New York (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Timothy Michael Dolan, Cardinal, Archbishop
John Samuel Bonnici, Auxiliary Bishop
Peter John Byrne, Auxiliary Bishop
Gerardo Joseph Colacicco, Auxiliary Bishop
Joseph Armando Espaillat, Auxiliary Bishop
Edmund James Whalen, Auxiliary Bishop
Josu Iriondo Zabaleta, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
John Joseph Jenik, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Dominick John Lagonegro, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
James Francis McCarthy, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
John Joseph O’Hara, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Gerald Thomas Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 19 July 1850
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: New York
Country: United States of America
Square Kilometers: 12,212 (4,716 Square Miles)
Conference Region: II (NY)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: NY
Official Web Site: https://archny.org/
Mailing Address: 1011 First Ave., New York, NY 10022-4134, USA
Telephone: (212)794-2900
Fax: 826-6020

Historical Details

Diocese of New York
- Latin Name: Neo-Eboracensis
- Erected: 8 April 1808
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Baltimore
- State: New York
- Country: United States of America

Past and Present Ordinaries

Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. † (8 Apr 1808 Appointed - 19 Jun 1810 Died)
John Connolly, O.P. † (4 Oct 1814 Appointed - 6 Feb 1825 Died)
John Dubois † (23 May 1826 Appointed - 20 Dec 1842 Died)
John Joseph Hughes † (20 Dec 1842 Succeeded - 3 Jan 1864 Died)
John McCloskey † (6 May 1864 Appointed - 10 Oct 1885 Died)
Michael Augustine Corrigan † (10 Oct 1885 Succeeded - 5 May 1902 Died)
John Murphy Farley † (15 Sep 1902 Appointed - 17 Sep 1918 Died)
Patrick Joseph Hayes † (10 Mar 1919 Appointed - 4 Sep 1938 Died)
Francis Joseph Spellman † (15 Apr 1939 Appointed - 2 Dec 1967 Died)
Terence James Cooke † (2 Mar 1968 Appointed - 6 Oct 1983 Died)
John Joseph O’Connor † (26 Jan 1984 Appointed - 3 May 2000 Died)
Edward Michael Egan † (11 May 2000 Appointed - 23 Feb 2009 Retired)
Timothy Michael Dolan (23 Feb 2009 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of New York
8 April 1808	Erected	Diocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Boston (erected) (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont) Diocese of Bardstown (erected) (States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and the Old Northwest Territory) Diocese of New York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey) Diocese of Philadelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey)
18 June 1834	Territory Added		Diocese of New York (NY and parts of NJ (Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth))
23 April 1847	Territory Lost	Diocese of New York	Diocese of Albany (erected) Diocese of Buffalo (erected)
Archdiocese of New York
19 July 1850	Elevated	Diocese of New York	Archdiocese of New York
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of New York	Diocese of Brooklyn (erected) (Long Island)
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of New York Diocese of Philadelphia	Diocese of Newark (erected) (State of New Jersey)
21 March 1929	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of New York (Bahama islands)	Prefecture Apostolic of Bahama (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of New York

