The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. The Archdiocese of New York is home to a large number of religious orders and congregations. Some of them arrived in the 19th century to serve various immigrant populations. As these groups became more assimilated, the congregations directed their efforts to various types of apostolates or other locations. While there are not as many religious communities present in 2007 as there were in 1957, they still make up a significant part of the archdiocese.
In 1959, there were 7,913 nuns and holy sisters ministering in the archdiocese, representing 103 different religious orders.
, there were 913 priests of religious orders ministering in the archdiocese. As of 2008, 2,911 religious sisters and nuns and 368 religious brothers minister in the archdiocese. These religious come from over 120 different religious congregations and orders.
Male religious orders in the archdiocese
Augustinian Recollect Friars - The friars serve St. Anselm & St. Rocco Parishes in the Bronx, as well as St. John-Visitation. Tagaste Monastery, a House of Study, is located in Suffern, New York.Tagaste Monastery, OAR Sacred Heart Church in Suffern, NY is served by three OAR priests. Brothers of the Christian Schools, (or De La Salle Brothers) - When the De La Salle Brothers' St. Joseph Normal Institute, a teacher training facility in Amawalk, was condemned to make way for the New Croton Reservoir in 1906, they relocated to Pocantico Hills. In 1930, the Rockefeller family purchased the property."Historic District of New York", Brothers of the Christian Schools (DENA) The brothers then bought the Aspinwall estate, "Messina" in Barrytown. The Institute continued to operate until 1969; St. Joseph Juniorate and Novitiate until 1973. The property was later sold. The brothers conduct Manhattan University, St. Raymond High School for Boys, St. Peter's Boys High School, La Salle Academy, San Miguel School, De La Salle Academy, and Cristo Rey High School.Brothers of the Christian Schools, District of Eastern North America Canons Regular of the Lateran - The Canons Regular of the Lateran of the Hispanoamerica Province staff three Parishes in the Archdiocese: St. Jude and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Manhattan, and St. Peter and St. Mary of the Assumption in Haverstraw, NY. Dominican Order - The Dominican friars of the province of St. Joseph staff four Parishes in the Archdiocese, three in New York City: St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, as well as Holy Innocents in Pleasentville, NY. Franciscan Friars of the Atonement - The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement are a Roman Catholic order of brothers and priests founded in 1898 by Fr. Paul Wattson, SA in the Hudson Valley. Headquartered at Graymoor in Garrison, New York, the Society of the Atonement has social, ecumenical, and pastoral ministries in the United States, Canada, Italy, and Japan."Pastoral Ministries", Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province - One of seven U.S. units of the worldwide Order of Friars Minor founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209. The friars of Holy Name Province currently staff Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church and St. Francis of Assisi Church (Manhattan) in New York City, as well as Holy Cross Church in Callicoon, N.Y. Their ministries include St. Francis Breadline and St. Francis Friends of the Poor.St. Francis Friends of the Poor Franciscan Friars Province of the Immaculate Conception serve at St. Anthony of Padua Parish and Friary, New York, NY; Mt. Alvernia Retreat House and Friary, Wappingers Falls, NY; Mount Saint Anthony on the Hudson is a residence for retired friars."Where we serve", IC Province Franciscan Friars of the Renewal- a mendicant order founded in New York by Fr. Benedict Groeschel and seven other former Capuchin friars. The community is composed of both Priests and Brothers who are dedicated to ministering to poorest of poor in New York and other parts of the nation and the world. The priests and brothers also assist at parishes and youth and young adult groups. Congregation of Christian Brothers (Irish Christian Brothers)- In 1923 the Santa Maria Novitiate in Mamaroneck moved to West Park where the brothers acquired the Durkee mansion. The Santa Maria Novitiate operated there until 1972. Their program now calls for an initial phase of formation to take place at a Community residence in Chicago. The West Park property was subsequently sold, and as of 2015 houses a craft distillery.The Hudson House The brothers today operate Iona University, Iona Preparatory School and Iona Grammar School, all three schools in New Rochelle, and All Hallows High School in Bronx. Marist Brothers - In 1906, the brothers established a house of studies, St. Ann Juniorate at (Poughkeepsie) which ran until 1942. St. Ann Novitiate opened in 1908 and moved to Tyngsboro in 1949. The Poughkeepsie property became the site of Marist University. The brothers conduct Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx and Marist Brothers Center, a retreat center in Esopus, New York.Marist Brothers Center, Esopus Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers — Missioners serving throughout the world. Headquartered in Ossining, NY.Maryknoll Order of Friars Minor Capuchin The Capuchin Friars of the province of St. Mary separated from the province of St. Joseph in Detroit in 1952. The Provincialate is located at St. Conrad Friary in White Plains. Several notable parishes include Sacred Heart in Yonkers, Our Lady of Sorrows on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and Capuchin Youth and Family Ministries (CYFM) based in Garrison.Capuchin Friars of the Province of St. Mary Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) - The Augustinians staff St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in the Bronx. Mother of Good Counsel Novitiate in New Hamburg, New York) ran from 1925 to about 1986 before it was closed. Paulist