Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Edward Bernard Scharfenberger |
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| Bishop of Albany | |
Scharfenberger at his installation in 2014.
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| Archdiocese | New York |
| Diocese | Albany |
| Appointed | February 11, 2014 |
| Installed | April 10, 2014 |
| Predecessor | Howard James Hubbard |
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| Ordination | July 2, 1973 by James Aloysius Hickey |
| Consecration | April 10, 2014 by Timothy M. Dolan, Howard James Hubbard, and Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio |
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May 29, 1948 Brooklyn, New York |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Edward and Elaine Scharfenberger |
| Previous post |
Pastor of St. Matthias Ridgewood, Queens |
| Motto | LORD, MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE |
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Styles of Edward Bernard Scharfenberger |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Pastor of St. Matthias
Edward Bernard Scharfenberger (born May 29, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York.
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.
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.
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.
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