Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg
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The Diocese of Greensburg (Latin: Dioecesis Greensburgensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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Diocese of Greensburg Dioecesis Greensburgensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Armstrong, Fayette, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties in Western Pennsylvania |
Ecclesiastical province | Philadelphia |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,334 sq mi (8,640 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 645,602 141,041 (21.8%) |
Parishes | 78 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 10, 1951 |
Cathedral | Blessed Sacrament Cathedral |
Secular priests | 96 |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Larry J. Kulick |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
Bishops emeritus | Lawrence Eugene Brandt |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofgreensburg.org |
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The mother church of the Diocese of Greensburg is Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg. The diocese was founded on March 10, 1951. As of 2023, its bishop is Larry J. Kulick.