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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%"><div class="fn org" style="display:inline;font-size: 125%">Diocese of Pittsburgh</div><br /><i><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-family: serif; font-size: 130%;"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Diœcesis Pittsburgensis</i></span></div></i><div style="display:inline;font-size: 125%"></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Paul_Cathedral,_Oakland,_2015-03-09,_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/St_Paul_Cathedral%2C_Oakland%2C_2015-03-09%2C_03.jpg/225px-St_Paul_Cathedral%2C_Oakland%2C_2015-03-09%2C_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="355" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_bishops_of_the_United_States#Province_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Catholic bishops of the United States">Province of Philadelphia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">111 Boulevard of the Allies <br /><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">PA</a> 15222</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic coordinates">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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#FADA5E;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">3,786 sq mi (9,810 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<br />- Total<br />- Catholics</th><td class="infobox-data">(as of 2021)<br />1,893,567<br />625,490 (32%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">107</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">Sui iuris</a></i> church</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">August 11, 1843<span class="noprint">; 181 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1843-08-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania)" title="Saint Paul Cathedral (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)">Saint Paul Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Mary Immaculate</a> (primary) and <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">St. Paul the Apostle</a> (secondary)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pope</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/David_Zubik" title="David Zubik">David Zubik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Metropolitan Archbishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Nelson_J._Perez" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson J. Perez">Nelson J. Perez</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Auxiliary Bishops</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Waltersheid" title="William J. Waltersheid">William J. Waltersheid</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mark_Eckman" title="Mark Eckman">Mark Eckman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vicar General</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Lawrence A. DiNardo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Judicial Vicar</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Michael S. Sedor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishops emeritus</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Winter" title="William J. Winter">William J. Winter</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png/220px-Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png/330px-Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png/440px-Diocese_of_Pittsburgh_map_1.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="531" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.diopitt.org/">diopitt.org</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Diocese of Pittsburgh</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Diœcesis Pittsburgensis</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania" title="Western Pennsylvania">Western Pennsylvania</a> in the United States. It was established on August 11, 1843. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a> church of the diocese is <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Paul Cathedral (Pittsburgh)">Saint Paul Cathedral</a> in Pittsburgh. As of 2024, the bishop of Pittsburgh is <a href="/wiki/David_Zubik" title="David Zubik">David Zubik</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territory">Territory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Diocese of Pittsburgh includes 61 parish-groupings (107 churches) in the counties of <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver County, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler County, Pennsylvania">Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Greene County, Pennsylvania">Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lawrence County, Pennsylvania">Lawrence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Washington County, Pennsylvania">Washington</a>, an area of 3,786 sq mi (9,810 km<sup>2</sup>). The diocese had a Catholic population of 625,490 as of 2022. As of July 2021, the diocese had 194 active priests.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1750_to_1800">1750 to 1800</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1750 to 1800"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1754, the first mass within the present-day Diocese of Pittsburgh was celebrated at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Duquesne" title="Fort Duquesne">Fort Duquesne</a> by a French <a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscan</a> chaplain. A chapel was built at the fort, dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a> under the title of "The Assumption of Our Lady of the Beautiful River". When the French destroyed the fort in 1758, the mission became a ruin.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region then passed into British rule. </p><p>Unlike the other British colonies in America, the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Province of Pennsylvania</a> did not ban Catholics from the colony or threaten priests with imprisonment. However, the colony did require any Catholics seeing public office to take an oath to <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>. In 1784, a year after the end of the American Revolution, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI" title="Pope Pius VI">Pope Pius VI</a> erected the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Prefecture_of_the_United_States" title="Apostolic Prefecture of the United States">Apostolic Prefecture of United States of America</a>, including all of the new United States.