Archdiocese of New York - Quiz
Archdiocese of New York
  • 1. What was the Catholic population of the archdiocese as of 2023?
A) 170,348
B) 1,273,291
C) 2,642,740
D) 3,100,000
  • 2. How many archdiocesan priests served the archdiocese as of 2023?
A) 140
B) 195
C) 228
D) 320
  • 3. How many priests of religious orders served the archdiocese as of 2023?
A) 320
B) 140
C) 195
D) 443
  • 4. How many international priests served the archdiocese as of 2023?
A) 140
B) 320
C) 195
D) 228
  • 5. How many permanent deacons did the archdiocese have as of 2023?
A) 228
B) 443
C) 320
D) 60
  • 6. How many men and women religious were in the archdiocese as of 2023?
A) 60
B) 443
C) 228
D) 195
  • 7. What was the Catholic population of the archdiocese in 1929?
A) 1,273,291
B) 170,348
C) 1,314
D) 2,642,740
  • 8. How many clergy were there in the archdiocese in 1929?
A) 444
B) 195
C) 320
D) 1,314
  • 9. How many churches were there in the archdiocese in 1929?
A) 228
B) 444
C) 443
D) 1,314
  • 10. How many children were enrolled in Catholic educational and welfare institutions in the comparison period mentioned?
A) Over 170,348
B) Over 500,000
C) Over 2,642,740
D) Exactly 1,273,291
  • 11. How many men were enrolled in the priestly formation program of the archdiocese as of 2023?
A) 140
B) 228
C) 320
D) 60
  • 12. When is the memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton?
A) March 17th
B) January 4th
C) April 8th
D) January 5th
  • 13. When is the memorial of Saint John Neumann?
A) January 4th
B) July 14th
C) September 5th
D) January 5th
  • 14. What is celebrated on March 17th?
A) Solemnity of Saint Patrick
B) Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
C) Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
D) Anniversary of the Diocese of New York
  • 15. What is the patronal feast for both the archdiocese and the cathedral?
A) Saint John Neumann
B) Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
C) Saint Teresa of Calcutta
D) Saint Patrick
  • 16. When was the Diocese of New York established?
A) 1808
B) 1864
C) 1929
D) 1910
  • 17. When is the memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?
A) July 14th
B) November 13th
C) October 5th
D) September 5th
  • 18. When is the memorial of Saint Teresa of Calcutta?
A) January 4th
B) July 14th
C) September 5th
D) November 13th
  • 19. When was the Cathedral of Saint Patrick dedicated?
A) 1910
B) 1929
C) 1808
D) 1885
  • 20. When is the memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini?
A) March 17th
B) October 5th
C) January 5th
D) November 13th
  • 21. Who was the first Bishop of New York, serving from 1808 to 1810?
A) John Hughes
B) John Connolly
C) R. Luke Concanen
D) John Dubois
  • 22. Who served as Bishop of New York from 1814 to 1825?
A) R. Luke Concanen
B) John Connolly
C) John McCloskey
D) John Dubois
  • 23. Who served as Bishop of New York from 1826 to 1842?
A) John Dubois
B) Michael Corrigan
C) John Hughes
D) John Connolly
  • 24. Who was elevated to archbishop after serving as Bishop of New York?
A) John Dubois
B) R. Luke Concanen
C) John Hughes
D) John Connolly
  • 25. In what year was John McCloskey made a cardinal?
A) 1911
B) 1864
C) 1875
D) 1885
  • 26. Who served as Archbishop of New York from 1885 to 1902?
A) John McCloskey
B) Patrick Hayes
C) Michael Corrigan
D) John Farley
  • 27. In what year was John Farley made a cardinal?
A) 1924
B) 1875
C) 1946
D) 1911
  • 28. Who served as Archbishop of New York from 1919 to 1938?
A) Francis Spellman
B) John Farley
C) Patrick Hayes
D) Terence Cooke
  • 29. In what year was Patrick Hayes made a cardinal?
A) 1946
B) 1911
C) 1969
D) 1924
  • 30. Who was the Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967?
A) Terence Cooke
B) John O'Connor
C) Edward Egan
D) Francis Spellman
  • 31. In what year was Francis Spellman made a cardinal?
A) 1924
B) 1946
C) 1985
D) 1969
  • 32. Who served as coadjutor archbishop starting in 1965 but did not have the right of succession?
