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The Diocese of Erie (Latin: Dioecesis Eriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Diocese of Erie was founded on July 29, 1853. Its mother church is St. Peter's Cathedral in Erie.
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He would remain at Saint James until being named bishop in 2012. He was also named as moderator of the curia and as the bishop's delegate for clergy sexual abuse. In 2005, Bishop Lawrence Brandt named Persico vicar general of the diocese. From 2006 to 2011, he served two terms as vice-president of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference.
Trautman, who led Erie diocese for 22 years, died at 85 on Feb. 26. Diocese will hold public memorial Mass, funeral Mass for clergy, invited guests.
Donald Walter Trautman (June 24, 1936 – February 26, 2022) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Erie in Western Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2011. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in Upstate New York from 1985 to 1990.
The entire Catholic Diocese of Erie completed a pastoral planning process in 2017. It included church mergers and partnerships throughout the diocese. The plan unveiled Thursday was just focused ...
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Plans for the building of St. Peter Cathedral were initiated in 1873 by Bishop Tobias Mullen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. The cornerstone was laid in a formal ceremony held on St. Peter in Chains Day (See General Roman Calendar as in 1954), 1 August 1875. After years of construction and a fundraising campaign that involved parishes ...