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Howard James Hubbard

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Howard J. Hubbard
DD
Bishop Emeritus of Albany
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Hubbard at his retirement party in 2014.
Province New York
Diocese Albany
Appointed February 1, 1977
Installed March 27, 1977
Term ended April 10, 2014
Predecessor Edwin B. Broderick
Successor Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
Orders
Ordination December 18, 1963
by Martin John O'Connor
Consecration March 27, 1977
by Terence Cooke, Edwin Broderick, and Edward Joseph Maginn
Personal details
Born (1938-10-31) October 31, 1938 (age 78)
Troy, New York
Nationality  U.S.A.
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Motto Rejoice, We Are God’s People
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Howard James Hubbard
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Howard James Hubbard, DD (born October 31, 1938) is a United States prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the ninth Bishop of Albany, as well as the longest-serving incumbent.

Howard Hubbard was born in Troy, New York, to Howard and Elizabeth Hubbard. He attended La Salle Institute, and entered Mater Christi Seminary in 1956. He furthered his studies at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers and the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. While in Rome, Hubbard was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Martin O'Connor on December 18, 1963.

Upon his return to the United States, he served as associate pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Schenectady and at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany. He then did his graduate studies in social services at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.


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