A) John Joseph Maguire
B) Edward Egan
C) James Francis McIntyre
D) Michael Corrigan
  • 33. Who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 to 1983?
A) Terence Cooke
B) Francis Spellman
C) Timothy Dolan
D) John O'Connor
  • 34. Who was the Archbishop of New York from 1984 to 2000?
A) Timothy Dolan
B) Edward Egan
C) Terence Cooke
D) John O'Connor
  • 35. Who served as Archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009?
A) Timothy Dolan
B) Francis Spellman
C) Edward Egan
D) John O'Connor
  • 36. Who began serving as Archbishop of New York in 2009?
A) Edward Egan
B) Ronald Hicks
C) John O'Connor
D) Timothy Dolan
  • 37. In what year was Timothy Dolan made a cardinal?
A) 1969
B) 2001
C) 2012
D) 1985
  • 38. Who is listed as the Archbishop of New York starting in 2026?
A) Timothy Dolan
B) Ronald Hicks
C) John O'Connor
D) Edward Egan
  • 39. Which of the following is listed as a current auxiliary bishop of New York appointed in 2019?
A) John S. Bonnici
B) Joseph A. Espaillat
C) Peter John Byrne
D) Edmund Whalen
  • 40. Which current auxiliary bishop of New York was appointed in 2022?
A) Joseph A. Espaillat
B) Edmund Whalen
C) Gerardo Joseph Colacicco
D) Josu Iriondo
  • 41. Who served as an auxiliary bishop of New York from 1895 to 1902 before becoming Archbishop of New York?
A) Patrick Hayes
B) John Farley
C) Terence Cooke
D) Edward Egan
  • 42. Who served as an auxiliary bishop starting in 1951 and later became Bishop of Rochester and an appointed titular archbishop?
A) Walter P. Kellenberg
B) Edwin Broderick
C) George Henry Guilfoyle
D) Fulton J. Sheen
  • 43. Which former auxiliary bishop of New York became the first Bishop of Metuchen?
A) Edward Egan
B) Theodore Edgar McCarrick
C) Henry J. Mansell
D) Dennis Joseph Sullivan
  • 44. When was Theodore Edgar McCarrick laicized?
A) 1982
B) 2001
C) 1977
D) 2019
  • 45. Who served as an auxiliary bishop from 1992 to 1995 before becoming Bishop of Buffalo and then Archbishop of Hartford?
A) Edwin Frederick O'Brien
B) Dominick John Lagonegro
C) Timothy A. McDonnell
D) Henry J. Mansell
  • 46. Who served as an auxiliary bishop of New York from 2014 to 2021?
A) John S. Bonnici
B) John Joseph Jenik
C) Peter John Byrne
D) John Joseph O'Hara
  • 47. Who served as an auxiliary bishop of New York from 2014 to 2019?
A) John Joseph O'Hara
B) John Joseph Jenik
C) Josu Iriondo
D) Gerald Thomas Walsh
  • 48. With which political machine was Archbishop Corrigan very close?
A) Tammany Hall
B) New York State Senate
C) Republican National Committee
D) United Labor Party
  • 49. By whom was Edward McGlynn excommunicated in 1887?
A) The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
B) The Vatican
C) Tammany Hall
D) The New York State Assembly
  • 50. Why did the Vatican rebuke Corrigan in 1887?
A) For supporting Henry George in the mayoral election
B) For closing too many parochial schools
C) For failing to build St. Joseph's Seminary quickly enough
D) For neglecting Italian immigrants and treating them in a humiliating way
  • 51. Where were some Irish parishes forcing Italian immigrants to attend Mass?
A) Protestant chapels
B) Outdoor tents
C) School auditoriums
D) Church basements
  • 52. What reasons did Corrigan give for refusing to open Italian parishes?
A) He claimed they did not want to attend Catholic services
B) He claimed they refused to speak English
C) He claimed they were not very clean and were too poor
D) He claimed they had their own separate bishops
  • 53. When did Sister Frances Xavier Cabrini arrive in New York from Italy?
A) 1902
B) 1889
C) 1885
D) 1919
  • 54. What was Sister Frances Xavier Cabrini's initial goal when she arrived in Manhattan?
A) To manage Catholic New York newspaper
B) To run St. Joseph's Seminary
C) To serve as the first female auxiliary bishop
D) To establish an orphanage
  • 55. When did Corrigan start work on St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers?
A) 1900
B) 1885
C) 1908
D) 1891
  • 56. How did Archbishop Corrigan die in 1902?
