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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Saint_Joseph_Cathedral%2C_Franklin_Street%2C_Buffalo%2C_NY.jpg/250px-Saint_Joseph_Cathedral%2C_Franklin_Street%2C_Buffalo%2C_NY.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Saint_Joseph_Cathedral%2C_Franklin_Street%2C_Buffalo%2C_NY.jpg/375px-Saint_Joseph_Cathedral%2C_Franklin_Street%2C_Buffalo%2C_NY.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Saint_Joseph_Cathedral%2C_Franklin_Street%2C_Buffalo%2C_NY.jpg/500px-Saint_Joseph_Cathedral%2C_Franklin_Street%2C_Buffalo%2C_NY.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2806" data-file-height="3741" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">St. Joseph Cathedral</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg/225px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Diocese_of_Buffalo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="856" data-file-height="1166" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Coat of arms</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Location</th></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Territory</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">Western New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_New_York" title="Erie County, New York">Counties of Erie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niagara_County,_New_York" title="Niagara County, New York">Niagara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_New_York" title="Genesee County, New York">Genesee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orleans_County,_New_York" title="Orleans County, New York">Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chautauqua_County,_New_York" title="Chautauqua County, New York">Chautauqua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_County,_New_York" title="Wyoming County, New York">Wyoming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cattaraugus_County,_New_York" title="Cattaraugus County, New York">Cattaraugus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Allegany_County,_New_York" title="Allegany County, New York">Allegany</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of New York">Archdiocese of New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">795 Main Street <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> 14203</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">16,511 km2 (6,375 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population - Total - Catholics</th><td class="infobox-data">(as of 2018) 1,527,681 727,125 (47.6%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">161</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">Sui iuris</a> church</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">April 23, 1847; 177 years ago (1847-04-23)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_Cathedral_in_Buffalo" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo">St. Joseph Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Joseph">St. Joseph</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pope</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Michael_William_Fisher" title="Michael William Fisher">Michael William Fisher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Metropolitan Archbishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_M._Dolan" title="Timothy M. Dolan">Timothy M. Dolan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishops emeritus</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Joseph_Malone" title="Richard Joseph Malone">Richard Joseph Malone</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_M._Grosz" title="Edward M. Grosz">Edward M. Grosz</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Diocese_of_Buffalo_map_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Diocese_of_Buffalo_map_1.png/220px-Diocese_of_Buffalo_map_1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Diocese_of_Buffalo_map_1.png/330px-Diocese_of_Buffalo_map_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Diocese_of_Buffalo_map_1.png 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.buffalodiocese.org/">www.buffalodiocese.org</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q867424#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Religious_Artifact,_St._Columban_Retreat_Center,_Derby,_New_York,_1998.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Religious_Artifact%2C_St._Columban_Retreat_Center%2C_Derby%2C_New_York%2C_1998.jpg/220px-Religious_Artifact%2C_St._Columban_Retreat_Center%2C_Derby%2C_New_York%2C_1998.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Religious_Artifact%2C_St._Columban_Retreat_Center%2C_Derby%2C_New_York%2C_1998.jpg/330px-Religious_Artifact%2C_St._Columban_Retreat_Center%2C_Derby%2C_New_York%2C_1998.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Religious_Artifact%2C_St._Columban_Retreat_Center%2C_Derby%2C_New_York%2C_1998.jpg/440px-Religious_Artifact%2C_St._Columban_Retreat_Center%2C_Derby%2C_New_York%2C_1998.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1099" /></a><figcaption>Religious Artifact, St. Columban Retreat Center, Derby, New York, 1998</figcaption></figure> The Diocese of Buffalo (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: Diœcesis Buffalensis) is a <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> diocese of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> in Western New York in the United States. It is a <a href="/wiki/Suffragan_diocese" title="Suffragan diocese">suffragan diocese</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(religious_jurisdiction)" title="Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)">metropolitan</a> province of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_New_York" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York">Archdiocese of New York</a>. The Diocese of Buffalo includes eight counties in New York State. It was erected in 1847. The mother church of the diocese is St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo. Since December 2020, Michael Fisher has served is the bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Range_and_population">Range and population</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Range and population">edit</a>]</div> The Diocese of Buffalo covers 6,455 square miles (16,720 km2) . As of 2018, the diocese has a Catholic population of 725,125.<a href="#cite_note-Counties-3">[3]</a> The diocese had 161 parishes, 15 high schools, 52 elementary schools, seven colleges and universities, one seminary and four hospitals. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1600_to_1800">1600 to 1800</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1600 to 1800">edit</a>]</div> In 1678, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Hennepin" title="Louis Hennepin">Louis Hennepin</a>, accompanying French explorer <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">René-Robert La Salle</a>, celebrated the first mass in present day Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-Donohue-4">[4]</a> During the British rule of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a> in the 18th century, Catholics were banned from the colony.<a href="#cite_note-:22-5">[5]</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Coote,_1st_Earl_of_Bellomont" title="Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont">Richard Coote</a>, the first colonial governor, passed a law at the end of the 17th century that mandated a life sentence to any Catholic priest. The penalty for harboring a Catholic was a £250 fine plus three days in the <a href="/wiki/Pillory" title="Pillory">pillory</a>. In 1763, Catholic bishop <a href="/wiki/Richard_Challoner" title="Richard Challoner">Richard Challoner</a> of London stated that:<blockquote>“...in New York, one may find a Catholic here and there, but they have no opportunity of practicing their religion as no priest visits them, and … there is not much likelihood that Catholic priests will be permitted to enter these provinces."<a href="#cite_note-:22-5">[5]</a></blockquote>Anti-Catholic bias in New York abated during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> when Catholic France provided its support to the American rebels. After the approval of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Constitution">New York Constitution</a> in 1777, freedom of worship for Catholics was guaranteed. This was soon followed by the same guarantee in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">US Constitution</a>. In 1784, the Vatican erected the Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America, covering the entire new nation. This action was necessary to remove the American church from British jurisdiction.