Joseph Henry Conroy

Joseph Henry Conroy (November 8, 1858 – March 20, 1939) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in New York State from 1921 until his death in 1939. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the same diocese from 1912 to 1921.

Biography

Early life Joseph Conroy was born on November 8, 1858, in Watertown, New York. He completed his preparatory studies for the priesthood at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, and at St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario. Returning to New York, he studied theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy. After his ordination, the diocese assigned Conroy as an assistant pastor at the mission church at Churubusco, New York. He was later appointed pastor of a parish in Rouses Point, New York. Bishop Henry Gabriels appointed Conroy as vicar general of the diocese in 1901. The Vatican in 1905 elevated him to the rank of domestic prelate. In 1935, Gabriels allowed Reverend Cyril Stevens to become president of Ticonderoga National Bank in Ticonderoga, New York, despite canon law forbidding a priest to engage in business.

Joseph Conroy died on March 20, 1939, at age 80.