A) He passed away from leukemia
B) He suffered a massive stroke during a church service
C) He developed pneumonia after a fall at a construction site
D) He died during the September 11 terrorist attacks
  • 57. Who appointed Auxiliary Bishop John Farley as Corrigan's replacement on September 15, 1902?
A) John Paul II
B) Pius XI
C) Leo XIII
D) Benedict XV
  • 58. Who appointed Bishop Patrick Hayes as archbishop on March 10, 1919?
A) Pope Pius XI
B) Pope Leo XIII
C) Pope Paul VI
D) Pope Benedict XV
  • 59. Which pope erected the Apostolic Prefecture of Bahama in 1929, starting its separation from the Archdiocese of New York?
A) Pope Leo XIII
B) Pope John Paul II
C) Pope Pius XI
D) Pope Benedict XV
  • 60. Why did Francis Spellman lead a group of seminarians to dig graves at a Catholic cemetery in 1949?
A) Because the ground was frozen and regular workers refused to work
B) Because 240 gravediggers went on strike and union negotiations broke down
C) Because the gravediggers were drafted into World War II
D) Because the cemetery ran out of funding to pay workers
  • 61. When did Francis Spellman die?
A) December 3, 1967
B) October 6, 1983
C) May 3, 2000
D) September 15, 1902
  • 62. Who named Auxiliary Bishop Terence Cooke as the seventh Archbishop of New York on March 2, 1968?
A) Pope Benedict XVI
B) Pope Francis
C) Pope Paul VI
D) Pope John Paul II
  • 63. Which organization was founded by Terence Cooke to provide counseling and support for pregnant women?
A) Catholic New York
B) Birthright
C) Inner-City Scholarship Fund
D) Pathways to Excellence
  • 64. What was the name of the archdiocesan newspaper founded during Terence Cooke's tenure?
A) Archdiocese Weekly
B) Catholic New York
C) The New York Times
D) St. Patrick's Herald
  • 65. From what illness did Terence Cooke die on October 6, 1983?
A) A stroke
B) Leukemia
C) Heart disease
D) Pneumonia
  • 66. Whose canonization process did John O'Connor start in 1990?
A) Pierre Toussaint
B) Theodore McCarrick
C) Frances Xavier Cabrini
D) Edward McGlynn
  • 67. Who was Pierre Toussaint before becoming a Catholic philanthropist in the 19th century?
A) An enslaved man from Haiti
B) A journalist from the United Labor Party
C) A gravedigger from Manhattan
D) A military vicar from the Bahamas
  • 68. When did Pope John Paul II appoint Edward Egan as archbishop?
A) February 23, 2009
B) March 2, 1968
C) May 11, 2000
D) January 26, 1984
  • 69. Where did Edward Egan establish a center for the families of victims after the September 11 terrorist attacks?
A) The New School in Manhattan
B) St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers
C) Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
D) St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • 70. Where was the interfaith service held by Edward Egan after the September 11 attacks?
A) St. Stephen's Parish in Manhattan
B) The Terence Cardinal Cooke Catholic Building
C) The Lotte New York Palace Hotel
D) Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
  • 71. How many parishes did Edward Egan announce the closure of in 2007?
A) Ten
B) Thirty-two
C) Eleven
D) One hundred twenty
  • 72. Which pope visited the archdiocese from April 18 to April 20, 2008, to mark its bicentennial?
A) Pope Paul VI
B) Pope Francis
C) Pope Benedict XVI
D) Pope John Paul II
  • 73. What was the name of the strategic planning process examining hundreds of grade schools under Timothy Dolan?
A) "Birthright"
B) "Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program"
C) "Making All Things New"
D) "Pathways to Excellence"
  • 74. What was the name of the strategic planning process examining parishes under Timothy Dolan from 2010 to 2015?
A) "Inner-City Scholarship Fund"
B) "Pathways to Excellence"
C) "The Jones Report"
D) "Making All Things New"
  • 75. What property did the archdiocese apply for a $100 million mortgage on in 2017 to pay victims of sexual abuse?
A) Yankee Stadium
B) St. Joseph's Seminary
C) Lotte New York Palace Hotel
D) Terence Cardinal Cooke Catholic Building
  • 76. Who signed the New York state bill into law on February 14, 2019, allowing prosecutors to bring criminal charges until a victim turned 28 and permitting lawsuits until age 55?
