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On April 15, 2020, a man filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Pittsburgh for allegedly shielding priests who sexually abused him as a boy. [76] On August 7, 2020, a new lawsuit was filed against the Diocese of Pittsburgh from a man alleging that Leo Burchianti attacked and raped him twice when he was an altar boy. [77]
David Allen Zubik (/ ˈ z uː b ɪ k / ZOO-bik; born September 4, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania since 2007. Zubik previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 2003 to 2007, and as an auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh from 1997 ...
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.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, a Roman (Latin) Catholic diocese; Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, the Catholic archeparchy governing all of the Byzantine Catholic Church in the Western portion of Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and in the states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia; Orthodox Church in America ...
The Pittsburgh Catholic is the Catholic news source for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, published for lay people, clergy and religious. It labeled itself as the oldest Catholic newspaper in continuous publication in the U.S. The newspaper was established in 1844 by Pittsburgh's first bishop, Michael O'Connor.
The Diocese of Allegheny was split off from the Diocese Pittsburgh on January 11, 1876, and Pius IX appointed Domenec as its first bishop. [6] This division was an unpopular decision in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, as it saddled the diocese with the most debt-ridden institutions.
On 1 July 1889, the Diocese of Allegheny was totally suppressed and folded into the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The people of many nationalities who were coming in large numbers to find work in the mines and mills of Western Pennsylvania were formed into regular congregations, supplied with pastors who could speak their own languages.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Pittsburgh, referred to in Polish as Kościół Matki Boskiej, is a historic church of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. [3] Located on Polish Hill in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , it is a prime example of the so-called ' Polish Cathedral ' style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.