Edward Bernard Scharfenberger

Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger
Bishop of Albany
Scharfenberger at his installation in 2014.
Diocese	Diocese of Albany
Appointed	February 11, 2014
Installed	April 10, 2014
Predecessor	Howard James Hubbard
Orders
Ordination	July 2, 1973 by James Aloysius Hickey
Consecration	April 10, 2014 by Timothy M. Dolan
Personal details
Born	(1948-05-29) 29 May 1948 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Edward and Elaine Scharfenberger
Motto	Lord, make me a channel of Your peace
Coat of arms

Styles of Edward Scharfenberger
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (born May 29, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is serving as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York.^[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Scharfenberger was born in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He graduated from Cathedral Preparatory Seminary High School and Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception with a BA in Philosophy. From 1968, he was a seminarian of the North American College in Rome. In 1972 he obtained an STB degree (summa cum laude) at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Ordination and ministry

Scharfenberger received his priestly ordination July 2, 1973 in St. Peter's Basilica at the hands of then-Bishop James Hickey, the future cardinal, then rector of the North American College. He was incardinated into his native diocese, the Diocese of Brooklyn. In 1977 he completed a licence in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome, and in 1981 a licence in canon law (JCL) at the Catholic University of America.^[2]

In addition to pastoral work for decades, he held various roles in the diocesan curia (a member of the diocesan tribunal, judicial vicar, an adviser to the canonical Ordinary, promoter of justice and member of the committee for sexually abused children). From 2013, he was the episcopal vicar for Queens.

Bishop of Albany

On February 11, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him to become bishop of the Diocese of Albany. Prior to the appointment, he had served as pastor of St. Matthias Church in Ridgewood, Queens.^[3] He was consecrated and installed by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, on April 10, 2014 in a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.^[1]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scharfenberger is bishop Albany Times-Union, April 10, 2014
2. ↑ "New Bishop for Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany". Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. Retrieved April 10, 2014. 
3. ↑ "Pope Francis picks Queens priest to lead Albany diocese Gardinier, Bob.Albany Times-Union, February 11, 2014

Diocese of Albany Ordinaries Bishops John McCloskey John J. Conroy Francis McNeirny Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke Thomas Cusack Edmund Gibbons William Scully Edwin Broderick Howard James Hubbard Edward Bernard Scharfenberger Churches Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany Parishes St. Clement's Church, Saratoga Springs St. Mary's Church, Albany Saint Stanislaus Parish, Amsterdam Closed parishes St. Joseph's Church, Albany Education High schools Bishop Maginn High School, Albany Catholic Central High School, Troy Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady Saratoga Central Catholic High School, Saratoga Springs Independent schools Christian Brothers Academy, Albany La Salle Institute, Troy Catholicism Portal

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