Diocese of Greensburg
Greensburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
The Diocese of Greensburg covers four counties in western Pennsylvania and was erected in 1951. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, with Blessed Sacrament Cathedral as its mother church.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1951
- Latin
- Greensburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Santísima Virgen María Asunta al Cielo
- Annuario code
- 001001524
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 135,100
- Population
- 667,700
- Catholic share
- 20.2%
- Priests
- 230
- Catholics per priest
- 587
- Extent
- 8,635 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Larry J. Kulick
- Born
- 24 February 1966
- Birthplace
- Natrona Heights
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
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral stands in Greensburg, 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.
The province of Philadelphia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
- Diocese of AllentownAllentown
- Diocese of Altoona-JohnstownAltoona
- Diocese of ErieErie
- Diocese of HarrisburgHarrisburg
- Diocese of PittsburghPittsburgh
- Diocese of ScrantonScranton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Pennsylvania in the United States is home to the Diocese of Greensburg (Latin: Dioecesis Greensburgensis), erected in 1951 as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg is the mother church, and Larry J. Kulick serves as bishop.
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].