Diocese of Erie
Erien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
The Diocese of Erie is a Latin Rite diocese covering 13 counties in northwestern Pennsylvania, erected in 1853. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is led by Bishop Lawrence T. Persico.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1853
- Latin
- Erien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001001371
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 195,243
- Population
- 813,513
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.0%
- Priests
- 169
- Catholics per priest
- 1,155
- Extent
- 26,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.4
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lawrence T. Persico
- Born
- 21 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Monessen
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Peter Cathedral stands in Erie, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Philadelphia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
- Diocese of AllentownAllentown
- Diocese of Altoona-JohnstownAltoona
- Diocese of GreensburgGreensburg
- Diocese of HarrisburgHarrisburg
- Diocese of PittsburghPittsburgh
- Diocese of ScrantonScranton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1853, the Diocese of Erie (Latin: Dioecesis Eriensis) covers western Pennsylvania in the United States as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. St. Peter's Cathedral in Erie is its mother church.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.