A) Governor Andrew Cuomo
B) Mayor Henry George
C) President John Paul II
D) Cardinal Timothy Dolan
  • 77. On April 26, 2019, the archdiocese released a list containing how many clergy accused of committing acts of sexual abuse?
A) 278
B) 1,300
C) 120
D) 240
  • 78. Who wrote the September 30, 2019 report stating that the archdiocese had completed removing all remaining accused clergy from active ministry?
A) Barbara S. Jones
B) Frances Xavier Cabrini
C) Edwin Gaylor
D) James Grien
  • 79. Which former Catholic school teacher in Scarsdale confessed to committing acts of sex abuse?
A) James Grien
B) George Boxelaar
C) John Jenik
D) Edwin Gaylor
  • 80. According to the New York Times, approximately how much is each of the 1,300 victims of abuse set to receive in the settlement?
A) At least $100 million
B) At least $250,000
C) At least $500 million
D) At least $60 million
  • 81. In January 2024, Timothy Dolan announced that archdiocese offices would move from the Terence Cardinal Cooke Catholic Building to another location close to what landmark?
A) St. Joseph's Seminary
B) Yankee Stadium
C) The Lotte New York Palace Hotel
D) St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • 82. When did Timothy Dolan submit his resignation to Pope Francis, as required for all bishops on their 75th birthday?
A) January 2024
B) December 2025
C) May 2020
D) February 2025
  • 83. Who accepted Timothy Dolan's resignation and appointed Ronald Aldon Hicks as his successor?
A) Pope John Paul II
B) Newly elected Pope Leo XIV
C) Pope Francis
D) Pope Benedict XVI
  • 84. When was Ronald Aldon Hicks appointed as Archbishop of New York?
A) December 18, 2025
B) February 23, 2009
C) May 3, 2000
D) October 18, 1885
  • 85. What is the Latin name for the Archdiocese of New York?
A) ArchidiƓcesis Novi Eboraci
B) Dioecesis Neo-Eboracensis
C) Sancta Eboracum
D) ArchidiƓcesis Neo-Eboracensis
  • 86. Which New York City borough is not encompassed by the Archdiocese of New York?
A) The Bronx
B) Brooklyn
C) Staten Island
D) Manhattan
  • 87. Which New York City borough forms the Diocese of Brooklyn instead of the Archdiocese of New York?
A) Staten Island
B) Queens
C) The Bronx
D) Manhattan
  • 88. How many counties to the north of New York City are encompassed by the Archdiocese?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Nine
  • 89. What rank is the Archdiocese of New York among US dioceses by population?
A) Fourth-largest
B) Second-largest
C) Largest
D) Third-largest
  • 90. How many parishes does the Archdiocese of New York encompass?
A) 150
B) 520
C) 296
D) 412
  • 91. In which city is St. Joseph's Seminary operated by the archdiocese located?
A) Yonkers
B) Albany
C) New York City
D) White Plains
  • 92. What is the name of the digital news outlet of the archdiocese?
A) Archdiocesan Times
B) New York Catholic News
C) The Good Newsroom
D) The Catholic New Yorker
  • 93. Which suffragan diocese is NOT listed as part of the ecclesiastical province of New York?
A) Hartford
B) Albany
C) Syracuse
D) Buffalo
  • 94. Which island is part of the Province of Hartford rather than the Province of New York?
A) Long Island
B) Manhattan Island
C) Fishers Island
D) Staten Island
  • 95. Which king of Spain gave a gift of 1,000 silver pieces to help buy land for St. Peter's Church?
A) King Ferdinand VII
B) King Charles IV
C) King Charles III
D) King Philip II
  • 96. In what year was St. Peter's Church dedicated?
A) 1784
B) 1808
C) 1800
D) 1787
  • 97. Who was among the worshippers at St. Peter's Church?
A) Bishop Ronald Hicks
B) Sister Elizabeth Ann Seton
C) Cardinal Timothy Dolan
D) Bishop John Carroll
  • 98. In what year did the congregation at St. Peter's open the first Catholic school in New York?
A) 1808
B) 1800
C) 1796
D) 1787
  • 99. In what year was St. Mary's Church in Albany founded?
A) 1784
B) 1800
C) 1808
D) 1796
  • 100. What was Baltimore elevated to when the Diocese of New York was created?
A) Metropolitan archdiocese
B) Suffragan diocese
C) Patriarchate
D) Apostolic vicariate
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