Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger

Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1948		Born
2 Jul 1973	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
11 Feb 2014	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
10 Apr 2014	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
4 Dec 2019	71.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo, New York, USA
15 Jan 2021	72.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo, New York, USA
20 Oct 2025	77.3	Retired	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
Bishop Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
(born 29 May 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Albany

Ad Limina - November 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Albany, Diocese of Albany, New York

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Albany.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Titular Bishop of Taraqua
Principal Consecrator:
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Howard James Hubbard †
Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York
Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan (2001)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali (1985)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Albany, Diocese of Albany, New York

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15807383

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Feb 2014
c1/ob: CB, 11 Feb 2014
c2+: CB, 12 Feb 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,142
ab: Bollettino, 4 Dec 2019
op.loc: CB, 21 Oct 2022
r: Bollettino, 20 Oct 2025

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