non, Valhǫll ("hall of the slain").Orchard (1997:171–172) It is described as a majestic hall located in Asgard and presided over by the god Odin. Half of those who die in combat e ...

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) - Belongs to Holy Innocents Church in Pleasantville. * Assumption Cemetery ( Cortlandt Manor) - Belongs to Assumption Church in Peekskill. * Calvary Cemetery ( Newburgh) - Belongs to St. Patrick Church in Newburgh. * Calvary Cemetery (

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie ...

) - Belongs to St. Martin de Porres Church in Poughkeepsie. * Holy Mount Cemetery ( Eastchester) - Belongs to Immaculate Conception-Assumption Parish in Tuckahoe. * Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (

New Rochelle New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state o ...

) - Belongs to Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle. * Mount Calvary Cemetery ( White Plains) - Belongs to St. John the Evangelist Church in White Plains. * Sacred Heart Cemetery ( Barrytown) - Belongs to St. Christopher Church in Red Hook. The parish has a mission chapel in Barrytown. * St. Anastasia Cemetery ( Harriman) - Belongs to St. Anastasia Church in Harriman. * St. Denis Cemetery ( Hopewell Junction) - Belongs to St. Denis Church in Hopewell Junction. * St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery (

Mount Kisco Mount Kisco is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census over 10,877 at the 2010 census. It serves as a ...

) - Belongs to St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mount Kisco. * St. Joachim Cemetery (

Beacon A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More mode ...

) - 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) - Belongs to St. John the Evangelist Church in Goshen. * St. John Cemetery ( Pawling) - Belongs to St. John the Evangelist Church in Pawling. * St. Joseph Cemetery (

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Florida. * St. Joseph Cemetery ( Middletown) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Middletown. * St. Joseph Cemetery ( Millbrook) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Millbrook. * St. Joseph Cemetery ( Wurtsboro) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Wurtsboro. * St. Joseph Cemetery (

) - Belongs to St. Joseph Church in Yonkers. * St. Lucy Cemetery ( Cochecton) - 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 is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,775 at the 2020 census. The communities of Deerpark, ...

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Port Jervis. * St. Mary Cemetery (

Wappingers Falls Wappingers Falls is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 5,522. The community was named for the cascade in Wappinger Creek. The Wappingers Falls post office covers areas in the tow ...

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Wappingers Falls. * St. Mary Cemetery ( Washingtonville) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Washingtonville. * St. Mary Cemetery (

) - Belongs to St. Mary Church in Yonkers. * St. Patrick Cemetery ( Millerton) - 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) - Belongs to St. Peter Church in Kingston. * St. Peter Cemetery (

) - Belongs to St. Peter Church in Hyde Park. The church was formerly located in Poughkeepsie. * St. Raymond Cemetery (

The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

) - Belongs to St. Raymond Church in the Bronx. The cemetery consists of an old section and a new section. * St. Stephen Cemetery (

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

) - Belongs to St. Stephen-St. Edward Church in Warwick. * St. Sylvia Cemetery ( Tivoli) - Belongs to St. Sylvia Church in Tivoli. * St. Thomas Cemetery (

Cornwall-on-Hudson Cornwall-on-Hudson is a riverfront village in the town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York, United States. It lies on the west bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of New York City. The population as of the 2010 census was 3,018. It ...

) - Belongs to St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Catholic charitable organizations

Saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God

– founder of American branch of

Sisters of Charity Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity in their name. Some ''Sisters of Charity'' communities refer to the Vincentian tradition, or in America to the tradition of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, but others are unrelated. The ...

; first

canonized Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of s ...

saint from New York; first native-born U.S. citizen canonized a saint *

Frances Xavier Cabrini Frances Xavier Cabrini ( it, Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American Catholic religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, ...

– founder of

Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic female religious congregation, founded in 1880 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Their aim is to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart by means of spiritual and corporal works ...

