Diocese of Albany Diœcesis Albanensis | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | New York counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, southern Herkimer, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington |
Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Ecclesiastical region | Region II |
Ecclesiastical province | New York |
Deaneries | 14 |
Headquarters | 40 North Main Avenue, Albany, New York, 12203 |
Coordinates | 42°39′06″N 73°45′16″W / 42.65167°N 73.75444°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,419 sq mi (26,990 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of December 2012) 1,392,464 330,000 (23.7%) |
Parishes | 129 (with 4 apostolates) |
Schools | 28 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | April 23, 1847Pope Pius IX | by
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Patron saint | St. Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edward Bernard Scharfenberger |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
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Website | |
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Bishop of Albany | |
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Bishopric | |
catholic | |
Incumbent: Edward Bernard Scharfenberger | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New York |
Information | |
First holder | John McCloskey |
Established | April 23, 1847 |
Diocese | Diocese of Albany |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Albany, New York) |
Website | |
http://www.rcda.org |
The Diocese of Albany (Latin: Diœcesis Albanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory in eastern New York in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany.
The Diocese of Albany is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of New York. As of 2024, the bishop of Albany is Edward Scharfenberger.