After stroke, Hubbard anointed, diocese asks for prayers

Bishop Howard Hubbard has been hospitalized, one month after he announced his civil marriage

The Diocese of Albany announced Friday that retired Bishop Howard Hubbard has suffered a major stroke and is in need of prayer. 

Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger said in a statement that Hubbard had received the anointing of the sick, despite Hubbard’s announcement this month that he had contracted a civil marriage despite his clerical obligation of c…