Bishop Edward Maginn
As the Albany Diocese experienced the post-World War II boom of the 1950s and '60s, I was made auxiliary bishop in 1957 to help with the increasing administrative workload. When Bishop Scully's health failed, I was named administrator of the Diocese in 1966.
Although I was born in Glasgow, Scotland, my family emigrated to the Diocese, and I lived in Mechanicville, Stillwater, Fort Edward and Glens Falls. After ordination, I became assistant chancellor and later chancellor as well as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul parish in Albany.
During the 1960s, I was confronted by a number of difficult issues, including civil rights, which was a hot-button topic. One way I handled the situation was to establish inner-city services and to appoint priests to work among the poor. (One of those priests would become the ninth bishop of the Diocese.) By so doing, I laid the foundation for the modern Church in which social justice and Catholic charities play major roles.
I also represented the Albany Diocese at the Second Vatican Council during the autumns from 1962-1965 and instituted many of the changes that resulted.
I continued to serve as auxiliary bishop under my two successors until my death in 1984.