Edwin Bernard Broderick | |
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Bishop of Albany | |
Province | New York |
Diocese | Albany |
Installed | March 19, 1969 |
Term ended | June 3, 1976 |
Predecessor | William Scully |
Successor | Howard James Hubbard |
Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1967-69) |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 30, 1942 by Francis Spellman |
Consecration | March 8, 1967 by Francis Spellman |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bronx, New York |
January 16, 1917
Died | July 2, 2006 Albany, New York |
(aged 89)
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Edwin Bernard Broderick (January 16, 1917 – July 2, 2006) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1969 to 1976.
Edwin Broderick was born in the Bronx, New York, to Patrick S. and Margaret M. (née O'Donnell) Broderick. His father was a member of the New York City Fire Department who later died during a Mass celebrated by his son in 1948. Broderick received his early education at the parochial school of St. Anselm Church in the Bronx, graduating in 1930. He attended Regis High School in New York City from 1930 to 1934, and then began his studies for the priesthood at Cathedral College, where he remained for two years. He continued his studies at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers.
On May 30, 1942, Broderick was ordained a priest by Cardinal Francis Spellman at St. Patrick's Cathedral. His first assignment was as a curate at Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Church in the Bronx. He then taught history at Cardinal Hayes High School from 1943 until 1947, when he was assigned to the staff of St. Patrick's Cathedral. In 1951, he earned a doctorate in English from Fordham University in 1951. That same year, he was named the first archdiocesan director of radio and television; during his tenure he created the Catholic Apostolate of Radio, TV and Advertising. He was made the U.S. representative to the Pontifical Commission for Television by Pope Pius XII in 1954.