His Excellency, The Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard DD |
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Bishop Emeritus of Albany | |
Hubbard at his retirement party in 2014.
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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 |
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Ordination | December 18, 1963 by Martin John O'Connor |
Consecration | March 27, 1977 by Terence Cooke, Edwin Broderick, and Edward Joseph Maginn |
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Born |
Troy, New York |
October 31, 1938
Nationality | U.S.A. |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Motto | Rejoice, We Are God’s People |
Styles of Howard James Hubbard |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ordination history of Howard James Hubbard | |
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Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Terence Cooke |
Date of consecration | March 27, 1977 |
Bishops consecrated by Howard James Hubbard as principal consecrator
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Harry Joseph Flynn | June 24, 1986 |
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.