<a href="#cite_note-:2-6">[6]</a> The Vatican in 1789 converted the prefecture into the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Baltimore">Diocese of Baltimore</a>. It was the first diocese in the United States, covering the entire country. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1800_to_1830">1800 to 1830</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1800 to 1830">edit</a>]</div> In 1808, as the population of the country grew, the Vatican created several new dioceses, including the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_New_York" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York">Diocese of New York</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-6">[6]</a> Western New York and the Southern Tier would be part of the Diocese of New York, followed by the Archdiocese of New York, for the next 39 years. By 1820, many Catholic <a href="/wiki/Alsatians_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsatians (people)">Alsatians</a> had moved to Western New York. The Diocese of New York had few priests in region; resident Catholics might not see a priest for weeks or months. Some Catholics would travel with their children to Albany or <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> to have them baptised. Most of the time, they would wait to receive sacraments until a priest showed up in their town.<a href="#cite_note-Donohue-4">[4]</a> Bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Connolly_(bishop)" title="John Connolly (bishop)">John Connolly</a> of New York sent Patrick Kelly on a trip to Buffalo in 1821 to minister to these people. He celebrated one mass in a small building in the city. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Badin" title="Stephen Badin">Stephen Badin</a>, a missionary from Kentucky, spent six weeks in Buffalo as the guest of Louis Le Couteulx, a French businessman.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Badin celebrated public masses at Le Couteulx's home, urging the attendees to form a congregation.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Le Couteulx donated a site for construction of a church, cemetery, and rectory. He later donated land for the Deaf Mute Institute, the Infant Asylum, Immaculate Conception Church, and the Buffalo orphan asylum. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1830_to_1847">1830 to 1847</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1830 to 1847">edit</a>]</div> After visiting Buffalo in 1829, Bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Dubois" title="John Dubois">John Dubois</a> of New York sent John Mertz to Buffalo to become its first resident priest, assisted by Alexander Pax. Mertz in 1832 constructed the Lamb of God Church, the first Catholic church in the city. Over the next five years, Mertz formed congregations in <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_New_York" title="Lancaster, New York">Lancaster</a>, Williamsville, North Bush, East Eden, and <a href="/wiki/Lockport_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockport (city), New York">Lockport</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Donohue-4">[4]</a> Dubois sent Mertz to Europe to raise funds for the diocese and dispatched <a href="/wiki/John_Neumann" title="John Neumann">John Neumann</a> to Buffalo in 1836 to assist Pax.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Based out of <a href="/wiki/Williamsville,_New_York" title="Williamsville, New York">Williamsville</a>, Neumann served in the Erie County for four years. He walked many miles over rough roads and through woods carrying his vestments, to minister to parishioners. <a href="/wiki/Bernard_O%27Reilly_(bishop_of_Hartford)" title="Bernard O'Reilly (bishop of Hartford)">Bernard O'Reilly</a> ministered to laborers on the Erie Canal and in constructing the canal locks at <a href="/wiki/Lockport,_Illinois" title="Lockport, Illinois">Lockport</a>. Thomas McEvoy of <a href="/wiki/Java,_New_York" title="Java, New York">Java</a> worked with Catholics in <a href="/wiki/Allegany_County,_New_York" title="Allegany County, New York">Allegany</a>, Wyoming, <a href="/wiki/Steuben_County,_New_York" title="Steuben County, New York">Steuben</a>, and Chautauqua counties in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Tier" title="Southern Tier">Southern Tier</a> of New York. In 1837, the English-speaking parishioners at Lamb of God withdrew from the church as it was primarily a German-speaking parish. They formed a separate congregation, renting the second floor of a building in Buffalo where Charles Smith celebrated mass once a month. The congregation later purchased property to build their own church. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishop_John_Timon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bishop_John_Timon.jpg/220px-Bishop_John_Timon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bishop_John_Timon.jpg/330px-Bishop_John_Timon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bishop_John_Timon.jpg/440px-Bishop_John_Timon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="765" /></a><figcaption>Bishop Timon</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1847_to_1867">1847 to 1867</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1847 to 1867">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D%27youville_College.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/D%27youville_College.JPG/220px-D%27youville_College.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/D%27youville_College.JPG/330px-D%27youville_College.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/D%27youville_College.JPG/440px-D%27youville_College.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4249" data-file-height="2709" /></a><figcaption>D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York</figcaption></figure> In 1847, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a> erected the Diocese of Buffalo, taking its territory from the Archdiocese of New York. He appointed <a href="/wiki/John_Timon" title="John Timon">John Timon</a> as its first bishop. Timon was fluent in Gaelic, which helped him minister to the Irish community in Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He appointed O'Reilly as his vicar general his vicar-general. The diocese rented several buildings near construction sites in the region to serve their workers. In 1848, the Sisters of Charity Order opened the first public hospital in Buffalo, <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Charity_Hospital_(Buffalo)" title="Sisters of Charity Hospital (Buffalo)">Sisters of Charity Hospital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-11">[11]</a> Timon laid the cornerstone of <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_Cathedral_(Buffalo,_New_York)" title="St. Joseph Cathedral (Buffalo, New York)">St. Joseph Cathedral</a> in 1851. During its construction, a storm destroyed several homes in the area. Timon allowed displaced families to set up tents in the shelter of the cathedral's walls for several weeks. The cathedral was usable, but not complete, when it was dedicated in 1855.<a href="#cite_note-Napora-12">[12]</a> In 1851, Lucas Caveng, a German Jesuit, founded St. Michael's Church in Buffalo. The Oblate Fathers in August 1851 founded a seminary and college in Buffalo. The financial <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Devereux" title="Nicholas Devereux">Nicholas Devereux</a> established <a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allegany,_New_York" title="Allegany, New York">Allegheny</a> in 1855 as a Franciscan college for men.