William Scully (bishop)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Scully
Bishop of Albany Titular Bishop of Pharsalus

Province	New York
Diocese	Albany
Installed	1945
Term ended	1969
Predecessor	Edmund Gibbons
Successor	Edwin Broderick
Other post	Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (1945 to 1954)
Orders
Ordination	September 20, 1919 by Patrick Joseph Hayes
Consecration	October 24, 1945 by Edmund Gibbons
Personal details
Born	(1894-08-06)August 6, 1894 New York City, US
Died	January 5, 1969(1969-01-05) (aged 74) Albany, New York, US
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Education	St. Joseph's Seminary Catholic University of America
Motto	Tibi servire regnare (To serve you and reign)

William Aloysius Scully (August 6, 1894 – January 5, 1969) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Albany in New York State from 1954 until his death in 1969. He previously served as coadjutor bishop of Albany from 1945 to 1954.

Biography

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Early life

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William Scully was born on August 6, 1894, in New York City. He attended Cathedral College in New York City and St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York.^[1] He also studied at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Priesthood

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Scully was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York on September 20, 1919, in New York City by Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes.^[2] After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Scully as a curate and afterwards pastor at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Manhattan. He later became pastor of that parish. Cardinal Francis Spellman appointed Scully as secretary of education for the archdiocese in 1940.^[3] The Vatican elevated Scully to the rank of domestic prelate in 1941.^[3]

Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Albany

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On August 21, 1945, Scully was appointed coadjutor bishop of Albany and titular bishop of Pharsalus by Pope Pius XII to assist .^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on October 24, 1945, from Bishop Edmund Gibbons, with Bishops Thomas Edmund Molloy and Bryan Joseph McEntegart serving as co-consecrators and assigned him as pastor to St. Mary's Parish in Troy for nine years.^[2]

Following Gibbon's resignation as bishop of Albany, Scully succeeded him on November 10, 1954.^[2] In 1955, he founded an annual appeal for funds to support diocesan education and welfare programs.^[4] He established a total of thirteen parishes, twenty-one elementary schools, six high schools and expanded two others, a nursing home, and Maria College in Albany.^[5] He also headed the New York State Catholic Welfare Committee and the Catholic Charities division of the National Catholic Welfare Council.^[4]^[5]

In 1963, Sculley was forced to return to Albany from the Second Vatican Council in Rome due to fatigue.^[4] He delegated the active administration of the diocese to an auxiliary bishop in 1966.^[4]

Death and legacy

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Scully died on January 5, 1969, from bronchial pneumonia at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, at age 74.^[4] Governor Nelson Rockefeller described his death as "a grievous loss—not only to those of his faith but to all of us in New York State."^[4]

References

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1 2 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
1 2 3 4 "Bishop William Aloysius Scully". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
1 2 "Scully Elevated To Rank of Bishop". The New York Times. 1945-10-25.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "William A. Scully, Bishop of Albany". The New York Times. 1969-01-06.
1 2 "A Builder Bishop Goes To Work". The Evangelist. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

