Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown
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The Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown (Latin: Dioecesis Altunensis-Johnstoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona.
Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown Dioecesis Altunensis-Johnstoniensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Pennsylvania counties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset |
Ecclesiastical province | Philadelphia |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,674 sq mi (17,290 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 678,000 109,500 (16.2%) |
Parishes | 88 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 30, 1901 Diocese of Altoona October 9, 1957 Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Altoona) |
Co-cathedral | St. John Gualbert Cathedral (Johnstown) |
Patron saint | Mary, Mother of the Church[1] |
Secular priests | 131 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mark Leonard Bartchak |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Nelson J. Perez |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseaj.org |
The diocese was established on May 30, 1901, as the Diocese of Altoona. On October 9, 1957, its name was changed to the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The diocese also sponsors Proclaim!, a weekly Catholic news show, and a weekly live mass from St. John Gualbert Cathedral in Johnstown.