<a href="#cite_note-Kernan-13">[13]</a> In 1856, the Vincentian Order founded Our Lady of the Angels Seminary in <a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_New_York" title="Lewiston, New York">Lewiston</a>, which later evolved into <a href="/wiki/Niagara_University" title="Niagara University">Niagara University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> In 1861, the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_St._Francis_of_Philadelphia" title="Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia">Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia</a> established a Home for the Aged. Two years later, the sisters in Buffalo formed a separate congregation, the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_St._Francis_of_the_Neumann_Communities" title="Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities">Sisters of St. Francis Third Order Regular of Buffalo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Grey_Nuns" title="Grey Nuns">Grey Nuns</a> order in 1865 founded The Holy Angels Infirmary Academy for girls in Buffalo; it would eventually become <a href="/wiki/D%27Youville_University" title="D'Youville University">D'Youville University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> In 1870, the Jesuit Order founded <a href="/wiki/Canisius_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Canisius College">Canisius College</a> in Buffalo to educate the sons of German immigrants.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1867_to_1900">1867 to 1900</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1867 to 1900">edit</a>]</div> After Timon's death in 1867, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a> named <a href="/wiki/Stephen_V._Ryan" title="Stephen V. Ryan">Stephen V. Ryan</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Archdiocese of Philadelphia</a> as the second bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-hierarchy-19">[19]</a> That same year, the pope erected the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Rochester" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester">Diocese of Rochester</a>, taking the eastern counties from the Diocese of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Ryan unified the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_school" title="Catholic school">Catholic school</a> system in the diocese and established a commission to supervise it.<a href="#cite_note-church-21">[21]</a> He founded the <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocesan</a> <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a> called <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Union_and_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Union and Times">The Catholic Union</a>.<a href="#cite_note-diocese-22">[22]</a> Ryan died in April 1896. Soon after his death, the diocese moved the four Southern Tier counties (Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga) from the Diocese of Buffalo to the Diocese of Rochester.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> In December 1896, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a> appointed <a href="/wiki/James_Edward_Quigley" title="James Edward Quigley">James Edward Quigley</a> as bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-ola-24">[24]</a> In 1899, the Longshoremen's Union, representing 1,500 workers in Buffalo who hauled grain out of <a href="/wiki/Grain_trade" title="Grain trade">grain ships</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Silo" title="Silo">grain silos</a>, went on strike against the Lake Carriers Association. The Association paid these men through <a href="/wiki/Saloon_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Saloon bar">saloon</a> keepers, who would subtract charges for room, board and drinks from the workers' wages, leaving them very little. When the saloon keepers raised their fees, the workers went on <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a>. Quigley opened St. Bridget Church as a base for the strikers, gave them strategic support, and acted as a mediator. The strike ended when the carriers agreed to pay their workers directly.<a href="#cite_note-hearst-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-:02-26">[26]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900_to_1930">1900 to 1930</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1900 to 1930">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archbishop_Quigley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Archbishop_Quigley.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="235" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="235" /></a><figcaption>Archbishop Quigley in Chicago</figcaption></figure> In 1902, Quigley embarked on a public campaign against what he termed "<a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialism</a>" in <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">labor unions</a> in Buffalo. He claimed that Catholic workers felt that some union regulations were unjust and oppressive. Quigley wrote a <a href="/wiki/Pastoral_letter" title="Pastoral letter">pastoral letter</a> in German to be read in ethnic German parishes that called on union members to assert their rights regarding union governance. He also spoke at mass meetings. While claiming to support the union movement, Quigley denounced socialism and gave his interpretation of why the Catholic Church opposed it.<a href="#cite_note-hearst-25">[25]</a> As a result of his anti-socialism campaign in Buffalo, Quigley gained a national reputation.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In 1905, Quigley became archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chicago" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago">Archdiocese of Chicago</a>. The fourth bishop of Buffalo was <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Colton" title="Charles H. Colton">Charles H. Colton</a> of New York, selected in 1903 by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a>.<a href="#cite_note-hierarchy2-29">[29]</a> During his tenure, the diocese had 72 churches, 18 combination school-churches, 30 schools, 12 academies, 13 hospitals and charitable institutions, six convents, and 28 rectories.<a href="#cite_note-diocese2-30">[30]</a> In 1904, the Sisters of Mercy opened Mercy Hospital to serve residents of the south side of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-chsbuffalo1-31">[31]</a> After Colton died in 1915, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV" title="Pope Benedict XV">Pope Benedict XV</a> named Bishop <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Joseph_Dougherty" title="Dennis Joseph Dougherty">Dennis Dougherty</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Jaro" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro">Diocese of Jaro</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> as Colton's successor in Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-miranda-32">[32]</a> At the time of Dougherty's arrival, the diocese was burdened with a $1.6 million debt from the construction of the new cathedral.<a href="#cite_note-nyt-33">[33]</a> He dramatically reduced the debt by taxing the diocese's parishes according to their means.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a>: 110  During his tenure, he also established 15 new parishes and supported the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> effort through <a href="/wiki/Liberty_bond" title="Liberty bond">liberty bond</a> campaigns and <a href="/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement" title="International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement">Red Cross</a> drives.<a href="#cite_note-standard-35">[35]</a> In 1918, Dougherty became archbishop of Philadelphia. Benedict XV in 1919 appointed <a href="/wiki/William_Turner_(bishop_of_Buffalo)" title="William Turner (bishop of Buffalo)">William Turner</a> as the next bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> 1922, Turner helped lay the cornerstone of the <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Victory_Basilica_(Lackawanna,_New_York)" title="Our Lady of Victory Basilica (Lackawanna, New York)">Basilica of Our Lady of Victory</a> in Lackawanna. Turner was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Vincent_de_Paul" title="Society of Saint Vincent de Paul">Society of Saint Vincent de Paul</a>, and in 1924 began a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Charities" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Charities">Catholic Charities</a> chapter in Buffalo. He established more than 30 new parishes during his administration,<a href="#cite_note-diocese3-37">[37]</a> including Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish in <a href="/wiki/North_Tonawanda,_New_York" title="North Tonawanda, New York">North Tonawanda</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930_to_1970">1930 to 1970</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1930 to 1970">edit</a>]</div> Turner died in 1937. His successor was Bishop John A. Duffy from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Syracuse" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse">Diocese of Syracuse</a>, appointed by Pope Pius XI that same year.