Edward Vincent Dargin

Edward Vincent Dargin (April 25, 1898 – April 20, 1981) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1953 to 1973.

Biography

Early life

Edward Dargin was born on April 25, 1898, in New York City, one of four children. He graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx in 1919, and completed his theological studies at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

He served for some time as assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York, and was assigned as a curate at a parish in Cold Spring, New York, in 1929. He was pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Croton Falls, New York, from 1934 to 1940. He also served as pastor of St. Gregory the Great Church in Harrison, New York, and as vicar general of the archdiocese.

Auxiliary Bishop of New York

On August 25, 1953, Dargin was appointed auxiliary bishop of New York and titular bishop of Amphipolis by Pope Pius XII. In 1966, he was named episcopal vicar for Westchester County.

Death and legacy After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Dargin resigned as auxiliary bishop of New York on August 11, 1973. He is buried at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery in Port Chester, New York.