Lord, make me a channel of your peace Most Reverend Joseph A. Burke 9th Bishop of Buffalo (1952-1962)“Let Your Will Be Done” Bishop Joseph A. Burke was the first native of the Buffalo Diocese to become bishop here. He was baptized at St. Joseph’s Cathedral by Bishop Quigley. He was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop for Buffalo in 1943. […]

Lord, make me a channel of your peace Most Reverend James A. McNulty 10th Bishop of Buffalo (1963-1972)“To Jesus Through Mary” Bishop James A. McNulty, a native of New York City and Bishop of Paterson NJ, was named Bishop of Buffalo and installed on May 1, 1963. He reduced the diocesan debt which stood at […]

Lord, make me a channel of your peace Most Reverend Edward D. Head 11th Bishop of Buffalo (1973-1995)“Charity Seeks Not Her Own” Bishop Edward D. Head, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, was installed as the 11th Bishop of Buffalo on the Diocesan Patronal Feast of St. Joseph, March 19, 1973. He oversaw the […]

Lord, make me a channel of your peace Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell 12th Bishop of Buffalo (1995-2003)“Blessed Be God” On January 6, 1993, Pope John Paul II ordained Bishop Henry J. Mansell in Rome as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York. Two years later, on April 18, 1995, the Holy Father […]

Lord, make me a channel of your peace Most Reverend Edward U. Kmiec Most Reverend Edward U. Kmiec was born June 4, 1936 in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the fifth of five children born to Thecla Czupta Kmiec and John Kmiec, who immigrated to the United States from Poland before World War I. All […]