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> During his tenure, Duffy established the <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocesan</a> Fund for the Faith for those impacted by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and erected <a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">parishes</a> in rural areas of the diocese. He organized the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Youth_Organization" title="Catholic Youth Organization">Catholic Youth Organization</a>, the Bishop's Committee for Christian Home and Family, the <a href="/wiki/Confraternity_of_Christian_Doctrine" title="Confraternity of Christian Doctrine">Confraternity of Christian Doctrine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Newman_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Newman Centre">Newman Clubs</a> at the local universities.<a href="#cite_note-buffalo-39">[39]</a> Duffy died in 1944. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> selected Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Francis_O%27Hara" title="John Francis O'Hara">John O'Hara</a> of the United States Military Ordinariate as the next bishop of Buffalo in 1945.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> O'Hara expanded <a href="/wiki/Catholic_school" title="Catholic school">Catholic education</a> in the diocese, and eliminated <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">racial segregation</a> in schools and <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a>. He became archbishop of Philadelphia in 1951. To replace O'Hara, Pius XII in 1952 named Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Burke" title="Joseph A. Burke">Joseph A. Burke</a>, the first native of the diocese to become its bishop. During his 10-year-long administration, Burke supported <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Holy_Name" title="Society of the Holy Name">Holy Name Society</a>, missions, the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Cana" title="Pre-Cana">Pre-Cana</a> program, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a> migrants, and displaced persons. He also continued the expansion and construction of educational institutions, including St. John Vianney Seminary in <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Erie_County,_New_York" title="Aurora, Erie County, New York">East Aurora, New York</a>.<a href="#cite_note-diocese4-41">[41]</a> After Burke died in 1962, <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">Pope John XXIII</a> in 1963 appointed Bishop <a href="/wiki/James_A._McNulty" title="James A. McNulty">James A. McNulty</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Paterson" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson">Diocese of Paterson</a> as the tenth bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> He reduced the diocesan debt which stood at $30 million through a three-year Diocesan Development Fund.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> McNulty oversaw the implementation the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a> reforms, including the establishment of a priests' senate. McNulty promoted religious vocations and expanded inner city ministry. He established the Liturgical Commission, the Pastoral Council, a lay <a href="/wiki/Steering_committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Steering committee">steering committee</a> to oversee finances, and the Communications Office. McNulty began the television program The Bishop Visits Your Home. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970_to_2010">1970 to 2010</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1970 to 2010">edit</a>]</div> McNulty died in 1972; <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> then appointed Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Head" title="Edward D. Head">Edward D. Head</a> of New York as the next bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-Hierarchy-44">[44]</a> Head established the Religious Education Coordinators Council, the Priests' Retirement Board, the Center for Church Vocations, the Western New York Catholic Hospital Health Care Council, the Peace and Justice Commission, the Office of Vicar for Religious and the Permanent Diaconate Program.<a href="#cite_note-Activities-45">[45]</a> Head ordained 124 priests and confirmed 50,000 people during his 22 years in Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-Obituary2-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-Funeral-47">[47]</a> Head retired in 1995. <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> appointed Auxiliary Bishop Henry J. Mansell of New York as the twelfth bishop of Buffalo in 1995.<a href="#cite_note-wiechec-48">[48]</a> Mansell established the Catholic Health Care System of <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">Western New York</a>, combining the local Catholic hospitals, <a href="/wiki/Nursing_home" title="Nursing home">nursing homes</a>, and other health care facilities. In 1996, he instituted the diocese's <a href="/wiki/Vicar" title="Vicar">vicariate</a> structure and in 1997 celebrated the diocese's 150th <a href="/wiki/Anniversary" title="Anniversary">anniversary</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> He instituted a televised "Daily Mass" celebrated from a chapel at <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_Cathedral_(Buffalo,_New_York)" title="St. Joseph Cathedral (Buffalo, New York)">St. Joseph Cathedral</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:03-50">[50]</a> Mansell became archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Hartford" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Hartford">Archdiocese of Hartford</a> in 2004. To replace Mansell in Buffalo, John Paul II appointed Bishop <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kmiec" title="Edward Kmiec">Edward Kmiec</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Nashville">Diocese of Nashville</a> as the next bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-Hierarchy2-51">[51]</a> In 2007, Kmiec announced that the diocese had a balanced budget, after spending cuts reduced a $2.1 million deficit from the previous year.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In August 2009, the <a href="/wiki/The_Buffalo_News" title="The Buffalo News">Buffalo News</a> reported the removal of Fred R. Voorhes, as Administrator of St. Teresa's Parish in <a href="/wiki/South_Buffalo,_Buffalo,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="South Buffalo, Buffalo, New York">South Buffalo</a> and the subsequent dismissal of Marc J. Pasquale, as business administrator and director of religious education at St. Teresa's. Parishioners expressed in interviews their discontent with these removals. Pasquale had gone to the <a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_New_York" title="Erie County, New York">Erie County</a> District Attorney's Office prior to his dismissal to raise concerns about questionable financial practices in the diocese.<a href="#cite_note-auto-53">[53]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_J._Malone_(Buffalo).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Richard_J._Malone_%28Buffalo%29.jpg/220px-Richard_J._Malone_%28Buffalo%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Richard_J._Malone_%28Buffalo%29.jpg/330px-Richard_J._Malone_%28Buffalo%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Richard_J._Malone_%28Buffalo%29.jpg/440px-Richard_J._Malone_%28Buffalo%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="1091" /></a><figcaption>Bishop Malone</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_to_present">2010 to present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2010 to present">edit</a>]</div> Kmiec was heavily criticized for downsizing the diocese from 274 parishes and missions in 2005 to 170 in 2011. He also oversaw the closures of 25 elementary schools.<a href="#cite_note-buffalonews-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kmiec-56">[56]</a> The diocese under Kmiec ordained only 18 priests from 2004 to 2011.