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