Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany - Ordinaries

Ordinaries

The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Diocese of Albany and their periods of service.

• Bishop John McCloskey (1847–1865) (later the Archbishop of New York and first American Cardinal)
• Bishop John J. Conroy (1865–1877)
• Bishop Francis McNierney (1877–1894)
• Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke (1894–1915)
• Bishop Thomas Cusack (1915–1918)
• Bishop Edmund Gibbons (1919–1954)
• Bishop William Scully (1954–1969)
• Bishop Edwin Broderick (1969–1976)
• Bishop Howard J. Hubbard (1977–present)

During their terms as bishops of Albany, the first five named were accorded the title "Right Reverend" because the American church was still considered a province. From Bishop Gibbons on, they have been entitled "Most Reverend". John McCloskey was "Most Reverend" after his move to New York, where he later became "His Eminence". Six of Albany's deceased Bishops are buried in a crypt beneath the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. John McCloskey is interred beneath St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, and Bishop Broderick is buried in a family plot in Westchester County.