Catholic Church titles

Preceded by

Edmund Gibbons

Bishop of Albany
1954—1969

Succeeded by

Edwin Broderick

v t e Diocese of Albany
Ordinaries	Bishops John McCloskey John J. Conroy Francis McNeirny Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke Thomas Cusack Edmund Gibbons William Scully Edwin Broderick Howard James Hubbard Edward Bernard Scharfenberger Mark O'Connell
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany Parishes Christ Sun of Justice Church, Troy St. Clement's Church, Saratoga Springs St. Mary's Church, Albany St. Mary's Church, Ballston Spa St. Paul the Apostle (All Saints on the Hudson), Mechanicville Saint Stanislaus Parish, Amsterdam Closed/suppressed parishes St. Joseph's Church, Albany St. Mary's Church, Hunter
Education	High schools Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady Saratoga Central Catholic High School, Saratoga Springs Independent schools Academy of the Holy Names Christian Brothers Academy, Albany La Salle Institute, Troy Closed Bishop Maginn High School, Albany Cardinal McCloskey High School, Albany Cathedral Academy, Albany Holy Cross High School, Albany Kenwood Academy, Albany Marylrose Academy, Albany Mercy High School, Albany St. Ann's Academy, Albany St. John's Academy, Albany St. Joseph's Academy, Albany St. Mary's High School, Albany Vincentian Institute, Albany Bishop Scully High School, Amsterdam St. Joseph's High School, Amsterdam St. Mary's High School, Amsterdam St. Patrick's Academy, Catskill Keveny Memorial Academy, Cohoes St. Agnes High School, Cohoes Commercial Academy of the Sacred Heart, Cohoes Sacred Heart High School, Cohoes St. Joseph's Academy, Cohoes St. Patrick's Academy, Cohoes St. Mary's Academy, Glens Falls Bishop Burke High School, Gloversville St. Mary's Academy, Hoosick Falls St. Mary's Academy, Hudson St. Mary's Academy, Little Falls St. John's Academy, Rensselaer Our Lady of the Star Academy, Saratoga Springs Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady Notre Dame High School, Schenectady St. Adalbert's High School, Schenectady St. Columba's Academy, Schenectady St. John's Academy, Schenectady St. Joseph's Academy, Schenectady Catholic Central High School (Troy, New York) St. Augustine's Academy, Troy St. Joseph's Academy, Troy St. Mary's Academy, Troy St. Michael's Academy, Troy St. Patrick's Academy, Troy St. Peter's Academy, Troy St. Bridgid's Academy, Watervliet St. Patrick's Academy, Watervliet
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Bishops of New York	R. Luke Concanen John Connolly John Dubois John Joseph Hughes
Archbishops of New York	John Joseph Hughes John Cardinal McCloskey Michael Augustine Corrigan John Murphy Cardinal Farley Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman Terence James Cardinal Cooke John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor Edward Michael Cardinal Egan Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Ronald Hicks
Auxiliary bishops, current	Peter John Byrne Gerardo Joseph Colacicco Edmund James Whalen Joseph Armando Espaillat
Auxiliary bishops, emeritus	Josu Iriondo John Joseph Jenik Dominick John Lagonegro James Francis McCarthy John Joseph O'Hara Gerald Thomas Walsh
Auxiliary bishops, former, currently living	John Samuel Bonnici Henry J. Mansell Timothy A. McDonnell Edwin Frederick O'Brien Dennis Joseph Sullivan
Auxiliary bishops, former, deceased	Patrick Vincent Ahern Edwin Broderick Thomas Cusack Edward Vincent Dargin Joseph Patrick Donahue John Joseph Dunn John Michael Fearns Joseph Francis Flannelly Francisco Garmendia James Griffiths George Henry Guilfoyle Edward Dennis Head Walter P. Kellenberg John Joseph Maguire James Patrick Mahoney Theodore McCarrick William Jerome McCormack James Francis McIntyre Anthony Francis Mestice Emerson John Moore Joseph Thomas O'Keefe Joseph Maria Pernicone Fulton J. Sheen Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan Austin Bernard Vaughan Robert Anthony Brucato
Bishops who served as priests in the archdiocese, living	Charles Daniel Balvo Charles John Brown William Muhm
Bishops who served as priests in the archdiocese, deceased	St. John Nepomucene Neumann Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle Charles H. Colton John J. Conroy Philip Joseph Furlong Charles Edward McDonnell Francis Patrick McFarland Francis McNeirny Bernard John Joseph McQuaid Rrok Kola Mirdita John Joseph Mitty Joseph Thomas Dimino William Quarter Francis Frederick Reh Joseph Francis Rummel William Scully
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v t e Churches in the Archdiocese of New York
Archdiocese	Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan Former cathedral Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
