HARRISBURG, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the State of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The diocese was created on 3 March 1868 by Pope Pius IX by dismemberment of the diocese of Philadelphia. It comprises the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, York, Adams, Franklin, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Northumberland, Union, Montour and Columbia, all in the State of Pennsylvania.
The diocese has an area of 7,565 miles with a population of 1,139,996 inhabitants, of whom 110,673 are Catholics (1949). It has 84 parishes, 8 chapels, 16 missions, 17 stations, 126 diocesan priests and 61 regulars, 1 seminary, 7 male religious communities and 16 female; 10 diocesan and parochial "high schools"; in 1946 there were 530 conversions.
The first bishop of H. was Msgr. J. F. Shanahan, consecrated on 12 July 1868 and d. 24 Sept. 1886. The diocese is a suffragan of Philadelphia. The patrons of the diocese are the B. V. M. Assumed into Heaven and St. Patrick.
Bibliography2 worksM. Kenny, s. v. in Cath. Enc., VII, p. 143, and Supplement, pp. 362-63; The official Catholic Directory, 1947, New York 1947, pp. 490-95. En
BIBL.: M. Kenny, s. v. in Cath. Enc., VII, p. 143, and Supplement, pp. 362-63; The official Catholic Directory, 1947, New York 1947, pp. 490-95.
Josi, Enrico. “Harrisburg, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1367. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/harrisburg-diocesi-di.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “Harrisburg, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1367. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/harrisburg-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_harrisburg_diocesi_di,
author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {Harrisburg, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1367},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/harrisburg-diocesi-di}
}
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