<a href="#cite_note-buffalonews-54">[54]</a> He retired in 2012. In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> appointed Bishop <a href="/wiki/Richard_Joseph_Malone" title="Richard Joseph Malone">Richard Malone</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Portland" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland">Diocese of Portland</a> as bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> In 2015, he issued a letter condemning the 2015 film <a href="/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey_(film)" title="Fifty Shades of Grey (film)">Fifty Shades of Grey</a>. In his statement, Malone spoke of: <blockquote>"...the beauty of the Church's teaching on the gift of sexual intimacy in marriage, the great dignity of women, and the moral reprehensibility of all domestic violence and sexual exploitation."<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></blockquote>In September 2019, leaked audio recordings of Malone revealed that he had diverted 40 percent of donations sent to Catholic Charities in the diocese to a foundation known as "The Bishop's Fund for the Faith."<a href="#cite_note-foundationprotection-59">[59]</a> The foundation was included in the diocese's budget as a separate corporate entity, which would protect the money from lawsuits and bankruptcy filings.<a href="#cite_note-Catholic_News_Agency-60">[60]</a> In October 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_Bishops" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for Bishops">Congregation for Bishops</a> in Rome assigned Bishop <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_DiMarzio" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas DiMarzio">Nicholas DiMarzio</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Brooklyn">Diocese of Brooklyn</a> to lead an apostolic visitation, or investigation, of the Diocese of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-Catholic_News_Agency-60">[60]</a> After the visitation, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> accepted Malone's resignation as bishop in December 2019.<a href="#cite_note-.va2-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> <a href="/wiki/60_Minutes_Overtime" class="mw-redirect" title="60 Minutes Overtime">60 Minutes Overtime</a> reported that month that Malone's resignation was linked to documents leaked in 2018 by his executive assistant, Siobhan O'Connor, detailing his concealment of sexual abuse by priests.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> With Malone gone, the pope named Bishop <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bernard_Scharfenberger" title="Edward Bernard Scharfenberger">Edward B. Scharfenberger</a> from the Diocese of Albany as <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_administration" title="Apostolic administration">apostolic administrator</a> to manage the diocese.<a href="#cite_note-.va-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> In February 2020, the Diocese of Buffalo filed for <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> as a result of the numerous sexual abuse lawsuits.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> The diocese in March 2020 announced the closing of Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora.<a href="#cite_note-:0-67">[67]</a> The diocese in April 2020 appointed Mary McCarrick<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> as its first chief operating officer (COO).<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> To replace Malone, Francis in December 2020 named Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Michael_William_Fisher" title="Michael William Fisher">Michael Fisher</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Washington" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington">Archdiocese of Washington</a> as the new bishop of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> As of 2023, Fisher is the current bishop of Buffalo. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reports_of_sex_abuse">Reports of sex abuse</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Reports of sex abuse">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1986_to_2018">1986 to 2018</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1986 to 2018">edit</a>]</div> In February 1986, Gerald C. Jasinski, a priest of St. Mary's Parish, was charged with first-degree <a href="/wiki/Sodomy" title="Sodomy">sodomy</a>, first-degree sexual abuse and unlawful dealing with a child.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> He was accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys at a cabin in <a href="/wiki/Sheldon,_New_York" title="Sheldon, New York">Sheldon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual assault in August 1986, receiving five years of probation. The Vatican laicized Jasinski in 1988. In 2019, a man sued the diocese, claiming that Jasinski in 1969 had raped him in the rectory at St. John’s Church in <a href="/wiki/Sinclairville,_New_York" title="Sinclairville, New York">Sinclairville</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Another priest, Benedict P. Barszcz, was arrested in Buffalo in 1999 on a <a href="/wiki/Misdemeanor" title="Misdemeanor">misdemeanor</a> charge of public <a href="/wiki/Lascivious_behavior" title="Lascivious behavior">lewdness</a>. The parents of two teenage girls accused him of masturbating in his car in view of the girls. A visiting priest from Poland, Barszcz was immediately removed from ministry by the Diocese of Buffalo.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In 2011, Bishop Kmiec suspended Art Smith, a priest who taught at St. Mary of the Lake School in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, from ministry. The school principal had asked the diocese to remove Smith after he posted a love message to an eighth grade boy on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. After his removal, Smith continued to show up around the school for the next several months. The diocese sent him to Philadelphia for treatment. In November 2012, Bishop Malone assigned him as chaplain to a nursing home in <a href="/wiki/Clarence,_New_York" title="Clarence, New York">Clarence</a>. However, after receiving complaints from two male workers, the administrators of the facility fired him. Smith was sent away again for treatment. In 2017, Malone assigned Smith to a parish in <a href="/wiki/Depew,_New_York" title="Depew, New York">Depew</a>, where an allegation of child sexual abuse soon arose. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018">2018</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2018">edit</a>]</div> Michael F. Whalen Jr in February 2018 accused the priest Norbert F. Orsolits of sexually assaulting him in 1979 or 1980 during a ski trip. When Whalen's parents complained to the diocese, Malone called them and offered paid counseling to the boy.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> When interviewed by a <a href="/wiki/The_Buffalo_News" title="The Buffalo News">Buffalo News</a> reporter after Whalen's statement, Orsolits admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys during his career, but claimed it was consensual. He said that he could not specifically remember Whalen.<a href="#cite_note-priestremoved-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-tatusues-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> In September 2018, a diocesan database showed over 106 clergy with credible accusations of sexually abusing children. This number exceeded the list of 42 clergy that the diocese had released in March 2018.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> The diocese said that the March list reflected "priests against whom we had substantiated allegations – meaning more than one allegation – and were accused of abusing minors, not adults."<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> A few active clergy on the list were suspended.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> In September 2018, Malone named Steven L. Halter, a former FBI investigator, as director of the diocese's newly created Office of Personal Responsibility, tasked with handling sex abuse complaints.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019">2019</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2019">edit</a>]</div> In February 2019, New York Governor <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo" title="Andrew Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a> signed the Child Victims Act. The law created a one-year <a href="/wiki/Lookback_option" title="Lookback option">lookback</a> period in which victims of child sex abuse could file <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">civil lawsuits</a> against abusers that were previously barred by the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_limitations" title="Statute of limitations">statute of limitations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> In May 2019, the diocese announced that its voluntary compensation program had paid $17.5 million to 106 childhood victims of clergy sexual abuse; the diocese had rejected 135 applicants.