Embraces counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington, and parts of Herkimer and Hamilton counties; area, 10,419 square miles; suffragan of New York. It was the scene of the early missionary labors of Blessed Isaac Jogues and his companions, martyred within its confines. The cathedral was built by the first bishop, John McCloskey (1847-64), later cardinal. See also