Diocese of Pittsburgh Diœcesis Pittsburgensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Philadelphia |
Headquarters | 111 Boulevard of the Allies Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |
Coordinates | 40°26′50″N 79°56′59″W / 40.44722°N 79.94972°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,786 sq mi (9,810 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,893,567 625,490 (33%) |
Parishes | 107 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 11, 1843 |
Cathedral | Saint Paul Cathedral |
Patron saint | Mary Immaculate (primary) and St. Paul the Apostle (secondary)[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David Zubik |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
Auxiliary Bishops | William J. Waltersheid Mark Eckman |
Vicar General | Lawrence A. DiNardo |
Judicial Vicar | Michael S. Sedor |
Bishops emeritus | William J. Winter |
Map | |
Website | |
diopitt.org |
The Diocese of Pittsburgh (Latin: Diœcesis Pittsburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. It was established on August 11, 1843. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The cathedral church of the diocese is Saint Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh. As of 2024, the bishop of Pittsburgh is David Zubik.
St. Paul is our secondary patron with Mary, under the title of her Immaculate Conception, being our primary patroness.