; first U.S. citizen canonized a saint *

Isaac Jogues Isaac Jogues, S.J. (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, call ...

– Jesuit missionary, active in northern New York State before establishment of Diocese of New York *

John Nepomucene Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...

– New York diocesan priest, later a

Redemptorist The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...

; fourth Bishop of Philadelphia; first U.S. bishop canonized; founder of first Catholic diocesan school system in the U.S. *

Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha ( in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Catholic saint and virgin who was an Algonquin–Mohawk. Born in the Mohawk village of ...

– first

Native American (U.S.) Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States (Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are ...

canonized a saint *

Fulton Sheen Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in ...

– archbishop; prominent radio and television preacher *

– Haitian slave; New York businessman and philanthropist *

Isaac Hecker Isaac Thomas Hecker (December 18, 1819 – December 22, 1888) was an American Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a North American religious society of men. Hecker was originally ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1849. With the b ...

– Redemptorist priest; founder of

Paulist Fathers The Paulist Fathers, officially named the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle ( la, Societas Sacerdotum Missionariorum a Sancto Paulo Apostolo), abbreviated CSP, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded ...

Vincent Capodanno Vincent Robert Capodanno Jr., M.M. (February 13, 1929 – September 4, 1967) was a Catholic priest and Maryknoll Missioner killed in action while serving as a Navy chaplain with a Marine Corps infantry unit during the Vietnam War. He was a posth ...

–

Maryknoll Maryknoll is a name shared by a number of related Catholic organizations, including the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers (also known as the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America or the Maryknoll Society), the Maryknoll Sisters, and the Mary ...

missionary; U.S. Navy chaplain; Vietnam War hero; Medal of Honor recipient *

Dorothy Day Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social and anarchist activism. She was perhaps the best-known ...

– social activist and radical; co-founder of ''

Catholic Worker ''Catholic Worker'' is a newspaper published seven times a year by the flagship Catholic Worker community in New York City. The newspaper was started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to make people aware of church teaching on social justice. His ...

'' movement and newspaper *

– archbishop and cardinal; founder of many charitable programs *

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, also known as Mother Mary Alphonsa, (May 20, 1851 – July 9, 1926) was an American writer and religious leader. She was a Catholic religious sister, social worker, and foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. ...

– founder of Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, as Mother Mary Alphonsa

Major shrines

* St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine, at 701

Fort Washington Avenue 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 ...

Hudson Heights, Manhattan Hudson Heights is a residential neighborhood of the Washington Heights area of Upper Manhattan, New York City. Most of the residences are in apartment buildings, many of which are cooperatives, and most were constructed in the 1920s through 1 ...

, with a facade on Cabrini Boulevard, next to the former

Mother Cabrini High School __NOTOC__ Mother Cabrini High School (MCHS) was a Catholic high school located at 701 Fort Washington Avenue between Fort Tryon Park and West 190th Street, with a facade on Cabrini Boulevard, in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington H ...

. *

Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is located in the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York at 7 State Street, between Pearl and Water Streets in the Financia ...

, in the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, at 7 State Street in the

Financial District, Manhattan The Financial District of Lower Manhattan, also known as FiDi, is a neighborhood located on the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the West Side Highway on the west, Chambers Street and City Hall Park on the north, Br ...

. * National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at 70 Carmelite Drive in

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 Yo ...

. *

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National Shrine of

Mary Help of Christians Mary, the Help of Christians ( la, Sancta Maria Auxilium Christianorum) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on a devotion now associated with a feast day of the General Roman Calendar on May 24. John Chrysostom was the ...

, 174 Filors Lane,

Stony Point, New York Stony Point is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Rockland County, New York, United States. It is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. The town is located north of the town of Haverstraw, New York, Haverstraw, east and ...

