Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
Diocese of Syracuse Diœcesis Syracusensis | |
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Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[2] | |
Secular priests | 180 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Douglas Lucia |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
Vicar General | John J. Kurgan |
Bishops emeritus | Robert J. Cunningham |
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Website | |
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The Diocese of Syracuse (
On June 4, 2019, Pope Francis appointed Douglas Lucia to be the next Bishop of Syracuse.[3] Lucia was consecrated to the episcopacy and installed as bishop on August 8, 2019.
Territory
The Diocese of Syracuse includes seven counties:
History
1600 to 1700
The first Catholic missionary,
In another visit to the area in 1656, Reverend Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot and Reverend Claude Dablon laid the groundwork to build Sainte Marie among the Iroquois near present-day Syracuse. It was a sizable mission, housing about seven Jesuit priests. and 50 French workmen.
In 1658, the French were forced to abandon Sainte Marie due to fears of an attacks by
After the Dutch ceded their colony of New Amsterdam (New York) to the British in 1667, political tensions started rising in central New York. The British and French began disputing the territory, leading them to incite their allies, the French-allied Wyandot and the British allied Haudenosaunee, to fight each other. This situation led to rivalries, atrocities, and reprisals between the two Native American nations. This situation made it difficult for missionaries to safely maintain and continue their missions.
1700 to 1800
Just before the year 1700, the colonial legislature under Governor Bellomont passed laws banning Catholics in the British Province of New York, which included all of Upstate New York. One law mandated a life sentence to any Catholic priest. The penalty for harboring a Catholic was a £250 fine plus three days in the pillory. As a result, Catholic missionaries left the province. The last Jesuit missionary to the Iroquois surrendered at Albany in 1709.[5] Great Britain gained full legal control over this territory with the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763) at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War.
After the approval of the
On November 26, 1784, Pope Pius VI erected the Apostolic Prefecture of United States of America, including all of the new United States. On November 6, 1789, the same pope raised this prefecture to the Diocese of Baltimore.[6] An early Catholic in the central New Region was Dominick Lynch, the founder of Rome. Lynch signed an address of congratulations by American Catholics to George Washington upon his election as American president in 1789.[7]
1800 to 1886
On April 8, 1808,
It took many decades before Catholics in central New York were able to build churches again. Catholic churches would be built in central New York. There were very few Catholics settled there, and only a small number of them could make the journey to Albany or New York City to attend mass. John C. Devereux, the first mayor of Utica, was a board member of St. Mary's Church in Albany.
The population of Catholics swelled when teams of Irish Catholics arrived to construct the
In 1847, recognizing the population growth in Upstate New York, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Albany, including all of the current territory of the Diocese of Syracuse.
1886 to 1923
In 1886,
By the time of Ludden's death in 1912, the diocese had a Catholic population over 150,000, with 129 priests, 80 parishes, 36 mission churches, and 21 parochial schools.[9] Grimes automatically became the second bishop of Syracuse after Ludden died. Grimes served in Syracuse until his death in 1922.[10]
1923 to 1970
Daniel Curley of the Archdiocese of New York was the next bishop of Syracuse, appointed by Pope Pius XI in 1923. During Curley's tenure, the Catholic population of the diocese increased from 173,200 to 201,152.[11] He established a Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 28 parishes, 18 schools, the Loretto Rest facility, and Lourdes Hospital. At his invitation, the Sisters of Perpetual Rosary opened the first home for cloistered nuns in Syracuse.[12] Curley died in 1932.
In 1933, Monsignor
To replace Duffy, Pius IX named Monsignor Walter Foery of the Diocese of Rochester as the next bishop of Syracuse in 1937. In 1959, he expressed "shock and deep regret" that the Syracuse Metropolitan Health Council had admitted Planned Parenthood.[14] After 33 years as bishop, Foery retired in 1970.
