Diocese of Harrisburg
| Diocese of Harrisburg | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
| Diocesan bishop | Ronald William Gainer |
| founding | 1868 |
| surface | 19,839 km² |
| Parishes | 89 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 2,027,835 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 247,492 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 12.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 150 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 42 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,289 |
| Permanent deacons | 46 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Friars | 44 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 411 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Patrick |
| Website | www.hbgdiocese.org |
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The Diocese of Harrisburg ( Latin : Dioecesis Harrisburgensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Pennsylvania in the United States , with its seat in Harrisburg .
history
Pope Pius IX founded it on March 3, 1868 from cession of the diocese of Philadelphia and made it subject to the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a suffragan diocese .
On February 12, 1875, it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The districts Lycoming County and Center County lost it on 30 May 1901 in favor of the establishment of the Diocese of Altoona .
In February 2020, the diocese filed for bankruptcy because the compensation payments to the victims of sexual abuse could no longer be made.
territory
The Diocese of Harrisburg includes the Counties of Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York of the state of Pennsylvania.
Bishops of Harrisburg
- Jeremiah Francis Shanahan (March 3, 1868- September 24, 1886)
- Thomas McGovern (December 6, 1887– July 25, 1898)
- John Walter Shanahan (January 2, 1899– February 19, 1916)
- Philip Richard McDevitt (July 10, 1916– November 11, 1935)
- George Leo Leech (December 19, 1935– October 29, 1971)
- Joseph Thomas Daley (October 19, 1971– September 2, 1983)
- William Henry Keeler (November 10, 1983– April 11, 1989, then Archbishop of Baltimore )
- Nicholas Carmen Dattilo (November 21, 1989– March 5, 2004)
- Kevin Carl Rhoades (October 14, 2004– November 14, 2009, then Bishop of Fort Wayne - South Bend )
- Joseph Patrick McFadden (June 22, 2010– May 2, 2013)
- Ronald William Gainer (since January 24, 2014)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Harrisburg on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the Diocese of Harrisburg on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ American Diocese files for bankruptcy on abuse lawsuits. Frankfurter Allgemeine from February 20, 2020
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