Diocese of Scranton, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Scranton / Scrantonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Philadelphia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 28 (1884)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1868.03.03: Established as Diocese of Scranton / Scrantonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Philadelphia

Contact Info

Address: 300 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA 18503, USA

Phone: +1 (570) 207-2238

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.02.23 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Scranton (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera (69)
(2010.02.23 – ...)

Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Walk humbly with your God

Born:	1956.03.21 (Carbondale, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1983.11.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.26

Priest of Scranton (USA) (1983.11.05 – 2010.02.23)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (2010.02.23 – ...)

Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali (90)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.08.31 – 2010.02.23)

Bishop Joseph Francis Martino (79)
(2003.07.25 – 2009.08.31)

Bishop emeritus of Scranton (USA)

Jesus the way, truth and life

Born:	1946.05.01 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.11

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1970.12.18 – 1996.01.24)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania (1996.01.24 – 2003.07.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1996.01.24 – 2003.07.25)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (2003.07.25 – 2009.08.31)

Bishop James Clifford Timlin
(1984.04.24 – 2003.07.25)

Born:	1927.08.05 (Scranton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1951.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.09.21
Died:	2023.04.09 (Scranton, PA, USA † 95)

Priest of Scranton (USA) (1951.07.16 – 1976.07.26)

Titular Bishop of Gunugus (1976.07.26 – 1984.04.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1976.07.26 – 1984.04.24)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1984.04.24 – 2003.07.25)

Bishop John Joseph O’Connor (later Cardinal)
(1983.05.06 – 1984.01.25)

There can be no love without justice

Born:	1920.01.15 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Created Cardinal:	1985.05.25
Died:	2000.05.03 (New York City, NY, USA † 80)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1945.12.15 – 1979.04.18)

Domestic Prelate (1966.10.27 – 1968.03.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1968.03.28 – 1979.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Korčula (1979.04.18 – 1983.05.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA) (1979.04.18 – 1983.05.06)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1983.05.06 – 1984.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1984.01.25 – 2000.05.03)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1985.05.25 – 2000.05.03)

Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick
(1966.03.04 – 1983.02.15)

Born:	1907.02.15 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1932.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.04.23
Died:	1996.11.12 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1947.01.11 – 1960.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1947.01.11 – 1960.06.25)

Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA) (1960.06.25 – 1966.03.04)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1966.03.04 – 1983.02.15)

Bishop Jerome Daniel Hannan
(1954.08.17 – 1965.12.15)

Born:	1896.11.29 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1921.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.09.21
Died:	1965.12.15 (Roma, Italy † 69)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1954.08.17 – 1965.12.15)

Bishop William Joseph Hafey
(1938.03.25 – 1954.05.12)

Born:	1888.03.19 (Springfield, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1914.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.06.24
Died:	1954.05.12 (Scranton, PA, USA † 66)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1925.04.06 – 1937.10.02)

Titular Bishop of Appia (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1938.03.25 – 1954.05.12)

Bishop Thomas Charles O’Reilly
(1927.12.19 – 1938.03.25)

Born:	1873.02.22 (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1898.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.02.16
Died:	1938.03.25 (Miami Beach, FL, USA † 65)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1927.12.19 – 1938.03.25)

Bishop Michael John Hoban
(1899.02.03 – 1926.11.13)

Born:	1853.06.06 (Waterloo, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1880.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.03.22
Died:	1926.11.13 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Alalis (1896.02.01 – 1899.02.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1896.02.01 – 1899.02.03)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1899.02.03 – 1926.11.13)

Bishop William O’Hara
(1868.03.03 – 1899.02.03)

Born:	1816.04.14 (Dungiven, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1842.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.07.12
Died:	1899.02.03 († 82)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1899.02.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop William Joseph Hafey (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael John Hoban (1896.02.01 – 1899.02.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Martin Dougherty (1995.02.07 – 2009.08.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo (1988.01.26 – 1994.11.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Clifford Timlin (1976.07.26 – 1984.04.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski (1947.05.10 – 1973.05.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin John O’Connor (later Archbishop) (1942.11.14 – 1946.11.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan (1923.02.23 – 1926.05.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Churches by City (162)

Harrisburg (↙), Altoona–Johnstown (←), Erie (←), Rochester (↑), Syracuse (↑), Albany (↗), Paterson (→), New York (→), Metuchen (↘), Allentown (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,914 km²

Population: 317,429 Catholics (28.9% of 1,098,910 total)

Pastoral Centres: 114 parishes

Personnel: 255 priests (214 diocesan, 41 religious), 93 deacons, 376 religious (47 brothers, 329 sisters), 9 seminarians