Edward Cardinal Egan Reflects On Years As Archdiocese Leader

Edward Michael Cardinal Egan

Function: Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

Title: Cardinal Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Birthdate: Apr 02, 1932	Country: USA

Elevated: Feb 21, 2001	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Edward Cardinal Egan Reflects On Years As Archdiocese Leader
Feb 20, 2008
In celebration of the New York Archdiocese's 200th anniversary this year, NY1's Roma Torre sat down with Edward Cardinal Egan to talk about his tenure at the helm.

(ny1.com, February 20, 2008) The archdiocese serves two and a half million Catholics in Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and seven upstate counties.

Egan spoke about his eight years as the archdiocese leader and plans for the pope's upcoming visit.

During his tenure here, the cardinal has worked hard to balance the books on the archdiocese, which had been saddled with multi-million dollar deficits for years. The deficit is gone but the cost-cutting measures have taken a toll. Parishes had to be closed and church members protested loudly.

In the end, four parishes in New York City were shut down and ten were merged. The cardinal says he had no choice.

"We've been remarkably free of closures," he said. "There are some things you have to close. We've had one church here in New York that had 46 people coming on a Sunday. Well nobody is going to keep a building open and pay the heating and insurance and so forth for 46 people."

Programming Note: To see Part I of Torre's interview with Cardinal Egan, tune into NY1's News at Eleven tonight.

In Part II, which debuts tomorrow night, Cardinal Egan discusses plans for Pope Benedict's three-day visit to the city in April.

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