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In May 2019, Paul K. Barr sued the diocese, claiming that he had been sexually abused by the priest Michael Freeman, then posted at Sacred Heart Parish in <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_New_York" title="Niagara Falls, New York">Niagara Falls</a>. Barr said that Freeman, who died in 2010, fondled his genitals one night in the rectory. Barr complained to the youth minister at the church, who did nothing.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In June 2019, James Bottlinger publicly accused Freeman of sexually abusing him in <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_New_York" title="Lancaster, New York">Lancaster</a> in 1984. After he was assaulted, Bottinger said that he complained to the auxiliary bishop <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trautman" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Trautman">Donald Trautman</a>, who scolded him for making the accusation. Bottlinger said that he had rejected a $650,000 settlement offer from the diocese and was planning a lawsuit.<a href="#cite_note-june20192-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-june20193-93">[93]</a> By September 2019, 100 individuals had filed sexual abuse lawsuits against the diocese.<a href="#cite_note-lawsuits-94">[94]</a> That same month, the diocese published an Adult Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures and a new Code of Pastoral Conduct for Clergy.<a href="#cite_note-sept24policy-95">[95]</a> After the apostolic visitation in October 2019, Malone retired in December 2019. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020">2020</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2020">edit</a>]</div> In February 2020, the Diocese of Buffalo filed for <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11_bankruptcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapter 11 bankruptcy">Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a> amid numerous sex abuse lawsuits.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In April 2020, Bishop Scharfenberger, the apostolic administrator of the diocese revealed that as part of the bankruptcy agreement, the diocese would halt cash payments and benefits to 23 diocesan priests suspended due to sex abuse allegations.<a href="#cite_note-23out-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-23stillout-98">[98]</a> One of these 23 priests was Paul Salemi. In 2012, after having consumed alcohol at a dinner with a young man, Salemi suggested that he stay the night with him and engage in oral sex. The man fled the apartment, leaving his shoes behind. The diocese permanently removed Salemi from ministry. Although he moved to Georgia, the diocese continued to pay him until April 2020<a href="#cite_note-nodefrocking-99">[99]</a> Also in April 2020, Cuomo extended the statute of limitations deadline to file sex abuse lawsuits in New York, originally set for August 2020 to January 2021.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> In response, the diocese filed an adversary motion to freeze the lawsuits, stating that it could not pay future sex abuse settlements if the lawsuits continued.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In November 2020, New York Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Letitia_James" title="Letitia James">Letitia James</a> sued the diocese, Malone, and Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Edward_M._Grosz" title="Edward M. Grosz">Edward M. Grosz</a>. She charged the defendants with the misuse of funds to cover up alleged sex abuse by more than 24 priests. The Office of the Attorney General released a 218-page report detailing the results of a two-year investigation into all the parties named in the lawsuit.<a href="#cite_note-statelawsuit-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2024">2024</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2024">edit</a>]</div> In March 2024, the Diocese of Buffalo, which was still in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and facing sex abuse lawsuits, agreed to sell at least 22 properties, including Diocese headquarters, for $9.8 million.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territories">Territories</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Territories">edit</a>]</div> The Diocese of Buffalo includes the following eight counties in Western New York State:<a href="#cite_note-Counties-3">[3]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li>Allegany</li> <li>Cattaraugus</li> <li>Chautauqua</li> <li>Erie</li> <li>Genesee</li> <li>Niagara</li> <li>Orleans</li> <li>Wyoming</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishops">Bishops</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Bishops">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_of_Buffalo">Bishops of Buffalo</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bishops of Buffalo">edit</a>]</div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/John_Timon" title="John Timon">John Timon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Mission" title="Congregation of the Mission">C.M.</a> (1847–1867)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_V._Ryan" title="Stephen V. Ryan">Stephen V. Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Mission" title="Congregation of the Mission">C.M.</a> (1868–1896)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Edward_Quigley" title="James Edward Quigley">James Edward Quigley</a> (1897–1903), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Chicago">Archbishop of Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Colton" title="Charles H. Colton">Charles H. Colton</a> (1903–1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Joseph_Dougherty" title="Dennis Joseph Dougherty">Dennis Joseph Dougherty</a> (1915–1918), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Philadelphia">Archbishop of Philadelphia</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Turner_(Bishop_of_Buffalo)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Turner (Bishop of Buffalo)">William Turner</a> (1919–1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Aloysius_Duffy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Aloysius Duffy">John Aloysius Duffy</a> (1937–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_O%27Hara" title="John Francis O'Hara">John Francis O'Hara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Holy_Cross" title="Congregation of Holy Cross">C.S.C.</a> (1945–1951), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Philadelphia">Archbishop of Philadelphia</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Burke" title="Joseph A. Burke">Joseph Aloysius Burke</a> (1952–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._McNulty" title="James A. McNulty">James Aloysius McNulty</a> (1963–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Head" title="Edward D. Head">Edward Dennis Head</a> (1973–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Mansell" title="Henry J. Mansell">Henry Joseph Mansell</a> (1995–2003), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Hartford" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Hartford">Archbishop of Hartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_U._Kmiec" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward U. Kmiec">Edward Urban Kmiec</a> (2004–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Joseph_Malone" title="Richard Joseph Malone">Richard Joseph Malone</a> (2012–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_William_Fisher" title="Michael William Fisher">Michael William Fisher</a> (2021–present)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_auxiliary_bishops">Former auxiliary bishops</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Former auxiliary bishops">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Burke" title="Joseph A. Burke">Joseph Aloysius Burke</a> (1943–1952), appointed Bishop of Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Richard_Smith" title="Leo Richard Smith">Leo Richard Smith</a> (1952–1963), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ogdensburg" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg">Bishop of Ogdensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pius_Anthony_Benincasa" title="Pius Anthony Benincasa">Pius Anthony Benincasa</a> (1964–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanislaus_Joseph_Brzana" title="Stanislaus Joseph Brzana">Stanislaus Joseph Brzana</a> (1964–1968), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ogdensburg" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg">Bishop of Ogdensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Joseph_McLaughlin" title="Bernard Joseph McLaughlin">Bernard Joseph McLaughlin</a> (1969–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Walter_Trautman" title="Donald Walter Trautman">Donald Walter Trautman</a> (1985–1990), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Erie" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie">Bishop of Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_M._Grosz" title="Edward M. Grosz">Edward M. Grosz</a> (1990–2020)<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_diocesan_priests_who_became_bishops">Other diocesan priests who became bishops</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other diocesan priests who became bishops">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Krautbauer" title="Francis Xavier Krautbauer">Francis Xavier Krautbauer</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Green_Bay" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay">Bishop of Green Bay</a> in 1875</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walsh_(archbishop_of_Newark)" title="Thomas Walsh (archbishop of Newark)">Thomas J. Walsh</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Trenton" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton">Bishop of Trenton</a> in 1918 and later Bishop and <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Newark" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Newark">Archbishop of Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Gibbons" title="Edmund Gibbons">Edmund F. Gibbons</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Albany" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany">Bishop of Albany</a> in 1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._McMahon_(bishop)" title="John J. McMahon (bishop)">John Joseph McMahon</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Trenton" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton">Bishop of Trenton</a> in 1928</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Johnston_Navagh" title="James Johnston Navagh">James Johnston Navagh</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Raleigh" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh">Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh</a> in 1952 and later <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ogdensburg" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg">Bishop of Ogdensburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Paterson" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson">Bishop of Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestine_Damiano" title="Celestine Damiano">Celestine Joseph Damiano</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Delegate" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Delegate">Apostolic Delegate</a> to South Africa and <a href="/wiki/Titular_Archbishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Titular Archbishop">Titular Archbishop</a> in 1952 and later <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Camden" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden">Archbishop (personal title) of Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick" title="John Joseph Fitzpatrick">John Joseph Fitzpatrick</a> (priest here, 1942–1948), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Miami" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami">Auxiliary Bishop of Miami</a> in 1968 and later <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Brownsville" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville">Bishop of Brownsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Joseph_Cunningham" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Joseph Cunningham">Robert Joseph Cunningham</a>, appointed Bishop of Ogdensburg in 2004 and later Bishop of Syracuse</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_ministries">Major ministries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Major ministries">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Campus Ministries</li> <li>Catholic Charities</li> <li>Catholic Health System</li> <li>Holy Name Society</li> <li>St. Vincent de Paul Society</li> <li>Office of Pro-Life Ministries</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Institutions">Institutions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Institutions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospitals_and_affiliates">Hospitals and affiliates</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Hospitals and affiliates">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Bertrand Chaffee Hospital – Springville<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></li> <li>Catholic Medical Partners – Buffalo<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li> <li>Kenmore Mercy Hospital – Kenmore<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></li> <li>Mercy Hospital of Buffalo – Buffalo<a href="#cite_note-Hospitals-109">[109]</a></li> <li>Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center – Lewiston<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li> <li>Sisters of Charity Hospital – Buffalo</li> <li>Sisters of Charity Hospital – St. Joseph Campus – Cheektowaga<a href="#cite_note-Hospitals-109">[109]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christ_the_King_Seminary">Christ the King Seminary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Christ the King Seminary">edit</a>]</div> The seminary was founded in 1857 as part of the new <a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure College</a> in Allegany. In 1974, Christ the King moved to its own 132-acre campus in <a href="/wiki/East_Aurora,_New_York" title="East Aurora, New York">East Aurora</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Diocese-111">[111]</a> The seminary closed in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-:0-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Convents">Convents</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Convents">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph – <a href="/wiki/Hamburg,_New_York" title="Hamburg, New York">Hamburg</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villa_Maria_Motherhouse_Complex" title="Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex">Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex</a>, also known as the Felician Sisters Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent Chapel and Convent – Cheektowaga</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_St._Francis_of_Penance_and_Christian_Charity" title="Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity">Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity</a> at Stella Niagara Education Park, Stella Niagara, <a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_New_York" title="Lewiston, New York">Lewiston</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canisius_University" title="Canisius University">Canisius University</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Youville_University" title="D'Youville University">D'Youville University</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilbert_College" title="Hilbert College">Hilbert College</a>, Hamburg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_University" title="Niagara University">Niagara University</a>, Lewiston</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure University</a>, St. Bonaventure</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trocaire_College" title="Trocaire College">Trocaire College</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villa_Maria_College" title="Villa Maria College">Villa Maria College of Buffalo</a>, Buffalo<a href="#cite_note-Colleges-113">[113]</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_schools">High schools</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: High schools">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Walsh_High_School" title="Archbishop Walsh High School">Archbishop Walsh High