Diocese of Scranton Dioecesis Scrantonensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States of America |
Territory | Northeastern Pennsylvania |
Ecclesiastical province | Philadelphia |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,913 km2 (8,847 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,122,040 (est.) 282,400 (est.) |
Parishes | 118 |
Churches | 167 |
Schools | 19 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 3, 1868 |
Cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Peter |
Secular priests | 215 (diocesan) 66 (Religious Orders) 90 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joseph Bambera |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
Bishops emeritus | Joseph Martino |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofscranton.org |
The Diocese of Scranton (Latin: Dioecesis Scrantonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan see of Archdiocese of Philadelphia, established on March 3, 1868.
The mother church of the Diocese of Scranton is St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton.