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Bishop(s)

David AllenZubik, Bishop
Mark AnthonyEckman, Auxiliary Bishop
William JohnWaltersheid, Auxiliary Bishop
William JosephWinter, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected:11 August 1843
Metropolitan: Archdiocese ofPhiladelphia
Depends on: Dicastery forBishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Pennsylvania
Country:United States of America
Square Kilometers: 9,722 (3,755 Square Miles)
Conference Region:III (NJ, PA)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: PIT
Official Web Site:https://www.diopitt.org
Mailing Address: 2900 Noblestown Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205, USA
Telephone: (412)456-3000
Fax: 456-3197

Past and Present Ordinaries

Michael J.O’Connor, S.J. † (11 Aug1843 Appointed - 29 Jul1853 Appointed, Bishop ofErie, Pennsylvania)
Michael J.O’Connor, S.J. † (20 Dec1853 Appointed - 20 May1860 Resigned)
Michael (Miguel)Domenec, C.M. † (28 Sep1860 Appointed - 11 Jan1876 Appointed, Bishop ofAllegheny, Pennsylvania)
JohnTuigg † (11 Jan1876 Appointed - 7 Dec1889 Died)
RichardPhelan † (7 Dec1889 Succeeded - 20 Dec1904 Died)
John Francis RegisCanevin † (20 Dec1904 Succeeded - 9 Jan1921 Resigned)
Hugh CharlesBoyle † (16 Jun1921 Appointed - 22 Dec1950 Died)
John FrancisDearden † (22 Dec1950 Succeeded - 18 Dec1958 Appointed, Archbishop ofDetroit, Michigan)
John JosephWright † (23 Jan1959 Appointed - 1 Jun1969 Resigned)
Vincent MartinLeonard † (1 Jun1969 Appointed - 30 Jun1983 Retired)
Anthony JosephBevilacqua † (10 Oct1983 Appointed - 8 Dec1987 Appointed, Archbishop ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania)
Donald WilliamWuerl (11 Feb 1988 Appointed -16 May 2006 Appointed, Archbishop ofWashington, District of Columbia)
David AllenZubik (18 Jul 2007 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
11 August 1843	Erected	Diocese ofPhiladelphia	Diocese of Pittsburgh (erected) (Western Pennsylvania)
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pittsburgh	Diocese ofErie (erected) (Counties of Erie, Warren, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Clarion, Jefferson, Elk, McKeon, Potter, and Clearfield)
12 February 1875	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese ofErie (from Baltimore to Philadelphia) Diocese ofHarrisburg (from Baltimore to Philadelphia) Diocese of Pittsburgh (from Baltimore to Philadelphia) Diocese ofScranton (from Baltimore to Philadelphia)
11 January 1876	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pittsburgh	Diocese ofAllegheny (erected) (Counties of Huntingdon, Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Westmorland, Butler, Armstrong, and part of Allegheny)
1 July 1889	Territory Added	Diocese ofAllegheny (suppressed)	Diocese of Pittsburgh
30 May 1901	Territory Lost	Diocese ofHarrisburg (Counties of Lycoming and Center) Diocese of Pittsburgh (Counties of Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset)	Diocese ofAltoona (erected)
10 March 1951	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pittsburgh (Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland, and Fayette)	Diocese ofGreensburg (erected)

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1918	560,000			427	157	584	958				353	ocdk1919
1928	561,396			497	180	677	829				436	ocdk1929
1950	805,699	2,659,235	30.3%	726	251	977	824		317	3,370	412	ap1951
1966	924,088	2,306,112	40.1%	599	284	883	1,046		454	5,092	316	ap1967
1970	924,893	2,327,771	39.7%	536	323	859	1,076		425	5,013	321	ap1971
1976	949,146	2,264,071	41.9%	602	283	885	1,072	25	389	3,088	321	ap1977
1980	912,959	2,271,000	40.2%	575	243	818	1,116	25	387	3,000	321	ap1981
1990	839,070	2,163,084	38.8%	594	191	785	1,068	26	249	2,184	309	ap1991
1999	755,459	1,995,320	37.9%	500	125	625	1,208	18	47	1,764	218	ap2000
2000	754,127	1,964,832	38.4%	496	123	619	1,218	53	159	1,707	218	ap2001
2001	753,147	1,939,656	38.8%	483	120	603	1,249	54	158	1,587	216	ap2002
2002	793,417	1,975,373	40.2%	469	122	591	1,342	50	161	1,538	215	ap2003
2003	812,078	1,967,494	41.3%	453	123	576	1,409	50	158	1,458	215	ap2004
2004	815,719	1,966,067	41.5%	442	118	560	1,456	49	157	1,418	215	ap2005
2013	829,000	2,028,000	40.9%	354	103	457	1,814	79	135	1,003	204	ap2014
2016	847,000	2,071,000	40.9%	335	106	441	1,920	100	139	881	200	ap2017
2019	630,033	1,907,433	33.0%	332	98	430	1,465	92	114	746	188	ap2020
2021	625,490	1,893,567	33.0%	328	85	413	1,514	97	109	697	107	ap2022
2023	618,731	1,746,900	35.4%	304	85	389	1,590	117	108	608	107	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Richard HenryAckerman, C.S.Sp. †
Thomas Albert AndrewBecker †
George ElmerBernarding, S.V.D. †
Anthony JosephBevilacqua † (Bishop: 10 Oct1983 to 8 Dec1987)
Anthony GerardBosco † (Priest: 7 Jun1952;Auxiliary Bishop: 14 May1970 to 2 Apr1987)
Hugh CharlesBoyle † (Priest: 2 Jul1898;Bishop: 16 Jun1921 to 22 Dec1950)
John BaptistByrne † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Apr1857 to 21 Nov1857)
John Francis RegisCanevin † (Priest: 4 Jun1879;Coadjutor Bishop: 16 Jan1903;Bishop: 20 Dec1904 to 9 Jan1921)
Coleman FrancisCarroll † (Priest: 15 Jun1930;Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Aug1953 to 13 Aug1958)
Howard JosephCarroll † (Priest: 2 Apr1927 to 5 Dec1957)
William GrahamConnare † (Priest: 14 Jun1936 to 23 Feb1960)
Paul AdamCurran, O.P. †
Nicholas CarmenDattilo † (Priest: 31 May1958 to 21 Nov1989)
John FrancisDearden † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Mar1948;Bishop: 22 Dec1950 to 18 Dec1958)
Lawrence MichaelDe Falco †
Ambrose BattistaDe Paoli †
Michael (Miguel)Domenec, C.M. † (Bishop: 28 Sep1860 to 11 Jan1876)
John PaulElford †
William RegisFey, O.F.M. Cap. †
Norbert FelixGaughan † (Priest: 4 Nov1945 to 10 Mar1951)
John RaphaelHagan †
Leo MichaelHaid (Hite), O.S.B. †
Jerome DanielHannan † (Priest: 22 May1921 to 17 Aug1954)
Ralph LeoHayes † (Priest: 18 Sep1909 to 23 Jun1933)
ThomasHeyden † (Priest: 11 Aug1843)
Dominic FrancisLangenbacher, C.P. †
Vincent MartinLeonard † (Priest: 16 Jun1935;Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Feb1964;Bishop: 1 Jun1969 to 30 Jun1983)
John BernardMcDowell † (Priest: 4 Nov1945;Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jul1966 to 9 Sep1996)
Emil JohnMihalik †
TobiasMullen † (Priest: 1 Sep1844 to 3 Mar1868)
JamesO’Connor † (Priest: 25 Mar1848 to 30 Jun1876)
Michael J.O’Connor, S.J. † (Bishop: 11 Aug1843 to 29 Jul1853)
RichardPhelan † (Priest: 4 May1854;Coadjutor Bishop: 12 May1885;Bishop: 7 Dec1889 to 20 Dec1904)
MichaelRusnak, C.Ss.R. †
Elliott GriffinThomas †
JohnTuigg † (Priest: 14 May1850;Bishop: 11 Jan1876 to 7 Dec1889)
Cyril JohnVogel † (Priest: 7 Jun1931 to 10 Mar1951)
John AmbroseWatterson †
John JosephWright † (Bishop: 23 Jan1959 to 1 Jun1969)

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Diocese of Pittsburgh

Dioecesis Pittsburgensis

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Statistics

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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