Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

Diocese of Pittsburgh
Dioecesis 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
Statistics
Area 4,092 sq mi (10,600 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,966,067
815,719 (41.5%)
Parishes 215
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established August 11, 1843
Cathedral Saint Paul Cathedral
Patron saint Saint Paul
Secular priests 442
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop David Zubik
Bishop of Pittsburgh
Metropolitan Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Archbishop of Philadelphia
Auxiliary Bishops William J. Waltersheid, Auxiliary Bishop
Emeritus Bishops William J. Winter, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Map
Website
www.diopitt.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (Latin: Dioecesis Pittsburgensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese. It was established in Western Pennsylvania on August 11, 1843. The diocese includes 211 parishes in the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington, an area of 3,753 square miles (9,720 km2) with a Catholic population of 719,801 as of June 2008.[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint Paul. As of March 2009, the diocese had 280 active priests.[2] The diocese is in the process of reorganizing its schools; sixteen elementary schools have been closed since 2005.[3]

Cathedral of Saint Paul, seat of the bishop of Pittsburgh.

History

The Diocese of Pittsburgh was erected from the Diocese of Philadelphia on August 11, 1843.[4] Territory was lost to the newly created Diocese of Erie on July 29, 1853. The short-lived Diocese of Allegheny was created out of the Pittsburgh diocese on January 11, 1876; the territory was reincorporated on July 1, 1889. The Diocese of Altoona was formed on May 30, 1901, and the Diocese of Greensburg on March 10, 1951, out of Pittsburgh diocesan territory.[4]

Anthony Cipolla was ordained a priest in the diocese in 1972, and in 1978 was charged with sexual abuse of a 9-year-old boy; these charges were eventually dropped by the mother of the boy who said she was pressured to do so by the diocese.[5] In 1988 new charges were brought by Tim Bendig who said that Cipolla has abused from around 1981 to 1986; this case was settled in 1993, over Cipolla's objections, who consistently said that he never abused anyone.[5] In 1988 the diocese banned Cipoola from ministry and from identifying himself as a priest; Cipolla appealed to the Vatican which initially supported him in 1993 and then reversed itself in 1995 and upheld the ban.[5][6] Cipolla nonetheless continued to offer masses, and in 2002 was defrocked by the pope.[5] Cipolla died in 2016.[7]

Bishops

See footnote[8]

Diocesan bishops

Bishop Previous position Appointed by Tenure Tenure length
1 Michael O'Connor
(1810–1872)
Vicar General of
Western Pennsylvania
Pope Gregory XVI August 11, 1843 – July 29, 1853
(Appointed Bishop of Erie)
December 20, 1853 – May 23, 1860
(Resigned)
9 years, 352 days
6 years, 155 days
(16 years, 142 days)
2 Michael Domenec
(1816–1878)
β€” Pope Pius IX September 28, 1860 – January 11, 1876
(Appointed Bishop of Allegheny)
15 years, 105 days
3 John Tuigg
(1820–1889)
Vicar General of the
Diocese of Pittsburgh
Pope Pius IX January 11, 1876 – December 7, 1889
(Died)
13 years, 330 days
4 Richard Phelan
(1828–1904)
Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh
Titular Bishop of Cebeyra
Pope Leo XIII December 7, 1889 – December 20, 1904
(Died)
15 years, 13 days
5 Regis Canevin
(1853–1927)
Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh
Titular Bishop of Sabratha
Pope Pius X December 20, 1904 – January 9, 1921
(Retired and appointed Titular Archbishop of Pelusium)
16 years, 20 days
6 Hugh Boyle
(1873–1950)
β€” Pope Benedict XV June 16, 1921 – December 22, 1950
(Died)
29 years, 189 days
7 John Dearden
(1907–1988)
Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh
Titular Bishop of Sarepta
Pope Pius XII December 22, 1950 – December 18, 1958
(Appointed Archbishop of Detroit)
7 years, 361 days
8 John Wright
(1909–1979)
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Titular Bishop of Aegeae
Pope John XXIII January 23, 1959 – June 1, 1969
(Appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy)
10 years, 129 days
9 Vincent Leonard
(1908–1994)
Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh
Titular Bishop of Arsacal
Pope Paul VI June 1, 1969 – June 30, 1983
(Retired)
14 years, 29 days
10 Anthony Bevilacqua
(1923–2012)
Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena
Pope John Paul II October 7, 1983 – December 8, 1987
(Appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia)
4 years, 62 days
11 Donald Wuerl
(1940–)
Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle
Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie
Pope John Paul II February 11, 1988 – May 16, 2006
(Appointed Archbishop of Washington)
18 years, 94 days
12 David Zubik
(1949–)
Bishop of Green Bay Pope Benedict XVI July 18, 2007 – present 10 years, 30 days

Coadjutor bishops

† = deceased

Auxiliary bishops

Current

Former

  1. † Coleman F. Carroll (1953–1958) – Appointed first bishop of Miami (Florida) on August 8, 1958; installed on October 7, 1958; became first archbishop of Miami on March 2, 1968: died on July 26, 1977
  2. † Vincent Martin Leonard (1964–1969) – Appointed bishop of Pittsburgh on June 1, 1969
  3. † John Bernard McDowell (1966–1996) – Resigned on September 30, 1996; died on February 25, 2010
  4. † Anthony G. Bosco (1970–1987) – Appointed bishop of Greensburg (Pennsylvania) on April 2, 1987; installed on June 30, 1987; resigned on March 4, 2004
  5. William J. Winter (1989–2005) – Resigned on May 20, 2005
  6. Thomas J. Tobin (1992–1996) – Appointed bishop of Youngstown (Ohio) on December 5, 1995; installed on February 2, 1996; appointed bishop of Providence (Rhode Island) on March 31, 2005
  7. David A. Zubik (1997–2003) – Appointed bishop of Green Bay (Wisconsin) on October 9, 2003; installed on December 12, 2003; appointed bishop of Pittsburgh in 2007
  8. Paul J. Bradley (2004–2009) – Appointed bishop of Kalamazoo on April 6, 2009; installed on June 5, 2009

† = deceased

Other bishops who once were priests of the Diocese of Pittsburgh

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

† = deceased

High schools

Diocesan

Parochial

Private or Independent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diocesan Statistics".}
  2. ↑ Smith, Craig (March 1, 2009). "Diocese considers plan to ease shortage of priests". Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ Cronin, Mike (May 3, 2010). "Lawrenceville's St. John Neumann will be 16th closing since 2005". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Cheney, David M (November 20, 2010). "Diocese of Pittsburgh". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Rodgers-Melnick, Ann (November 16, 2002). "Rare sanction imposed on priest". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  6. ↑ Gibson, Gail; Rivera, John (April 11, 2002). "Maryland center claims success treating priests". Baltimore Sun.
  7. ↑ Smith, Peter (13 September 2016). "Obituary: Anthony Cipolla / Center of high-profile sex-abuse case in 1990s, dies in Ohio". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  8. ↑ History of Bishops Archived December 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.. Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh website. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

Sources

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