Episcopal Diocese of Albany

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The Episcopal Diocese of Albany is part of Province 2 of the Episcopal Church.

1 History
2 Today
3 Bishops
4 External links

[edit] History

The Diocese of Albany began in 1674 with a chaplain assigned to the British military garrison at Albany. In 1704 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel sent two missionaries to the Mohawk Valley, where the first Anglican church was erected in 1711.

In 1708 the Diocese's oldest parish, St. Peter's, was founded in Albany. He extended his ministry to nearby Schenectady, and by 1763, St. George's Church was built in that town. In 1765 the last of the colonial parishes, St. John's in Johnstown, was established. By the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Anglican missions were springing up in surrounding counties. However, the War proved disastrous to the English Church which for almost ten years after remained leaderless and disorganized.

With the formation of the Episcopal Diocese of New York in 1785 (comprising the entire state), the Church in New York began to reorganize. By 1790, during the "Second Great Awakening" expanded missionary activity, begun under strong episcopal leadership, was largely sustained by a vigorous laity. By 1810, 14 priests served 25 parishes in buildings made possible by grants from Trinity Parish, New York City.

In 1868, nineteen counties in the northeastern quarter of the state were organized into the Diocese of Albany. Its first Bishop, William Croswell Doane, was elected in 1869 by a convention of 62 priests and 127 delegates. Bishop Doane's principles and personality had a profound and enduring effect upon the character of the Diocese of Albany. He organized the newly formed Diocese after the English model with a Cathedral See, and his "high" Churchmanship found expression in his establishment of St. Agnes School, The Child's Hospital, a community of women religious, and St. Margaret's House and Hospital for Babies.

In 2007, former bishop Daniel W. Herzog joined in full communion with the Catholic Church. He is only the second bishop in the history of the Episcopal Church to do so.

[edit] Today

The Rt. Rev. William Love is the current bishop of Albany. He was elected bishop coadjutor in 2006, and installed in February 2007. He is considered conservative theologically.

[edit] Bishops

1869-1913: William Croswell Doane
1913-1929: Richard Henry Nelson
1929-1950: George Ashton Oldham
1950-1960: Frederick L. Barry
1960-1974: Allen W. Brown
1974-1984: Wilbur Emory Hogg
1984-1998: David Standish Ball
1998-2007: Daniel W. Herzog
2007-present: William H. Love

[edit] External links

Diocese of Albany website

	Episcopal Dioceses in Province II
	Albany • Central New York • Convocation of American Churches in Europe • Haiti • Long Island • New Jersey • New York • Newark • Rochester • The Virgin Islands • Western New York
	Province I • Province II • Province III • Province IV • Province V • Province VI • Province VII • Province VIII • Province IX