Suffragan diocese Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Diocese of Erie
Erien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1853
- Catholics
- 195,243
- Priests
- 169
- Territory
- 26,332 km²
Parishes and churches
76 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. BonifaceErieMass times recorded
- St. BonifaceKerseyMass times recorded
- St. CallistusKaneMass times recorded
- St. Catherine of SienaDuBoisMass times recorded
- St. CharlesNew BethlehemMass times recorded
- St. ColumbkilleStoneboroMass times recorded
- St. Elizabeth of HungarySmethportMass times recorded
- St. EulaliaCoudersportMass times recorded
- St. EusebiusEast BradyMass times recorded
- St. Francis of AssisiClearfieldMass times recorded
- St. Francis XavierMcKeanMass times recorded
- St. GeorgeErieMass times recorded
- St. Gregory ThaumaturgusNorth EastMass times recorded
- St. HippolyteFrenchtownMass times recorded
- St. JamesErieMass times recorded
- St. JohnTidiouteMass times recorded
- St. John the BaptistErieMass times recorded
- St. John the EvangelistGirardMass times recorded
- St. JosephForceMass times recorded
- St. JosephLucindaMass times recorded
- St. JosephOil CityMass times recorded
- St. JosephSharonMass times recorded
- St. JosephWarrenMass times recorded
- St. Joseph/Bread of Life CommunityErieMass times recorded
- St. Jude the ApostleErieMass times recorded
- St. JuliaErieMass times recorded
- St. Lawrence the MartyrAlbionMass times recorded
- St. Leo MagnusRidgwayMass times recorded
- St. LukeErieMass times recorded
- St. MarkEmporiumMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lawrence T. Persico
- Born
- 21 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Monessen
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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.
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.