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1789, Pius VI converted the prefecture to the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Baltimore" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore">Diocese of Baltimore</a>, covering all of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Mooney_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mooney-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the passage of the <a href="/wiki/US_bill_of_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="US bill of rights">US Bill of Rights</a> in 1791, Catholics received full freedom of worship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1800_to_1850">1800 to 1850</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1800 to 1850"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1808, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VII" title="Pope Pius VII">Pope Pius VII</a> erected the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Diocese of Philadelphia</a>, covering all of Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1843, the four American bishops and one archbishop met in the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Councils_of_Baltimore" title="Provincial Councils of Baltimore">Fifth Provincial Council of Baltimore</a>. They recommended that the Vatican erect a Diocese of Pittsburgh and nominated <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Connor_(American_bishop)" title="Michael O'Connor (American bishop)">Michael O'Connor</a>, vicar general of Western Pennsylvania and pastor of <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Paul_in_Pittsburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of Saint Paul in Pittsburgh">St. Paul's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, to be appointed the first bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Vatican erected the Diocese of Pittsburgh on August 11, 1843, by taking its territory from the Diocese of Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new diocese covered all of Western Pennsylvania. The pope appointed O'Connor as bishop. After his consecration in Rome, O'Connor traveled to Ireland to recruit clergy for his new diocese. He found eight seminarians from <a href="/wiki/Maynooth_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Maynooth College">Maynooth College</a> in Maynooth and seven <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Mercy" title="Sisters of Mercy">Sisters of Mercy</a> from <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Canevin_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canevin-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor arrived in Pittsburgh in December 1843. </p><p>In 1844, O'Connor founded a girls' academy and St. Paul's orphan asylum, a chapel for African Americans, the <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Catholic" title="Pittsburgh Catholic">Pittsburgh Catholic</a></i> and St. Michael's Seminary. To serve the German immigrants in his diocese, he welcomed the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Benedict" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Saint Benedict">Benedictine monks</a>, who founded <a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_Archabbey" title="Saint Vincent Archabbey">Saint Vincent Archabbey</a> in <a href="/wiki/Latrobe,_Pennsylvania" title="Latrobe, Pennsylvania">Latrobe</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first Benedictine monastery in the United States. To further education he invited the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Brothers_of_Brooklyn" title="Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn">Franciscan Brothers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mountbellew" title="Mountbellew">Mountbellew</a> in Ireland, who established the first community of religious brothers in the United States in <a href="/wiki/Loretto,_Pennsylvania" title="Loretto, Pennsylvania">Loretto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1850_to_1900">1850 to 1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1850 to 1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1853, the Vatican erected the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Erie" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie">Diocese of Erie</a>, taking the northern counties from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. After O'Connor resigned in 1860, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a> named <a href="/wiki/Michael_Domenec" title="Michael Domenec">Michael Domenec</a> from Philadelphia as the second bishop of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> ended in 1865, the diocese went heavily in debt to finance expansion projects. When the <a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1873" title="Panic of 1873">panic of 1873</a> happened, diocesan revenues fell dramatically, creating a debt crisis for the diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1876, Pius IX erected the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_(titular_see)" class="mw-redirect" title="Allegheny (titular see)">Diocese of Allegheny</a>, taking several counties from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and named Domenec as its first bishop. He was succeeded in Pittsburgh by <a href="/wiki/John_Tuigg" title="John Tuigg">John Tuigg</a> of Pittsburgh. </p><p>During his tenure as bishop, Tuigg succeeded in stabilizing the diocesan finances. The Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost, the predecessor of <a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne University</a>, was founded in 1878 in Pittsburgh by a group of Holy Ghost priests from Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-nce_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nce-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Tuigg suffered his first stroke, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a> appointed Richard Phelan of Pittsburgh as <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">coadjutor bishop</a> in 1885 to assist Tuigg.