Reports of sex abuse

In August 2018, the archdiocese reported that between 2016 and 2018, its Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program paid nearly $60 million to 278 victims of sex abuse by clergy. On September 26, 2018, it was reported that the Archdiocese of New York, and the three other dioceses where

Theodore McCarrick Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born July 7, 1930) is a laicized American bishop and former cardinal of the Catholic Church. Ordained a priest in 1958, he became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1977, then became Bishop of Metuch ...

served as a bishop, were facing an investigation by the

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (US ...

for McCarrick's alleged sex abuse. On January 28, 2019, the New York state Assembly and Senate passed a law allowing prosecutors to bring criminal charges until a victim turned 28, and permitting victims to sue until age 55. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on February 14, 2019. On April 26, 2019, the Archdiocese released a list of 120 Catholic clergy accused of committing acts of sexual abuse. Some of those on the list, which includes both male and female church workers, have been convicted and many are deceased. The list was accompanied by a letter of apology from Cardinal

, who asked for forgiveness. On August 14, 2019, James Grien, who has accused McCarrick of sexually abusing him when McCarrick was an auxiliary bishop of New York, filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of New York. In his lawsuit, Grien also stated that McCarrick's status as a friend of his family allowed the former New York Auxiliary Bishop to continue to visit and sexually abuse him after being transferred to New Jersey's Diocese of Metuchen and Archdiocese of Newark. On September 30, 2019, Dolan released a report written by Barbara S. Jones, a former judge and prosecutor. Her report stated, among other things, that the Archdiocese had completed the process of removing all of its remaining accused clergy from active ministry. In the same report, Jones recommended that the Archdiocese should also hire a sex abuse "czar" to vet all complaints. Jones, who was commissioned by Dolan in 2018 to conduct the review of the church's handling of abuse allegations, also recommended hiring "a compliance officer for the Office of Priest Personnel to monitor its functions and oversee the new document management system". Dolan also backed the Jones Report and stated at a press conference that the archdiocese was expanding its sex abuse policy as well. On October 10, 2019, it was announced that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Bronx-based Auxiliary Bishop John Jenik following an accusation of sex abuse. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop by Pope Francis in 2014, Jenik also served as vicar for the Northwest Bronx, appointed by Dolan's predecessor

in 2006. Jenik, who submitted his resignation letter upon turning 75 in March 2019, had stepped out of public ministry in October 2018 after the allegation surfaced. On May 8, 2020, Cuomo extended the 2019 New York Child Victim Act's statewide statute of limitations deadline to file sex abuse lawsuits, which was originally set for August 14, 2020, to January 14, 2021. On July 27, 2020, it was revealed that a Catholic priest who served the Archdiocese of New York in upstate New York's Orange County was named in a new sex abuse lawsuit. In the lawsuit, eight men alleged that longtime Orange County priest George Boxelaar, who is now deceased, sexually abused them when they were children, adding their claims to those of at least three other accusers of the late Boxelaar who have sued. These three other accusers had filed lawsuits through the state Supreme Court in Orange County in late 2019, with one also naming the Archdiocese of New York and both Holy Cross and Our Lady of Mount Carmel churches as defendants. In addition to these new lawsuits, a Scarsdale Catholic school teacher identified as Edwin Gaylor also confessed to committing acts of sex abuse. On December 3, 2020, New York City priest Fr. George Rutler, the prestigious pastor of the Church of St. Michael in Manhattan was accused by a female security guard, who worked at Rutler's parish for two shifts, of watching pornography and "aggressively" groping her. Rutler, considered a conservative icon, has made numerous appearances on

EWTN The Eternal Word Television Network, more commonly known by its initials EWTN, is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic-themed programming. It is not only the largest Catholic television network in ...

and has written 30 books. Following the accusations, he maintained his innocence but offered to temporarily step down as pastor during the subsequent investigation. In May 2021, the District Attorney of Manhattan declined to bring charges, dismissing the accusations and allegedly calling them "baseless." As of December 2021, no charges against Rutler have been announced in New York.

Province of New York

References

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
(official site) ** (ny-archdiocese.org)
''Catholic New York''

New York State Catholic Conference
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