Diocese of Harrisburg Diœcesis Harrisburgensis | |
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.JPG) Cathedral of St. Patrick | |
 Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Harrisburg | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Counties of Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York, Pennsylvania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,660 sq mi (19,800 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 2,294,400 247,660 (10.8%) |
| Parishes | 89[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 3, 1868 |
| Cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Patrick |
| Secular priests | 150 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Timothy C. Senior |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
| Bishops emeritus | Ronald William Gainer |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| hbgdiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Harrisburg (Latin: Diœcesis Harrisburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The mother church is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Harrisburg. Pope Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868.[2] As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg is Timothy C. Senior.
- ^ "Find a parish, church or Mass time near you". Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "About Our Diocese". Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. Retrieved November 22, 2010.