School</a>, Olean</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Timon_%E2%80%93_St._Jude_High_School" title="Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School">Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Academy_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart">Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canisius_High_School" title="Canisius High School">Canisius High School</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_O%27Hara_High_School_(Tonawanda,_New_York)" title="Cardinal O'Hara High School (Tonawanda, New York)">Cardinal O'Hara High School</a>, Town of Tonawanda</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterton_Academy_of_Buffalo" title="Chesterton Academy of Buffalo">Chesterton Academy of Buffalo</a>, Lancaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Mercy_Academy_(Buffalo,_New_York)" title="Mount Mercy Academy (Buffalo, New York)">Mount Mercy Academy</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Saint_Mary_Academy_(Kenmore,_New_York)" title="Mount Saint Mary Academy (Kenmore, New York)">Mount Saint Mary Academy</a>, Kenmore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nardin_Academy" title="Nardin Academy">Nardin Academy</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Catholic_High_School" title="Niagara Catholic High School">Niagara Catholic High School</a>, Niagara Falls (Closed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_High_School_(Batavia,_New_York)" title="Notre Dame High School (Batavia, New York)">Notre Dame High School</a>, Batavia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_High_School_(Athol_Springs,_New_York)" title="Saint Francis High School (Athol Springs, New York)">Saint Francis High School</a>, Athol Springs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph%27s_Collegiate_Institute" title="St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute">St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute</a>, Buffalo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_High_School_(Lancaster,_New_York)" title="St. Mary's High School (Lancaster, New York)">St. Mary's High School</a>, Lancaster</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elementary_schools">Elementary schools</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Elementary schools">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Catholic Academy of Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls</li> <li>Catholic Academy of West Buffalo, Buffalo</li> <li>Christ the King School, Snyder</li> <li>DeSales Catholic School, Lockport</li> <li>Immaculate Conception School, East Aurora</li> <li>Immaculate Conception School of Allegany County, Wellsville</li> <li>Mary Queen of Angels Regional School, Cheektowaga</li> <li>Nardin Academy Elementary and Montessori Divisions, Buffalo</li> <li>NativityMiguel Middle School of Buffalo, Buffalo</li> <li>Nativity of our Lord School, Orchard Park</li> <li>Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School, Clarence</li> <li>Niagara Catholic Junior High School, Niagara Falls</li> <li>Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, Dunkirk</li> <li>Our Lady of Black Rock School, Buffalo</li> <li>Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School, Depew</li> <li>Our Lady of Victory School, Lackawanna</li> <li>Queen of Heaven School, West Seneca</li> <li>Sacred Heart Villa School, Lewiston</li> <li>South Buffalo Catholic School - Notre Dame Academy, Buffalo</li> <li>Southern Tier Catholic School, Olean</li> <li>Southtowns Catholic School, Lake View</li> <li>SS. Peter and Paul School, Hamburg</li> <li>SS. Peter and Paul School, Williamsville</li> <li>St. Aloysius Regional School, Springville</li> <li>St. Amelia School, Tonawanda</li> <li>St. Andrew's Country Day School, Kenmore</li> <li>St. Benedict School, Amherst</li> <li>St. Christopher School, Tonawanda</li> <li>St. Gregory the Great School, Williamsville</li> <li>St. John the Baptist School, Alden</li> <li>St. John the Baptist School, Kenmore</li> <li>St. John Vianney School, Orchard Park</li> <li>St. Joseph School, Batavia</li> <li>St. Joseph University School, Buffalo</li> <li>St. Mark School, Buffalo</li> <li>St. Mary's Elementary School, Lancaster</li> <li>St. Mary's School, Swormville</li> <li>St. Peter School, Lewiston</li> <li>St. Stephen School, Grand Island</li> <li>Stella Niagara Education Park, Stella Niagara</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_restructuring">School restructuring</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: School restructuring">edit</a>]</div> In 2007, the diocese closed 14 Catholic schools. The closures included: <ul><li>Blessed Sacrament School, <a href="/wiki/Kenmore,_New_York" title="Kenmore, New York">Kenmore</a></li> <li>Genesee-Wyoming Catholic School, <a href="/wiki/Attica_(village),_New_York" title="Attica (village), New York">Attica</a></li> <li>Infant of Prague, St. Josaphat, Kolbe Catholic, Resurrection, and St. Aloysius Gonzaga Schools, Cheektowaga</li> <li>Most Precious Blood School, <a href="/wiki/Angola,_New_York" title="Angola, New York">Angola</a></li> <li>St. Agnes, St. Bernard, and St. Rose of Lima Schools, Buffalo</li> <li>St. Barnabas School, Depew</li> <li>St. Edmund School, <a href="/wiki/Tonawanda,_New_York" title="Tonawanda, New York">Tonawanda</a></li> <li>St. Hyacinth School, <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk,_New_York" title="Dunkirk, New York">Dunkirk</a><a href="#cite_note-Closures-114">[114]</a></li></ul> According to the diocese, in 2007 the average cost of teaching a student in the 14 schools was $4,738 while the schools only received an average tuition per student of $1,525. To assist parishes who had run out of money to support their schools, the diocese had contributed millions of dollars. In 2007, the diocese had a $2.1 million deficit, due in part to the school subsidies.<a href="#cite_note-Closures-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-report-115">[115]</a> Many of the 14 schools had experienced declines in enrollment. <a href="/wiki/Cheektowaga,_New_York" title="Cheektowaga, New York">Cheektowaga</a>, which lost five schools in 2007, had suffered a large decline in its Catholic family population. One of its schools, Infant of Prague School, had an enrollment of 1,120 students in 1960. By 2007, the school had only 117 students. 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Ryan">Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/James_Edward_Quigley" title="James Edward Quigley">James Edward Quigley</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Colton" title="Charles H. Colton">Charles Henry Colton</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Joseph_Dougherty" title="Dennis Joseph Dougherty">Dennis Joseph Dougherty</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/William_Turner_(bishop_of_Buffalo)" title="William Turner (bishop of Buffalo)">William Turner</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_A._Duffy" title="John A. Duffy">John Aloysius Duffy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_O%27Hara" title="John Francis O'Hara">John Francis O'Hara</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Burke" title="Joseph A. Burke">Joseph Aloysius Burke</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/James_A._McNulty" title="James A. McNulty">James Aloysius McNulty</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Head" title="Edward D. Head">Edward Dennis Head</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Mansell" title="Henry J. 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href="/wiki/St._Francis_Xavier_Roman_Catholic_Parish_Complex" title="St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish Complex">St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish, Buffalo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Gerard%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church" title="St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church">St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary_of_Sorrows_Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church">Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Colleges and universities</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Canisius_University" title="Canisius University">Canisius University, Buffalo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/D%27Youville_University" title="D'Youville University">D'Youville University, Buffalo</a></dd> 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