Edmund Gibbons

Edmund Francis Gibbons (September 16, 1868 – June 19, 1964) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] His father was a stonecutter who helped build the New York State Capitol.

[2] He then served as secretary to Bishop Stephen V. Ryan (1893-1896), superintendent of Catholic schools in the Buffalo Diocese (1900-1916), and pastor of St. Vincent's Church in Attica (1904-1915).

[1] On March 10, 1919, Gibbons was appointed the sixth Bishop of Albany by Pope Benedict XV.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 25 from Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano, with Bishops John Grimes and Thomas Walsh serving as co-consecrators.