1900 1,000,000 449 227 676 1,479 259 ce

1910 1,219,920 605 324 929 1,313 331 ce

1950 1,260,328 4,900,000 25.7% 1,114 986 2,100 600 2,264 7,246 395 ap1951

1962 1,651,400 4,950,000 33.4% 1,260 1,273 2,533 651 1,256 8,562 403 ap1967

1970 1,850,000 5,500,000 33.6% 1,210 1,468 2,678 690 3,158 7,444 407 ap1971

1976 1,880,788 5,147,200 36.5% 1,352 837 2,189 859 31 1,832 6,044 407 ap1977

1980 1,851,000 5,077,000 36.5% 1,146 1,383 2,529 731 116 2,021 5,700 410 ap1981

1990 2,223,290 5,115,000 43.5% 1,006 1,438 2,444 909 286 1,942 4,533 412 ap1991

1999 2,371,355 5,254,300 45.1% 882 1,010 1,892 1,253 320 419 3,707 413 ap2000

2000 2,407,393 5,276,400 45.6% 1,006 992 1,998 1,204 277 1,560 3,375 412 ap2001

2001 2,388,047 5,276,900 45.3% 1,023 985 2,008 1,189 343 1,458 3,376 412 ap2002

2002 2,471,742 5,492,762 45.0% 1,017 927 1,944 1,271 354 1,438 3,267 411 ap2003

2003 2,488,146 5,529,214 45.0% 935 876 1,811 1,373 354 1,442 3,269 411 ap2004

2004 2,521,087 5,602,418 45.0% 922 913 1,835 1,373 359 1,493 3,153 409 ap2005

2009 2,605,000 5,789,000 45.0% 932 851 1,783 1,461 290 1,340 2,840 370 ap2010

2013 2,634,624 5,854,721 45.0% 769 746 1,515 1,739 292 1,251 2,589 368 ap2014

2016 2,642,740 5,872,756 45.0% 696 590 1,286 2,055 319 962 2,260 368 ap2017

2019 2,807,298 6,238,441 45.0% 654 559 1,213 2,314 388 917 2,118 288 ap2020

2021 2,807,298 6,238,441 45.0% 665 559 1,224 2,293 375 855 1,908 284 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of New York
1900	1,000,000			449	227	676	1,479				259	ce
1910	1,219,920			605	324	929	1,313				331	ce
1950	1,260,328	4,900,000	25.7%	1,114	986	2,100	600		2,264	7,246	395	ap1951
1962	1,651,400	4,950,000	33.4%	1,260	1,273	2,533	651		1,256	8,562	403	ap1967
1970	1,850,000	5,500,000	33.6%	1,210	1,468	2,678	690		3,158	7,444	407	ap1971
1976	1,880,788	5,147,200	36.5%	1,352	837	2,189	859	31	1,832	6,044	407	ap1977
1980	1,851,000	5,077,000	36.5%	1,146	1,383	2,529	731	116	2,021	5,700	410	ap1981
1990	2,223,290	5,115,000	43.5%	1,006	1,438	2,444	909	286	1,942	4,533	412	ap1991
1999	2,371,355	5,254,300	45.1%	882	1,010	1,892	1,253	320	419	3,707	413	ap2000
2000	2,407,393	5,276,400	45.6%	1,006	992	1,998	1,204	277	1,560	3,375	412	ap2001
2001	2,388,047	5,276,900	45.3%	1,023	985	2,008	1,189	343	1,458	3,376	412	ap2002
2002	2,471,742	5,492,762	45.0%	1,017	927	1,944	1,271	354	1,438	3,267	411	ap2003
2003	2,488,146	5,529,214	45.0%	935	876	1,811	1,373	354	1,442	3,269	411	ap2004
2004	2,521,087	5,602,418	45.0%	922	913	1,835	1,373	359	1,493	3,153	409	ap2005
2009	2,605,000	5,789,000	45.0%	932	851	1,783	1,461	290	1,340	2,840	370	ap2010
2013	2,634,624	5,854,721	45.0%	769	746	1,515	1,739	292	1,251	2,589	368	ap2014
2016	2,642,740	5,872,756	45.0%	696	590	1,286	2,055	319	962	2,260	368	ap2017
2019	2,807,298	6,238,441	45.0%	654	559	1,213	2,314	388	917	2,118	288	ap2020
2021	2,807,298	6,238,441	45.0%	665	559	1,224	2,293	375	855	1,908	284	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Charles Daniel Balvo (Priest: 6 Jun 1976 to 1 Apr 2005)
John Oliver Barres
John Samuel Bonnici (Priest: 22 Jun 1991; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jan 2022)
Robert John Brennan
Charles John Brown (Priest: 13 May 1989 to 26 Nov 2011)
Peter John Byrne (Priest: 1 Dec 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 2014)
Gerardo Joseph Colacicco (Priest: 6 Nov 1982; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Oct 2019)
Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.
Timothy Michael Dolan (Archbishop: 23 Feb 2009 - )
Joseph Armando Espaillat (Priest: 17 May 2003; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jan 2022)
Robert Eric Guglielmone
Josu Iriondo Zabaleta (Priest: 4 Dec 1996; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Oct 2001 to 1 Feb 2014)
John Joseph Jenik (Priest: 30 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 2014 to 10 Oct 2019)
Dominick John Lagonegro (Priest: 31 May 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Oct 2001 to 2 Jul 2018)
Henry Joseph Mansell (Priest: 19 Dec 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1992 to 18 Apr 1995)
Theodore Edgar McCarrick (Priest: 31 May 1958; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 1977 to 19 Nov 1981)
James Francis McCarthy (Priest: 1 Jun 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 May 1999 to 15 Jun 2002)
