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St. Joseph (1926–1989) Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1989–2000) Holy Redeemer (2000–2022) Divine Grace (2022–) [17] Closed in 1992 St. Joseph (Manchester) 1250 Liverpool St., Manchester, Pittsburgh Closed in 1987. [44] Parish is now part of Christ Our Savior Parish. St. Joseph (O'Hara) 342 Dorseyville Rd., O'Hara Township
St. Peter's Church in the present-day North Side of Pittsburgh served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Allegheny from 1876 until 1889. [1]The Diocese of Allegheny (Latin: Dioecesis Alleghenensis) was a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, in the state of Pennsylvania from 1876–1889.
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.
The Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost, the predecessor of Duquesne University, was founded in 1878 in Pittsburgh by a group of Holy Ghost priests from Germany. [14] After Tuigg suffered his first stroke, Pope Leo XIII appointed Richard Phelan of Pittsburgh as coadjutor bishop in 1885 to assist Tuigg.
"St. Anthony's Chapel in Troy Hill holds heavenly artifacts". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Weyandt, Susanna (October 17, 2016). "Only the Vatican Has More Christian Relics Than Pittsburgh". Atlas Obscura. Wilkinson, Rachel (July 2017). "A Pittsburgh Church Holds the Greatest Collection of Relics Outside of the Vatican". Smithsonian Magazine.
As the Catholic population grew in Pennsylvania in the 19th century, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1843. [5] The first Catholic church in Altoona, St. John the Evangelist, was dedicated in 1851. [6] St Benedict in Carrolltown was consecrated on Christmas Day in 1850. [7] Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Harrisburg in 1868. [8]
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Construction of the present Saint Stanislaus Kostka church was started in April 1891, and the church was consecrated on July 31, 1892. The church is a one-story brick edifice covering an area of 8,337 square feet (774.5 m 2). The church is built on the ground surface, and there is no basement. The walls are from 17 to 21 inches (430 to 530 mm ...