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The cathedral of the Central Diocese is St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The diocese comprises 41 parishes divided into five seniorates: Scranton, Plymouth, Philadelphia, New York/New Jersey, and Mohawk Valley. [1]
The Roman Catholic bishop of Scranton Joseph Bambera and bishop emeritus James Timlin also attended the event. [4] In December 2016 the church announced that St. Stanislaus Elementary School, which had been run by the cathedral for over 120 years, would close in June 2017, citing a steep decline in enrollment for the past 5 years. [5]
The church was built in 1867, as the parish church of St. Vincent de Paul.In 1883–84, a project was undertaken to remodel and embellish the church, which by now was the central church of the diocese, and on September 28, 1884, the new mother church of the diocese was consecrated by Archbishop P. J. Ryan of Philadelphia, and its name changed to the Cathedral of St. Peter, marking its new role ...
Mayfield (Scranton area) St. John the Baptist Cathedral ( Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ) 41°32′16″N 75°32′07″W / 41.537767°N 75.535385°W / 41.537767; -75.535385 ( St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Mayfield, Pennsylvania
The Diocese of Scranton (Latin: Dioecesis Scrantonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan see of Archdiocese of Philadelphia, established on March 3, 1868. The mother church of the Diocese of Scranton is St. Peter's Cathedral in ...
Festivities begin with a mass at 10:00 am at St Peter's Cathedral. The mass is followed by a 2-mile footrace of the parade route at 11:00, an hour later the parade begins. Each year, thousands of people line the streets of downtown Scranton on Parade Day to take part in one of the city's greatest traditions.
On March 15, 1924, O'Connor was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Scranton by Archbishop Giuseppe Palica at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome [6] Following his return to Scranton, he was assigned as a curate at St. Peter's Cathedral Parish, serving there from 1925 to 1927. [1]
St. Peter's Cathedral (Scranton, Pennsylvania) St. Stanislaus Cathedral (Scranton, Pennsylvania)