Timothy Anthony McDonnell (Priest: 1 Jun 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Oct 2001 to 9 Mar 2004)
William James Muhm (Priest: 13 May 1995 to 22 Jan 2019)
Edwin Frederick O’Brien (Priest: 29 May 1965; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Feb 1996 to 7 Apr 1997)
John Joseph O’Hara (Priest: 1 Dec 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 2014 to 7 Apr 2021)
Dennis Joseph Sullivan (Priest: 29 May 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 2004 to 8 Jan 2013)
Gerald Thomas Walsh (Priest: 27 May 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 2004 to 5 Sep 2017)
Edmund James Whalen (Deacon: 14 Apr 1983; Priest: 23 Jun 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Oct 2019)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Patrick Vincent Ahern † (Priest: 27 Jan 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Feb 1970 to 26 Apr 1994)
David William Bacon † (Priest: 13 Dec 1838 to 23 Jan 1855)
James Roosevelt Bayley † (Priest: 2 Mar 1844 to 29 Jul 1853)
John Joseph Boylan †
Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick †
Edwin Bernard Broderick † (Priest: 30 May 1942; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1967 to 13 Mar 1969)
Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †
Robert Anthony Brucato † (Priest: 1 Jun 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 1997 to 31 Oct 2006)
Charles Henry Colton † (Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 20 May 1903)
Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1808 to 19 Jun 1810)
John Connolly, O.P. † (Bishop: 4 Oct 1814 to 6 Feb 1825)
John Joseph Conroy † (Priest: 21 May 1842 to 7 Jul 1865)
Terence James Cooke † (Priest: 1 Dec 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Sep 1965; Archbishop: 2 Mar 1968 to 6 Oct 1983)
Michael Augustine Corrigan † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 1 Oct 1880; Archbishop: 10 Oct 1885 to 5 May 1902)
Daniel Joseph Curley † (Priest: 19 May 1894 to 19 Feb 1923)
Thomas Francis Cusack † (Priest: 30 May 1885; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Mar 1904 to 5 Jul 1915)
James Joseph Daly †
Edward Vincent Dargin † (Priest: 23 Sep 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Aug 1953 to 11 Aug 1973)
Joseph Thomas Dimino † (Priest: 4 Jun 1949 to 29 Mar 1983)
Joseph Patrick Donahue † (Priest: 8 Jun 1895; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jan 1945 to 26 Apr 1959)
Stephen Joseph Donahue † (Priest: 25 May 1918; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Mar 1934 to 3 May 1972)
Thomas Andrew Donnellan † (Priest: 3 Jun 1939 to 28 Feb 1964)
Austin Dowling †
John Dubois † (Priest: 1824; Bishop: 23 May 1826 to 20 Dec 1842)
John Joseph Dunn † (Priest: 30 May 1896; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Aug 1921 to 31 Aug 1933)
Edward Michael Egan † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Apr 1985 to 5 Nov 1988; Archbishop: 11 May 2000 to 23 Feb 2009)
Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †
John Murphy Farley † (Priest: 11 Jun 1870; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Nov 1895; Archbishop: 15 Sep 1902 to 17 Sep 1918)
John Michael Fearns † (Priest: 19 Feb 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Nov 1957 to 12 Aug 1972)
Joseph Francis Flannelly † (Priest: 1 Sep 1918; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1948 to 8 Nov 1969)
Philip Joseph Furlong † (Priest: 18 May 1918 to 3 Dec 1955)
Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán † (Priest: 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 1977 to 30 Oct 2001)
Joseph Michael Gilmore †
Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †
James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † (Auxiliary Bishop: Sep 1955 to 24 Feb 1964)
George Henry Guilfoyle † (Priest: 25 Mar 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Oct 1964 to 2 Jan 1968)
James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J. †
Patrick Joseph Hayes † (Priest: 8 Sep 1892; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 1914 to 24 Nov 1917; Archbishop: 10 Mar 1919 to 4 Sep 1938)
Edward Dennis Head † (Priest: 27 Jan 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jan 1970 to 23 Jan 1973)
Patrick Richard Heffron †
