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Diocese of Erie
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Published by Catholic Social Ventures · sourced from eriercd.org · exported …
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.
- Bishop
- Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico
- Latin name
- Erien(sis)
- Erected
- 29 July 1853
- Cathedral
- St. Peter Cathedral
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Philadelphia (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
- Catholics
- 195,243
- Chancery
- St. Mark Catholic Center, 429 E. Grandview Blvd., Erie, PA 16504, U.S.A.
- Telephone
- Tel. [814]824-1111; fax 824-1128
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Youngstown 123 km
- Diocese of Hamilton CA 127 km
- Buffalo 131 km
- Diocese of Saint Catharines CA 133 km
- Diocese of London CA 137 km
- Cleveland 151 km
Parishes near the see
- St. Patrick · Erie <1 km
- St. Stanislaus · Erie 1 km
- St. Joseph/Bread of Life Community · Erie 2 km
- Holy Trinity · Erie 2 km
- St. John the Baptist · Erie 2 km
- Our Mother of Sorrows · Erie 3 km
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Sources: official site + Wikipedia,annuario · Annuario code 001001371 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-07