Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Altunen(sis)-Iohnstonien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is a Latin Church diocese in central Pennsylvania, erected in 1901 as the Diocese of Altoona and renamed in 1957, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Bishop Mark L. Bartchak, appointed in 2011, leads the diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1901
- Latin
- Altunen(sis)-Iohnstonien(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of the Church
- Annuario code
- 001000662
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 109,500
- Population
- 678,000
- Catholic share
- 16.2%
- Priests
- 131
- Catholics per priest
- 836
- Extent
- 17,286 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.3
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Mark L. Bartchak
- Born
- 1 January 1955
- Birthplace
- Cleveland
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 the Blessed Sacrament stands in Altoona, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. John Gualbert Cathedral.
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 ErieErie
- Diocese of GreensburgGreensburg
- Diocese of HarrisburgHarrisburg
- Diocese of PittsburghPittsburgh
- Diocese of ScrantonScranton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on May 30, 1901, as the Diocese of Altoona, this Catholic diocese in central Pennsylvania took its present name, Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown (Latin: Dioecesis Altunensis-Johnstoniensis), on October 9, 1957. It is a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona is the mother church, and a co-cathedral, St. John Gualbert Cathedral, is seated in Johnstown.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].