New York City	Bronx Blessed Sacrament Church Church of the Sacred Heart Christ the King's Church Holy Cross Church Immaculate Conception Church Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Our Lady of Mercy's Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Church Our Lady of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady's Church Our Lady of Solace's Church St. Angela Merici's Church St. Anselm's Church St. Ann's Church St. Anthony's Church St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Athanasius's Church St. Augustine's Church St. Barnabas' Church St. Brendan's Church St. Clare of Assisi's Church St. Dominic's Church St. Frances de Chantal's Church St. Frances of Rome's Church St. Francis Xavier's Church St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church St. Helena's Church St. Jerome's Church St. Joan of Arc's Church St. John's Church St. John Chrysostom's Church St. Joseph's Church St. Lucy's Church St. Luke's Church St. Margaret Mary's Church St. Margaret of Cortona's Church St. Martin of Tours' Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church St. Pius V's Church St. Raymond's Church Church of St. Simon Stock St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church SS. Peter and Paul's Church Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Manhattan All Saints Church Church of the Annunciation Chapel of the Resurrection Church of Notre Dame Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of Sorrows Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen Church of Sts. Cyril & Methodius and St. Raphael Church of St. Catherine of Genoa Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Church of St. Joseph Church of St. Michael Church of St. Vincent Ferrer Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Epiphany Church of the Good Shepherd Church of the Holy Agony Church of the Holy Family Church of the Incarnation, Roman Catholic Church of the Most Precious Blood Church of the Nativity Chapel of the Resurrection Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of the Transfiguration, Roman Catholic Corpus Christi Church Holy Cross Church Holy Innocents Church Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church Holy Rosary Church Holy Trinity Church Immaculate Conception Church Our Lady of Esperanza Church Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard Church Our Lady of Lourdes Church Our Lady of the Holy Rosary's Church Our Lady of Pompeii Church Our Lady of Victory Church Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church Our Saviour Church San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel St. Agnes Church St. Aloysius Catholic Church St. Andrew Church St. Ann Church St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Benedict the Moor Church St. Catherine of Siena Church St. Cecilia Church and Convent St. Charles Borromeo Church St. Elizabeth Church St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church St. Emeric Church St. Francis of Assisi Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Gregory the Great Church St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church St. John the Baptist Church St. John the Evangelist Church St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church St. Joseph Chapel St. Jude Church St. Lucy Church St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church St. Mark the Evangelist Church St. Mary Church St. Monica Church St. Patrick's Old Cathedral St. Paul Church St. Paul the Apostle Church St. Peter's Church St. Rose of Lima Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church St. Stephen of Hungary Church St. Teresa Church St. Thomas More Church St. Veronica Church Slovenian Church of St. Cyril Staten Island Church of Our Lady Help of Christians Church of Our Lady of Pity Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church of the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Holy Family Our Lady of Good Counsel's Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert's Church St. Charles's Church St. Clare's Church St. Mary's Church St. Patrick's Church St. Peter's Church St. Rita's Church St. Roch's Church St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus's Church
Dutchess County	Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church (LaGrangeville) Church of Regina Coeli (Hyde Park) Church of St. Martin de Porres (Poughkeepsie) Church of St. Mary, Mother of the Church (Fishkill) St. Mary's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Mary's Church (Wappingers Falls) Church of the Good Shepherd (Rhinebeck) Immaculate Conception Church (Amenia) Immaculate Conception Church (Bangall) Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Anthony's Church (Pine Plains) St. Charles Borromeo's Church (Dover Plains) St. Christopher's Church (Red Hook) St. Columba's Church (Hopewell Junction) St. Denis Church (Hopewell Junction) St. Joachim and St. John the Evangelist's Church (Beacon) St. John the Evangelist's Church (Pawling) St. Joseph's Chapel (Rhinecliff) St. Joseph's Church (Millbrook) St. Patrick's Chapel (Millerton) St. Paul's Chapel (Staatsburg) St. Peter's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Sylvia's Church (Tivoli)
Orange County
Putnam County
Rockland County
Sullivan County
Ulster County
Westchester County	Blessed Sacrament Church (New Rochelle) Church of the Holy Family (New Rochelle) Church of the Resurrection (Rye) Church of St. Augustine (Larchmont) Church of St. Joseph (Bronxville) Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scarsdale) Immaculate Conception Church (Tuckahoe) Immaculate Conception St. Mary's (Yonkers) Most Holy Trinity Church (Mamaroneck) Our Lady of Mercy Church (Port Chester) St. Gabriel's Church (New Rochelle) St. Vito's Church (Mamaroneck) St. Vito-Most Holy Trinity Parish (Mamaroneck)

