Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg covers 15 counties of South Central Pennsylvania: Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York. The seat of the bishop is in St. Patricks Cathedral (built 1907), which stands one block away from the Pennsylvania State Capitol.

Pope Blessed Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868.^[1]

Diocesan bishops

1. † Right Rev. Jeremiah F. Shanahan (1868-1886)
2. † Right Rev. Thomas McGovern (1888-1898)
3. † Right Rev. John W. Shanahan (1899-1916)
4. † Most Rev. Philip R. McDevitt (1916-1935)
5. † Most Rev. George L. Leech (1935-1971)
6. † Most Rev. Joseph T. Daley (1971 - 1983)
7. Most Rev. William Henry Keeler (1983 - 1989) (appointed archbishop of Baltimore on April 11, 1989; created cardinal on November 26, 1994; retired on July 12, 2007)
8. † Most Rev. Nicholas C. Dattilo (1990 - 2004)
9. Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades (2004 - 2010) (appointed bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, on November 14, 2009; installed on January 13, 2010)
10. Most Rev. Joseph P. McFadden (2010 - )

† = deceased

Coadjutor and Auxiliary bishops

Current

Former

• † Joseph T. Daley, coadjutor bishop (1967-1971) (became diocesan bishop by right of succession)
• William H. Keeler (1979-1983) (became diocesan bishop)
• † Lawrence F. Schott (1956-1963)

† = deceased

Bishops who once were priests of the Diocese of Harrisburg

The following men began their service as priests in Harrisburg before being appointed bishops in Harrisburg or elsewhere:

• William Henry Keeler (Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Bishop of Harrisburg, Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore)
• Kevin C. Rhoades (Bishop of Harrisburg, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend)
• Lawrence F. Schott (Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg)
• William J. Waltersheid (Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh)

Other priests

Other notable members (and their terms of service):

• Most Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M. (1987–1998; served as an ecclesiastical judge and canonical consultant)

High schools

• Bishop McDevitt High School
• Delone Catholic High School
• Lancaster Catholic High School
• Lebanon Catholic High School
• Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School
• Trinity High School
• York Catholic High School

Special churches

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Conewago Township in under the circumscription of the diocese.

See also

• List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Philadelphia

References

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
• More info: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dharr.html