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Suffragan diocese Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Diocese of Harrisburg

Harrisburgen(sis)

The Diocese of Harrisburg serves 15 counties of south-central Pennsylvania and was erected in 1868. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, with the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Harrisburg.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Patrick, in Harrisburg, United States.

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Established
1868
Catholics
247,660
Priests
150
Territory
19,839 km²

Parishes and churches

98 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Timothy C. Senior
Born
22 March 1960
Birthplace
Philadelphia

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Patrick stands in Harrisburg, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

South central Pennsylvania in the United States falls to the Diocese of Harrisburg (Latin: Diœcesis Harrisburgensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. St. Patrick's Cathedral in Harrisburg is the mother church, and Timothy C. Senior serves as bishop.

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