Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

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Country United States Denomination Roman Catholic Bishop David Zubik Phone +1 412-456-3000		Parishes 215 Area 10,598 km² Cathedral Saint Paul Cathedral

Territory Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington Ecclesiastical province Province of Philadelphia Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,966,067815,719 (41.5%) Address 111 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA Similar Epiphany Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Church, St Mary of the Mount Church, Saint Stanislaus Church, Immaculate Heart of Mary Chu Profiles Twitter YouTube

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (Latin: Dioecesis Pittsburgensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese. It was established in Western Pennsylvania on August 11, 1843. The diocese includes 211 parishes in the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington, an area of 3,753 square miles (9,720 km²) with a Catholic population of 719,801 as of June 2008. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint Paul. As of March 2009, the diocese had 280 active priests. The diocese is in the process of reorganizing its schools; sixteen elementary schools have been closed since 2005.

History

The Diocese of Pittsburgh was erected from the Diocese of Philadelphia on August 11, 1843. Territory was lost to the newly created Diocese of Erie on July 29, 1853. The short-lived Diocese of Allegheny was created out of the Pittsburgh diocese on January 11, 1876; the territory was reincorporated on July 1, 1889. The Diocese of Altoona was formed on May 30, 1901, and the Diocese of Greensburg on March 10, 1951, out of Pittsburgh diocesan territory.

Bishops

See footnote

Coadjutor bishops

† Richard Phelan (1885–1889) – Succeeded to Pittsburgh on December 7, 1889

† J.F. Regis Canevin (1903–1904) – Succeeded to Pittsburgh on December 20, 1904

† John Dearden (1948–1950) – Succeeded to Pittsburgh on December 22, 1950

† = deceased

Current

William J. Waltersheid (2011–present) – Auxiliary Bishop

Former

† Coleman F. Carroll (1953–1958) – Appointed first bishop of Miami (Florida) on August 8, 1958; installed on October 7, 1958; became first archbishop of Miami on March 2, 1968: died on July 26, 1977
† Vincent Martin Leonard (1964–1969) – Appointed bishop of Pittsburgh on June 1, 1969
† John Bernard McDowell (1966–1996) – Resigned on September 30, 1996; died on February 25, 2010
† Anthony G. Bosco (1970–1987) – Appointed bishop of Greensburg (Pennsylvania) on April 2, 1987; installed on June 30, 1987; resigned on March 4, 2004
William J. Winter (1989–2005) – Resigned on May 20, 2005
Thomas J. Tobin (1992–1996) – Appointed bishop of Youngstown (Ohio) on December 5, 1995; installed on February 2, 1996; appointed bishop of Providence (Rhode Island) on March 31, 2005
David A. Zubik (1997–2003) – Appointed bishop of Green Bay (Wisconsin) on October 9, 2003; installed on December 12, 2003; appointed bishop of Pittsburgh in 2007
Paul J. Bradley (2004–2009) – Appointed bishop of Kalamazoo on April 6, 2009; installed on June 5, 2009

† = deceased

Other bishops who once were priests of the Diocese of Pittsburgh

The following men began their service as priests in Pittsburgh before being appointed bishops elsewhere:

† Anthony Gerard Bosco – Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Died on July 2, 2013.

Paul Joseph Bradley – Currently Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Edward James Burns (1983–2009) – Appointed Bishop of Juneau, Alaska on January 19, 2009; installed on April 2, 2009. Appointed Bishop of Dallas on December 13, 2016.

† Coleman Francis Carroll – Archbishop of Miami, Florida. Died on July 26, 1977.

† Howard Joseph Carroll – Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown. Died on March 21, 1960.

† William Graham Connare – Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg. Died on June 12, 1995.

† Nicholas Carmen Dattilo – Bishop of Harrisburg. Died on March 5, 2004.

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo (1977–1997) – Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa on August 19, 1997; succeeded to the see on November 28, 1998. Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston on January 16, 2004; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston on December 29, 2004; succeeded to the see on February 28, 2006. Named Cardinal-Priest on November 24, 2007; installed on February 20, 2008.

† Norbert Felix Gaughan – Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana. Died on October 1, 1999.

† Jerome Daniel Hannan – Bishop of Scranton. Died on December 15, 1965.

† Ralph Leo Hayes (1909–1933) – Appointed Bishop of Helena, Montana on June 23, 1933; installed on October 5, 1933. Appointed Rector of the Pontifical North American College on October 26, 1935. Appointed Bishop of Davenport, Iowa on November 16, 1944; resigned on October 20, 1966. Died on July 5, 1970.

Bernard Anthony Hebda – Currently Archbishop of St.Paul-Minneapolis.

Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida – Currently Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit.

† Tobias Mullen – Bishop Emeritus of Erie and Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis. Died on April 22, 1900.

† James O'Connor – Bishop of Omaha. Died on May 27, 1890.

Thomas Joseph Tobin – Currently Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island.

Donald Cardinal Wuerl (1966–1985) – Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington on November 30, 1985; ordained on January 6, 1986. Returned to Pittsburgh as diocesan bishop on February 12, 1988; appointed Archbishop of Washington, D.C. on May 16, 2006 and installed on June 22, 2006. Created cardinal on November 20, 2010.

† = deceased