1970 to present
Auxiliary
Pope John Paul II named Auxiliary Bishop Joseph O'Keefe of the Archdiocese of New York as the next bishop of Syracuse. O'Keefe served in Syracuse until his retirement in 1995. The same pope then selected Monsignor James Moynihan of the Diocese of Rochester to succeed O'Keefe as bishop. In 1998, Moynihan removed Reverend Richard McBrien as a columnist for the diocesan newspaper, replacing him with writer George Weigel; this action dismayed some members of the diocesan clergy.[18] In November 2001 he released a pastoral letter to the people of Syracuse entitled: Equipping the Saints for the Work of Ministry. Moynihan was a founding member of the Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, named after Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
After Moynihan retired in 2009, Pope Benedict XVI selected Bishop
The current bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse is Douglas Lucia, formerly a priest of the Diocese of Ogdensburg. He was named by Pope Francis in 2019.[19][20][21]
Sex abuse scandal and bankruptcy
In a 2011 legal deposition, Bishop Cunningham made statements about the victims of
Bishops
Bishops of Syracuse
- Patrick Anthony Ludden (1886–1912)[26]
- John Grimes (1912–1922)
- Daniel Joseph Curley (1923–1932)
- John A. Duffy (1933–1937), appointed Bishop of Buffalo
- Walter Andrew Foery (1937–1970)
- David Frederick Cunningham (1970–1975)
- Francis James Harrison (1977–1987)
- Joseph Thomas O'Keefe (1987–1995)
- James Michael Moynihan (1995–2009)
- Robert J. Cunningham (2009–2019)
- Douglas Lucia (2019–present)
Former auxiliary bishops
Thomas Joseph Costello (1978–2004)
High schools
- Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School – East Syracuse
- Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School – Syracuse
- Notre Dame Junior Senior High School– Utica
- Seton Catholic Central High School– Binghamton
See also
- Index of Catholic Church articles
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses(by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)(including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)(including archdioceses)
References
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- ^ The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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- ^ a b Historical Records and Studies. United States Catholic Historical Society. 1899.
- ^ "Bishop Grimes". The Catholic Telegraph. Vol. LXXXXI, no. 32. 10 August 1922 – via The Catholic News Archive.
- ^ "Bishop Curley Of Syracuse Is Dead". The Catholic Transcript. Vol. XXXV, no. 10. 11 August 1932 – via The Catholic News Archive.
- ^ "Most Rev. Daniel Joseph Curley". Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
- TIME Magazine. 1934-07-12. Archived from the originalon June 8, 2008.
- ^ "BISHOP WALTER FOERY, 87, LED DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE". The New York Times. 1978-05-11.
- ^ Gadoua, Renee K. (2004-05-08). "850 Bid Goodbye To Bishop". The Post-Standard.
- ^ Gadoua, Renee K. (2004-05-02). "Retired Bishop Harrison Dies". The Post-Standard.
- ^ Gadoua, Renee K. (2004-05-03). "Bishop Fondly Remembered". The Post-Standard.
- ^ Lefevere, Patricia (February 13, 1998). "Bishop sacks liberal column, diocesan priests fight back". National Catholic Reporter. Archived from the original on 2007-06-23.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 04.06.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "Pope Francis Names Rev. Douglas Lucia as New Bishop of Syracuse; Accepts the Resignation of Bishop Robert Cunningham". Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "Pope Francis Appoints New Bishop For Syracuse". Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ O'Brien, John (September 13, 2015). "Child victims partly to blame in priest sex-abuse cases, Syracuse bishop testified". Syracuse, NY: Syracuse.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Bishop Cunningham clarifies remarks about victims of sexual abuse by priests". Syracuse, NY: Local SYR. September 13, 2015. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- Syracuse.com. June 19, 2020. Archivedfrom the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ McMahon, Julie (June 19, 2020). "Syracuse Catholic Diocese files for bankruptcy". Syracuse.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ History of the Diocese of Syracuse. 1909. p. 25. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.