Bishop Edwin Broderick
Posted on 07/03/2006 12:45:22 PM PDT by NYer
ALBANY (AP) -- Bishop Edwin B. Broderick, who led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany for seven years, died Sunday. He was 89.
Broderick was appointed the eighth bishop of the diocese by Pope Paul VI in 1969 and served until 1976, when he was named executive director of Catholic Relief Services. He held that post until 1983.
During his time in Albany, the bishop served on the state commission that investigated the Attica prison riots.
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, who succeeded Broderick in Albany, said his predecessor was "a true churchman who implemented the vision of the Second Vatican Council in the Diocese of Albany, and as executive director of Catholic Relief Services he brought the healing mission of the church to hundreds of thousands of suffering people throughout the globe."
Broderick was born Jan. 16, 1917, to Irish immigrants in the Bronx and was ordained in 1942 by Francis Cardinal Spellman in St. Patrick's Cathedral. He was assigned to parishes and schools in the Bronx and earned a Ph.D. in English language and literature at Fordham University in 1945.
Broderick was appointed to the staff of St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1947 and in 1951 became the first full-time director of radio and television for the archdiocese, a position that included work with Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in the production of Sheen's national television series, "Life is Worth Living." In 1954, Pope Pius XII designated him the United States representative to the Pontifical Commission for Television.
The bishop held a number of positions in the church -- including secretary and master of ceremonies for Spellman -- and received a number of papal honors in the years leading up to his appointment in Albany.
Bishop Broderick lived in New York City until May 2005, when he moved to the Teresian House in Albany because of illness. During his later years in New York City, he continued to minister in the Archdiocese of New York, and in the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Albany.
He is survived by four nephews and three nieces.
A funeral Mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday in the Albany suburb of Loudonville.
RIP
Rip.
How odd that he retired from the active episcopacy short of 60 years old, and retired completely by age 67.
What's truly odd is that his funeral mass is being held at a local parish (my former parish) and NOT in the Cathedral! Now that's odd.
As for his 'retirement', consider Bishop Hubbard's eulogy ....
"a true churchman who implemented the vision of the Second Vatican Council in the Diocese of Albany"
No need for me to point out that Bishop Broderick's vision has been carried out by Bishop Hubbard over the past 30 years. The sheep have fled and only a handful remain faithful to their shepherd.
Dear NYer,
I guess my question is why he was retired in the first place. 60 for a bishop? Yikes, that's young!
If Bishop Hubbard lauds him as someone who implemented Vatican II, that doesn't suggest that Bishop Broderick was particularly orthodox (although I really have no idea whether he was or not). So why have the guy resign to just appoint another heterodox fellow?
Quite a puzzle, at least to me.
sitetest
In those days, we had 550 priests," the Rev. Edwin B. Broderick (former Bishop of Albany, NY) said. "What are you going to do, go down to every rectory at midnight and check to see if the priests are alone? Or if there are little boys around? They all take a vow of celibacy."
-- Albany Times Union 5/14/04
Check your stats before posting your inaccurate comments. Check with the Diocese. As I'm sure you will be informed, the Cathedral has been under repair. Additionally, the Cathedral has no air-conditioning. Enough said.
Making your debut post on Free Republic a haughty retort to an established Freeper was not a good idea. Be gone.
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