v t e Education in the Archdiocese of New York
Higher education	Seminaries Society of St. Paul, Staten Island St. Lawrence's Seminary, Beacon Tagaste Monastery, Suffern Saint Joseph's Seminary Universities and colleges Dominican University New York Fordham University Iona University Manhattan University Mercy University Mount Saint Mary College (New York) St. Thomas Aquinas College University of Mount Saint Vincent
New York City	Bronx high schools Academy of Mount St. Ursula Cardinal Hayes High School Cardinal Spellman High School Fordham Preparatory School Monsignor Scanlan High School Mount Saint Michael Academy Preston High School St. Catharine Academy St. Raymond Academy St. Raymond High School for Boys Manhattan high schools Convent of the Sacred Heart Cristo Rey New York High School Dominican Academy La Salle Academy Loyola School Marymount School of New York Notre Dame School Regis High School St. Jean Baptiste High School St. Vincent Ferrer High School Xavier High School Staten Island high schools Monsignor Farrell High School Moore Catholic High School Notre Dame Academy St. Joseph by the Sea High School St. Joseph Hill Academy St. Peter's Boys High School
Dutchess County	Our Lady of Lourdes High School
Orange County	John S. Burke Catholic High School
Rockland County	Albertus Magnus High School
Westchester County	Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Archbishop Stepinac High School The Montfort Academy The Ursuline School
Closed schools	Cathedral College Archdiocesan Preparatory Seminary, Manhattan St. Charles Seminary, Staten Island St. Francis Seminary, Staten Island St. Joseph's Normal Institute, Barrytown Mount Alvernia Seminary, Beacon Eymard Preparatory Seminary, Hyde Park Mother of Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg Marist Fathers Novitiate, Rhinebeck Immaculate Conception Novitiate, Cornwall Don Bosco Seminary, Goshen St. Albert's Junior Seminary, Middletown Epiphany Apostolic College, Newburgh Our Lady of Hope Mission Seminary, Newburgh Capuchin Theological Seminary, Garrison Mary Immaculate Friary and House of Theology, Garrison St. Joseph's Seraphic Seminary, Callicoon Don Bosco Technical Institute, West Haverstraw Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary, Esopus Santa Maria Novitiate, Esopus All Hallows High School Aquinas High School Immaculate Conception High School, Bronx Manhattan College Preparatory School, Bronx Mother Butler Memorial High School, Bronx Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Bronx Sacred Heart of Mary High School, Bronx SS Peter and Paul High School, Bronx St. Barnabas High School St. Helena's Commercial High School, Bronx St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School St. Pius V High School St. Simon Stock High School, Bronx Villa Maria Academy, Bronx All Saints High School, Manhattan Bishop Dubois High School Cathedral High School Holy Cross Academy, Manhattan Immaculata High School, Manhattan Mother Cabrini HS Our Lady of Perpetual Help Commercial High School, Manhattan Power Memorial Acad Rice High School St. Agnes Boys High School St. Alphonsus Commercial High School, Manhattan St. Anthony of Padua Commercial High School, Manhattan St. Bernard's High School, Manhattan St. Joseph's Academy, Manhattan St. Joseph's High School, Manhattan St. Michael Academy St. Thomas Apostle High School, Manhattan Augustinian Acad. St. John Villa Acad. St. Louis Academy, Staten Island St. Peter's Girls HS Cardinal Farley Military Academy, Rhinecliff Academy of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Goshen Mount St. Mary High School, Newburgh Mount St. Vincent Academy, Tuxedo Park St. Patrick's High School, Newburgh Thevenet Hall, Highland Mills St. Joseph's Mountain School, Forestburgh St. Mary's Villa Academy, Sloatsburg School of the Holy Child, Suffern John A. Coleman Catholic High School Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy of the Resurrection High School, Rye Blessed Sacrament Academy, Yonkers Blessed Sacrament Boys High School, New Rochelle Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School Franciscan High School Marymount Secondary School, Tarrytown Mary Immaculate High School, Ossining Our Lady of Victory Academy St. Claire's Academy, Hastings-on-Hudson St. Gabriel High School for Girls, New Rochelle
Closed colleges	St. Andrew-on-Hudson Major Seminary, Hyde Park Maryknoll Seminary, Ossining Loyola Jesuit Seminary, Shrub Oak Notre Dame College (Staten Island) Ladycliff College Queen of Apostles College, Harriman College of New Rochelle College of White Plains, White Plains Elizabeth Seton College Marymount College, Tarrytown Mary Rodgers College, Ossining Marymount Manhattan
Former	Marist University