Diocese of Pittsburgh
Latin Church · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
The Diocese of Pittsburgh is a Latin Church diocese in western Pennsylvania erected in 1843 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its current ordinary is Bishop Mark A. Eckman, appointed in 2025.
The see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1843
- Patron
- Mary Immaculate
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 625,490
- Population
- 1,893,567
- Catholic share
- 33.0%
- Priests
- 62
- Catholics per priest
- 10,089
- Extent
- 9,806 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
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 A. Eckman
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
Saint Paul Cathedral stands in Pittsburgh, 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 GreensburgGreensburg
- Diocese of HarrisburgHarrisburg
- Diocese of ScrantonScranton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Pennsylvania has been served since 1843 by the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Latin: Diœcesis Pittsburgensis), a Catholic see in the United States and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Saint Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh is its cathedral church, and Mark Eckman is the 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].