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•1876.01.11: Established as the Diocese of Allegheny with territory from the Diocese of Pittsburgh •1889.07.01: Suppressed, with its territory returned to the Diocese of Pittsburgh •1971: Title of Bishop of Allegheny Restored as Titular Episcopal See [6] Diocese of Alton: Church of Sts. Peter and Paul
The Diocese of Pittsburgh includes 61 parish-groupings (107 churches) in the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington, an area of 3,786 sq mi (9,810 km 2). The diocese had a Catholic population of 625,490 as of 2022. As of July 2021, the diocese had 194 active priests. [2]
When the diocese was established in 1843 St. Paul Church was chosen as the cathedral. It burnt down in 1851, but was replaced with a larger building in 1855. The first two St. Paul Cathedrals were located on Grant Street downtown. [ 4 ]
It was also home to St. John XXIII Personal Quasi-Parish, which is dedicated exclusively to the Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite).. [5] [6] Since 2019, the church is part of Christ Our Savior Parish, along with St. Peter Church and St. Cyril Church. [7]
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, referred to in Polish as Kościół Świętego Stanisława Kostki, is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Located in the Strip District in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States , it is a prime example of the so-called ' Polish Cathedral ' style of churches.
St. Nicholas Croatian Church is a Roman Catholic church in Millvale, Pennsylvania, US within the Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is noted for its murals by Maxo Vanka, [3] painted in 1937 and 1941, such as Immigrant Mother Raises Her Sons for American Industry [4] and The Capitalist.
St. James Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Founded as a parish of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1853, the current Brick Gothic church was built in 1884, and served as a parish church for 120 years until its closure in 2004.