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Suffragan diocese Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Diocese of Erie

Erien(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Erie, United States, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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.