Diocese of Albany
Albanen(sis) in America
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Albany, New York, United States
The Diocese of Albany is a Latin Church diocese covering 14 counties of eastern New York, founded in 1847 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of New York. Bishop Mark W. O'Connell became the 11th bishop, installed in December 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 April 1847
- Latin
- Albanen(sis) in America
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000631
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 325,000
- Population
- 1,392,464
- Catholic share
- 23.3%
- Priests
- 175
- Catholics per priest
- 1,857
- Extent
- 26,985 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Mark W. O'Connell
- Born
- 25 June 1964
- Birthplace
- Scarborough
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Albany, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of New York
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New York.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New YorkNew York
- Diocese of BrooklynBrooklyn
- Diocese of BuffaloBuffalo
- Diocese of OgdensburgOgdensburg
- Diocese of RochesterRochester
- Diocese of Rockville CentreRockville Centre
- Diocese of SyracuseSyracuse
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving eastern New York in the United States, the Catholic Diocese of Albany (Latin: Diœcesis Albanensis) has as its mother church the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].