Diocese of Erie, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Erie / Erien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Philadelphia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick (March 17), Saint Peter (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 17

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Erie / Erien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Pittsburgh and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Philadelphia

Contact Info

Address: St. Mark’s Catholic Center, 429 E. Granview Blvd., P.O. Box 10397, Erie, PA 16514-0397, USA

Phone: +1 (814) 824-1120

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.07.31 – ...):

Bishop Lawrence Thomas Persico (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Erie (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Thomas Persico (75)
(2012.07.31 – ...)

Bishop of Erie (USA)

Veritas in caritate

Born:	1950.11.21 (Monessen, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1977.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.10.01

Priest of Greensburg (USA) (1977.04.30 – 2012.07.31)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2005.02.28 – 2012.07.31)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (2012.07.31 – ...)

Bishop Donald Walter Trautman
(1990.06.02 – 2012.07.31)

Feed my sheep

Born:	1936.06.24 (Buffalo, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.04.16
Died:	2022.02.26 (Erie, PA, USA † 85)

Priest of Buffalo (USA) (1962.04.07 – 1985.02.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1985.02.27 – 1985.02.27)

Titular Bishop of Sassura (1985.02.27 – 1990.06.02)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1990.06.02 – 2012.07.31)

Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy
(1982.07.16 – 1990.06.02)

Pax et misericordia

Born:	1915.07.01 (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.06.11
Died:	2007.04.03 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Arindela (1976.04.20 – 1978.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1976.04.20 – 1978.11.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Erie (USA) (1978.11.20 – 1982.07.16)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1982.07.16 – 1990.06.02)

Bishop Alfred Michael Watson
(1969.03.17 – 1982.07.16)

In holiness and justice

Born:	1908.07.11 (Erie, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1934.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.06.29
Died:	1990.01.04 (Erie, PA, USA † 81)

Titular Bishop of Nationa (1965.05.17 – 1969.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA) (1965.05.17 – 1969.03.17)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1969.03.17 – 1982.07.16)

Bishop John Francis Whealon (later Archbishop)
(1966.12.09 – 1968.12.28)

Vox clamantis in deserto

Born:	1921.01.15 (Barberton, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.07.06
Died:	1991.08.02 (Hartford, CT, USA † 70)

Priest of Cleveland (USA) (1945.05.26 – 1961.06.05)

Titular Bishop of Andrapa (1961.06.05 – 1966.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1961.06.05 – 1966.12.09)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1966.12.09 – 1968.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA) (1968.12.28 – 1991.08.02)

Archbishop John Mark Gannon
(1920.08.26 – 1966.12.09)

Ut diligatis invicem

Born:	1877.06.12 (Erie, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.02.06
Died:	1968.09.05 (Erie, PA, USA † 91)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1917.11.13 – 1920.08.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA) (1917.11.13 – 1920.08.26)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1920.08.26 – 1966.12.09)

Archbishop ad personam (1953.11.25 – 1966.12.09)

Titular Archbishop of Tacarata (1966.12.09 – 1968.09.05)

Bishop John Edmund Fitzmaurice
(1899.09.15 – 1920.06.18)

Virtute non verbis

Born:	1839.01.08 (Moyvane, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1862.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.02.24
Died:	1920.06.18 (Erie, PA, USA † 81)

Titular Bishop of Amisus (1897.12.14 – 1899.09.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Erie (USA) (1897.12.14 – 1899.09.15)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1899.09.15 – 1920.06.18)

Bishop Tobias Mullen
(1868.03.03 – 1899.08.10)

Spes unica

Born:	1818.03.04 (Urney, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1844.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.08.02
Died:	1900.04.22 (Erie, PA, USA † 82)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1899.08.10)

Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1899.08.10 – 1900.04.22)

Bishop Joshua Maria Young
(1853.07.29 – 1866.09.18)

In te Domine speravi

Born:	1808.10.29 (Shapleigh, ME, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1838.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1854.04.23
Died:	1866.09.18 (Erie, PA, USA † 57)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1853.07.29 – 1866.09.18)

Bishop Michael O’Connor, S.J.
(1853.04.29 – 1853.12.20)

Satis est prostrasse leoni

Born:	1810.09.27 (Coth, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1833.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.08.15
Died:	1872.10.18 († 62)

Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1843.08.11 – 1853.04.29)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1853.04.29 – 1853.12.20)

Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1853.12.20 – 1860.05.23)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy (1978.11.20 – 1982.07.16)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Edmund Fitzmaurice (1897.12.14 – 1899.09.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfred Michael Watson (1965.05.17 – 1969.03.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Peter McManaman (1948.07.24 – 1964.07.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Mark Gannon (later Archbishop) (1917.11.13 – 1920.08.26)

Special Churches

Churches by City (142)

Youngstown (↙), Buffalo (↑), Rochester (↗), Scranton (→), Altoona–Johnstown (↘), Greensburg (↘), Pittsburgh (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,734 km²

Population: 194,456 Catholics (24.0% of 810,232 total)

Pastoral Centres: 94 parishes, 26 missions

Personnel: 163 priests (158 diocesan, 5 religious), 77 deacons, 184 religious (5 brothers, 179 sisters), 8 seminarians