Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
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This article is about the current Catholic diocese. For the Episcopal diocese, formerly known as the Diocese of Harrisburg, see Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania.
The Diocese of Harrisburg (Latin: Diœcesis Harrisburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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Diocese of Harrisburg Diœcesis Harrisburgensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York, Pennsylvania |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,660 sq mi (19,800 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 2,294,400 247,660 (10.8%) |
Parishes | 89[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 3, 1868 |
Cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Patrick |
Secular priests | 150 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Timothy C. Senior |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
Bishops emeritus | Ronald William Gainer |
Map | |
Website | |
hbgdiocese.org |
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The mother church is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Harrisburg. Pope Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868.[2] As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg is Timothy C. Senior.