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The Diocese of Pittsburgh includes 61 parish-groupings (107 churches) in the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington, an area of 3,786 sq mi (9,810 km 2). The diocese had a Catholic population of 625,490 as of 2022. As of July 2021, the diocese had 194 active priests. [2]
On April 15, 2020, a man filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Pittsburgh for allegedly shielding priests who sexually abused him as a boy. [95] On August 7, 2020, a new lawsuit was filed against the Diocese of Pittsburgh from a man alleging that Father Leo Burchianti attacked and raped him twice when he was an altar boy. [96]
David Allen Zubik (/ ˈzuːbɪk / ZOO-bik; born September 4, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania since 2007. Zubik previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 2003 to 2007, and as an auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2003.
John E. Kozar. Monsignor John E. Kozar is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. From 2011 to 2020 he served as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. [1] John Kozar grew up in Pittsburgh, spending extra time studying languages-- Croatian, in order to honor his family heritage, and Italian and Spanish. [2]
Ascension. 1600 Metropolitan St., Chateau, Pittsburgh. Closed in 1962 [6] Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 45 North Sprague Ave., Bellevue. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1903–2022) Regina Coeli (2022–) [7][8] Cathedral of St. Paul. 5th Ave. and Craig St., Oakland, Pittsburgh.
The original St. Paul Church was dedicated in 1833. When the diocese was established in 1843 St. Paul Church was chosen as the cathedral. It burnt down in 1851, but was replaced with a larger building in 1855. The first two St. Paul Cathedrals were located on Grant Street downtown. [4] As the downtown area was claimed by industries, the ...
1970 [2] Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Pittsburgh, referred to in Polish as Kościół Matki Boskiej, is a historic church of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. [3] Located on Polish Hill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it is a prime example of the so-called ' Polish Cathedral ' style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.
The Diocese of Stockton sent out an alert over the weekend to other churches to be on the lookout for people "purporting to be Spanish-speaking Catholic bishops and priests" who charge "exorbitant ...