Edmund Gibbons

Edmund Francis Gibbons was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1919 to 1954.

Edmund Gibbons was born in White Plains, New York, to James and Joanna Gibbons, who were Irish immigrants. His father was a laborer who helped build the New York State Capitol. After graduating from Niagara University in 1887, he studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 1887 to 1893. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 27, 1893. He then served as secretary to Bishop Stephen V. Ryan , superintendent of Catholic schools in the Buffalo Diocese , and pastor of St. Vincents Church in Attica . He was pastor of St. Teresas Church in Buffalo from 1916 to 1919.

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