John Joseph Hughes † (Coadjutor Bishop: 8 Aug 1837; Bishop: 20 Dec 1842; Archbishop: 19 Jul 1850 to 3 Jan 1864)
James Edward Kearney † (Priest: 19 Sep 1908 to 1 Jul 1932)
Walter Philip Kellenberg † (Priest: 2 Jun 1928; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Aug 1953 to 19 Jan 1954)
Lawrence Joyce Kenney † (Priest: 2 Jun 1956 to 25 Mar 1983)
James Jerome Killeen † (Priest: 30 May 1942 to 4 Nov 1975)
John Loughlin † (Priest: 18 Oct 1840 to 29 Jul 1853)
George Edward Lynch †
John Joseph Maguire † (Priest: 22 Dec 1928; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 May 1959; Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Sep 1965 to 8 Jan 1980)
James Patrick Mahoney † (Priest: 19 May 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jul 1972 to 10 May 1997)
John Edgar McCafferty †
John McCloskey † (Priest: 12 Jan 1834; Coadjutor Bishop: 21 Nov 1843 to 21 May 1847; Archbishop: 6 May 1864 to 10 Oct 1885)
William George McCloskey † (Priest: 6 Oct 1852 to 3 Mar 1868)
William Jerome McCormack † (Priest: 21 Feb 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Dec 1986 to 30 Oct 2001)
Charles Edward McDonnell † (Priest: 19 May 1878 to 11 Mar 1892)
Thomas John McDonnell † (Priest: 20 Sep 1919; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jul 1947 to 7 Mar 1951)
Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (Priest: 8 Sep 1917 to 5 Jun 1943)
Francis Patrick McFarland † (Priest: 18 May 1845 to 23 Apr 1847)
Joseph Francis McGeough † (Priest: 20 Dec 1930 to 17 Sep 1960)
James Francis Aloysius McIntyre † (Priest: 21 May 1921; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Nov 1940; Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Jul 1946 to 7 Feb 1948)
Charles Borromeo McLaughlin † (Priest: 6 Jun 1941 to 13 Jan 1964)
Thomas Henry McLaughlin †
James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.Ss.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Nov 1963 to 10 Oct 1970)
Francis McNeirny † (Priest: 17 Aug 1854 to 22 Dec 1871)
James Aloysius McNulty †
Bernard Joseph John McQuaid † (Priest: 16 Jan 1848 to 3 Mar 1868)
Anthony Francis Mestice † (Priest: 4 Jun 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Mar 1973 to 30 Oct 2001)
Rrok Kola Mirdita † (Priest: 2 Jul 1965 to 25 Dec 1992)
John Joseph Mitty † (Priest: 22 Dec 1906 to 21 Jun 1926)
Emerson John Moore † (Priest: 30 May 1964; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 1982 to 14 Sep 1995)
George William Mundelein †
Miguel Pedro Mundo †
St. John Nepomucene Neumann, C.Ss.R. † (Priest: 25 Jun 1836 to 16 Jan 1842)
John Joseph Nevins †
Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap. †
Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle † (Priest: 21 May 1921 to 29 Nov 1947)
John Joseph O’Connor † (Archbishop: 26 Jan 1984 to 3 May 2000)
Joseph Thomas O’Keefe † (Priest: 17 Apr 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 1982 to 16 Jun 1987)
Bernard O’Reilly † (Priest: 16 Oct 1831 to 19 Jul 1850)
William Francis O’Shea, M.M. †
Giovanni Battista Pardini †
Joseph Maria Pernicone † (Priest: 18 Dec 1926; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Apr 1954 to 28 Nov 1978)
William J. Quarter † (Priest: 19 Sep 1829 to 28 Nov 1843)
Francis Frederick Reh † (Priest: 8 Dec 1935 to 4 Jun 1962)
Edmund Joseph Reilly †
Frederick Zadok Rooker †
Opilio Rossi †
Joseph Francis Rummel † (Priest: 24 May 1902 to 30 Mar 1928)
William Aloysius Scully † (Priest: 20 Sep 1919 to 21 Aug 1945)
Fulton John Sheen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1951 to 21 Oct 1966)
Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † (Priest: 1 Mar 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Oct 1990 to 15 Jan 2001)
John Joseph Snyder †
Francis Joseph Spellman † (Archbishop: 15 Apr 1939 to 2 Dec 1967)
Edward Ernest Swanstrom † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Sep 1960 to 4 Apr 1978)
René Arnold Valero †
Austin Bernard Vaughan † (Priest: 8 Dec 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 1977 to 25 Jun 2000)
Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams †
Christopher Joseph Weldon † (Priest: 21 Sep 1929 to 28 Jan 1950)
Winand Michael Wigger †

Source(s)

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- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 171

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