Diocese of Harrisburg
Harrisburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
The Diocese of Harrisburg serves 15 counties of south-central Pennsylvania and was erected in 1868. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, with the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Harrisburg.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1868
- Latin
- Harrisburgen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001001582
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 247,660
- Population
- 2,294,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.8%
- Priests
- 150
- Catholics per priest
- 1,651
- Extent
- 19,839 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Timothy C. Senior
- Born
- 22 March 1960
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia
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
Cathedral of St. Patrick stands in Harrisburg, 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 ErieErie
- Diocese of GreensburgGreensburg
- Diocese of PittsburghPittsburgh
- Diocese of ScrantonScranton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
South central Pennsylvania in the United States falls to the Diocese of Harrisburg (Latin: Diœcesis Harrisburgensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. St. Patrick's Cathedral in Harrisburg is the mother church, and Timothy C. Senior serves as bishop.
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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.