Fathers - The Paulist Fathers' "mother church" is St. Paul the Apostle ChurchSt. Paul the Apostle Church at West 60th Street and Columbus Avenue in Manhattan. The Paulist founder, the Servant of God Isaac Thomas Hecker, C.S.P., is entombed inside St. Paul's Church. The Paulist Fathers have served the Archdiocese of New York since their founding in 1858."Where we serve", Paulist Fathers Redemptorist Fathers - The Fathers and lay Brothers of this congregation operate Immaculate Conception Parish in the South Bronx as well as the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.Church of the Immaculate Conception, 150th Street Bronx, NY Salesians of Don Bosco - The Salesian Priests and Brothers have their motherhouse for the province of St. Philip the Apostle in New Rochelle in Westchester County. The Salesians also have their formation house, several parishes and a high school in New Rochelle and Port Chester."Where we serve", Salesians Scalabrinian Missionaries - The main office of the St. Charles Borromeo Province is located in New York, NY. They serve at Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Manhattan) and run the Center for Migration Studies on 60th Street."Locations", Scalabrinian Missionaries Society of Jesus - Today, Jesuits number 20,170 (with 14,147 priests), and compose the largest male religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. They operate in six churches in the archdiocese, Fordham University and Fordham Preparatory School, Loyola High School, Regis High School, Xavier High School, Ignatius Loyola School and Nativity Mission School, all located in New York City. Jogues Retreat Center, located in Cornwall, New York, is operated by them, as well.
Female religious orders in the archdiocese Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Formerly known as the Missionary Zelatrices of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the sisters serve at the following schools in the archdiocese: Our Lady of Pompeii (Greenwich Village), Santa Maria (Bronx), Sacred Heart Learning Center (Bronx) and St. Joseph (Manhattan). One sister also ministers at Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe (2010). Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm - Operate three nursing homes in the archdiocese: Carmel Richmond on Staten Island, Mary Manning Walsh in Manhattan and St. Patrick in the Bronx."Convents/Facilities", Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm Congregation of Notre Dame - The Congregation of Notre Dame sisters sponsor the Notre Dame Academy in Staten Island. The sisters formerly ran Notre Dame College in Staten Island, before its merging with St. John University in 1975 (2009), they also fund and work at Villa Maria School, a K-8 school in the Bronx, NY.CND Schools and Colleges, CND Daughters of Divine Charity - The sisters have a convent on Staten Island and minister at St. Joseph Hill Academy (2009). Daughters of Saint Paul - The sisters have a convent on Staten Island and work in the field of evangelization with the media of social communication. They run a bookcenter in Manhattan and visit parishes and schools with Catholic resources."Pauline Books and Media Locations", Pauline Discalced Carmelite nuns - The New York Carmel was founded in Manhattan in the 1920s. It subsequently moved to the Bronx, and relocated again to Beacon in 1980.Carmel of the Incarnation, Beacon, NY Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt - The sisters founded Dominican College in Blauvelt, and staffed and ministering in numerous shelters, schools and hospitals."Ministry", Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt
Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne - The Sisters, whose primary apostolate is to nurse the indigent dying of cancer, run Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne. They were founded by Mother Mary Alphonsus, O.S.D., born Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the daughter of the noted author, Nathaniel Hawthorne.Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne Dominican Sisters of Hope - The community formed in 1995 from the merger of three Dominican congregations: the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, NY (1883), the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (1891) of Fall River, Massachusetts, and the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor (1910) of Ossining, NY. They sponsor Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh and Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining. The Sisters minister in healthcare in New York City, and in education, social service and pastoral ministries."Our History", Dominican Sisters of Hope
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill - The Sisters, founded in 1876, established St. Thomas Aquinas College, and operate Aquinas High School in the Bronx and Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia. The Sisters minister in over 35 parishes and schools. Today, the sisters number 337 and the motherhouse is located in Sparkill, New York."Ministries", Dominican Sisters of Sparkhill Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Springs - This is a new congregation founded in 2009 with members from the Dominican Sisters of Columbus. The Sisters staff St. Vincent Ferrer High School in Manhattan, and have a convent in Ossining. Dominican Sisters of Perpetual Adoration - The nuns, the cloistered "Second Order" in the Dominican Order, have a monastery which opened in 1889, located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx (2009). It is the oldest active Dominican monastery in the United States.Corpus Christi Monastery Franciscan Handmaids of Mary - St. Edward Novitiate on Staten Island closed in 2003. The sisters run St. Benedict Day Nursery in Harlem, and minister in parochial schools. Their motherhouse is located in Harlem. (2010). Franciscan Missionaries of Mary - have convents in the Bronx, Manhattan and Millbrook. The Sisters minister at Cardinal Hayes Home for Children.Cardinal Hayes Home