Edwin Broderick

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Edwin Bernard Broderick
Roman Catholic Church
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Ordination history of
Edwin Broderick
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by
Patrick Vincent Ahern
March 19, 1970
Ronald Gerald ConnorsJuly 20, 1976
Howard James HubbardMarch 27, 1977

Edwin Bernard Broderick (January 16, 1917 – July 2, 2006) was an American

Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany
from 1969 to 1976.

Early life and education

Edwin Broderick was born in the

St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers.[1]

Priesthood

On May 30, 1942, Broderick was

St. Patrick's Cathedral.[4] His first assignment was as a curate at Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Church in the Bronx.[1] He then taught history at Cardinal Hayes High School from 1943 until 1947, when he was assigned to the staff of St. Patrick's Cathedral.[5] In 1951, he earned a doctorate in English from Fordham University in 1951.[1] That same year, he was named the first archdiocesan director of radio and television; during his tenure he created the Catholic Apostolate of Radio, TV and Advertising.[6] He was made the U.S. representative to the Pontifical Commission for Television by Pope Pius XII in 1954.[7]

From 1954 to 1964, Broderick served as secretary to Cardinal Spellman.[1] He served in this capacity together with Father Patrick Ahern for several years.[7] He was named rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in 1964.[6]

Episcopal career

On March 8, 1967, Broderick was appointed

consecration on the following April 21 from Cardinal Spellman, with Bishops Terence Cooke and George Henry Guilfoyle serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral.[4] At his consecration, he wore the same vestments used by Paul VI in his Mass at Yankee Stadium in October 1965.[6] As an auxiliary bishop, he continued to serve as rector of St. Joseph's Seminary, a post which he held until 1969.[5]

Following the death of Bishop William Scully, Broderick was appointed the eighth Bishop of Albany on March 19, 1969.[4] In 1970, he joined Governor Nelson Rockefeller in speaking out in favor of state aid to parochial schools.[8] He served on the court-appointed Citizens' Committee that investigated the 1971 Attica Prison riot.[5]

Director of Catholic Relief Services

On June 3, 1976, Broderick resigned as Bishop of Albany in order to assume the position of executive director of Catholic Relief Services.[4] When he became head of CRS, he jokingly called the agency "the best kept secret in the American Catholic Church."[9] He increased awareness of CRS throughout the U.S. Catholic community; he sponsored short films, new publications, and three telethons that were hosted by such entertainers as Arthur Godfrey, Buddy Hackett, and Trini Lopez.[9] He also established the agency's first direct mail appeal to donors.[9]

During his seven-year tenure, Broderick restructured the governance of CRS and increased the involvement of the

Cambodian genocide that lasted from 1975 to 1979, and civil war in Afghanistan and Lebanon.[7] He resigned as executive director in 1983.[9]

Later life and death

Broderick spent his retirement in

Confirmation in many parishes.[7] In 2005, he moved to Teresian House in Albany, where he later died at age 89.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  2. ^ Dugan, George (1967-03-09). "New Auxiliary Bishop Named Here".
  3. ^ "Welcome". Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  5. ^ a b c "Albany Bishop Heads Catholic Aid Agency". The New York Times. 1976-06-04.
  6. ^ a b c Fiske, Edward B. (1967-04-22). "Auxiliary Bishop Is Consecrated Here". The New York Times.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Bishop Edwin B. Broderick". Catholic New York. July 2006. Archived from the original on 2010-09-20.
  8. ^ "Edwin B. Broderick". The New York Times. 1971-10-01.
  9. ^ a b c d Hackett, Ken. "Bishop Edwin Broderick: Advocate for the Poor". Catholic Relief Services. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-06-01.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
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 Catholic Relief Services Executive Director
1976–1983 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Bishop of Albany
1969–1976 		Succeeded by
Howard J. Hubbard
Preceded by
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 Auxiliary Bishop of New York
1967–1969 		Succeeded by
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