Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
Diocese of Harrisburg Diœcesis Harrisburgensis | |
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Cathedral of St. Patrick | |
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Harrisburg | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York, Pennsylvania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,660 sq mi (19,800 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 89 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 3, 1868 |
| Cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Patrick |
| Secular priests | 150 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Timothy C. Senior |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
| Bishops emeritus | Ronald William Gainer |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| hbgdiocese.org | |
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The Diocese of Harrisburg (Latin: Diœcesis Harrisburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The mother church is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Harrisburg. Pope Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868. As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg is Timothy C. Senior.