Diocese of Greensburg, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Greensburg / Greensburgen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Philadelphia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assumption (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 7

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1951.03.10: Established as Diocese of Greensburg / Greensburgen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Pittsburgh and became suffragan of Philadelphia)

Contact Info

Address: 723 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg, PA 15601, USA

Phone: +1 (724) 837-0901

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.12.18 – ...):

Bishop Larry James Kulick (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Greensburg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Larry James Kulick (58)
(2020.12.18 – ...)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA)

Christus est veritas

Born:	1966.02.24 (Natrona Heights, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.02.11

Priest of Greensburg (USA) (1992.05.16 – 2020.12.18)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (2020.12.18 – ...)

Bishop Edward Charles Malesic (64)
(2015.04.24 – 2020.07.16)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Serve the Lord with gladness

Born:	1960.08.14 (Harrisburg, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.07.13

Priest of Harrisburg (USA) (1987.05.30 – 2015.04.24)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (2015.04.24 – 2020.07.16)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (2020.07.16 – ...)

Bishop Lawrence Eugene Brandt (85)
(2004.01.02 – 2015.04.24)

Bishop emeritus of Greensburg (USA)

Ignis caritatis

Born:	1939.03.27 (Charleston, WV, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.03.04

Priest of Erie (USA) (1969.12.19 – 2004.01.02)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1991.11.12 – 2004.01.02)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (2004.01.02 – 2015.04.24)

Bishop Anthony Gerard Bosco
(1987.04.02 – 2004.01.02)

To serve, not to reign

Born:	1927.08.01 (New Castle, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.30
Died:	2013.07.02 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Labico (1970.05.14 – 1987.04.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1970.05.14 – 1987.04.02)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (1987.04.02 – 2004.01.02)

Bishop William Graham Connare
(1960.02.23 – 1987.01.20)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1911.12.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1936.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.04
Died:	1995.06.12 († 83)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (1960.02.23 – 1987.01.20)

Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb
(1951.05.28 – 1959.12.08)

Soli Deo gloria

Born:	1890.10.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.03.19
Died:	1959.12.08 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Helos (1935.12.15 – 1951.05.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1935.12.15 – 1951.05.28)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (1951.05.28 – 1959.12.08)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Norbert Felix Gaughan (1975.04.02 – 1984.07.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Minor Basilica: St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (88)

Wheeling–Charleston (↙), Pittsburgh (←), Erie (↑), Altoona–Johnstown (→), Baltimore (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,632 km²

Population: 135,100 Catholics (20.2% of 667,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 78 parishes

Personnel: 230 priests (89 diocesan, 141 religious), 11 deacons, 456 religious (198 brothers, 258 sisters), 9 seminarians