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1889, the Vatican reversed course, suppressed the Diocese of Allegheny and reintegrated all of its territory back into the Diocese of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-Canevin_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canevin-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Tuigg died in December 1889, Phelan automatically succeeded him as bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, Catholic immigrants of many nationalities flooded into Western Pennsylvania to work the mines and steel mills. Phelan set up new parishes with pastors who could speak the immigrants' native languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900_to_1980">1900 to 1980</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1900 to 1980"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1901, the Vatican erected the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Altoona-Johnstown" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown">Diocese of Altoona</a>, taking its territory from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. In 1903, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pope Pius X</a> named <a href="/wiki/Regis_Canevin" title="Regis Canevin">Regis Canevin</a> of Pittsburgh as coadjutor bishop in that diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-cem_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cem-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canevin succeeded Phelan after his death in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-Canevin_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canevin-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canevin died in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pope Benedict XV named <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Charles_Boyle" title="Hugh Charles Boyle">Hugh Charles Boyle</a> of Pittsburgh as the sixth bishop of that diocese in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his 29-year tenure, Boyle sponsored a comprehensive school-building program in the diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_the_Christian_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Brothers of the Christian Schools">Brothers of the Christian Schools</a> opened <a href="/wiki/Central_Catholic_High_School_(Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)">Central Catholic High School</a> in Pittsburgh in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sisters of Mercy opened <a href="/wiki/Carlow_University" title="Carlow University">Carlow College</a>, a women's college, in Pittsburgh in 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, John Dearden of Pittsburgh was appointed <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">coadjutor bishop</a> of the diocese by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> to assist Boyle.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Boyle died in 1950, Dearden automatically succeeded him as bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vatican in 1951 erected the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Greensburg" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg">Diocese of Greensburg</a>, taking its territory from the Diocese of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-cathier_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cathier-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dearden was appointed archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Detroit">Archdiocese of Detroit</a> in 1958 </p><p>To replace Dearden, Pius XII named Bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Wright_(cardinal)" title="John Wright (cardinal)">John Wright</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Worcester" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester">Diocese of Worcester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wright attended the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a> (1962–1965), during which he was a decisive force behind several of its documents.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the council's advancements in <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">ecumenism</a>, he believed that an "immediate unity in good works and charity" would arise between Catholics and <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961, Wright opened the Bishop's Latin School in Pittsburgh as the pre-seminary high school of the diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> La Roche College was founded in <a href="/wiki/McCandless,_Pennsylvania" title="McCandless, Pennsylvania">McCandless, Pennsylvania</a>, in 1963 by the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Divine_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="Sisters of Divine Providence">Sisters of Divine Providence</a> as a private college for religious sisters.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wright promoted music and culture during his time in Pittsburgh. He commissioned the composer <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_Williams" title="Mary Lou Williams">Mary Lou Williams</a>, to perform a <a href="/wiki/Sacred_jazz#Jazz_Mass" title="Sacred jazz">jazz mass</a> at a local Catholic school, and helped her to establish the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Jazz_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Jazz Festival">Pittsburgh Jazz Festival</a>. In 1969, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> appointed Wright as the prefect of the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Clergy" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Clergy">Congregation for the Clergy</a> in Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next bishop of Pittsburgh was Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Leonard" title="Vincent Leonard">Vincent Leonard</a> of Pittsburgh, appointed by Paul VI in 1969. During his tenure, Leonard became one of the first American bishops to release his diocesan financial reports to the public. He also established a due-process system to allow Catholics to appeal any administrative decision they believed was a violation of <a href="/wiki/Canon_law_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon law (Catholic Church)">canon law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980_to_2000">1980 to 2000</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1980 to 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leonard resigned as bishop of Pittsburgh in 1983, due to arthritis.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pope John Paul II then named Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bevilacqua" title="Anthony Bevilacqua">Anthony Bevilacqua</a> of the Diocese of Brooklyn as the tenth bishop of Pittsburgh that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, Bevilacqua banned women from participating in the <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Holy Thursday</a> foot-washing service. He said that the service was a re-enactment of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a>, in which Jesus only washed men's feet. After pushback from Catholic women and from the <a href="/wiki/National_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops" class="mw-redirect" title="National Conference of Catholic Bishops">National Conference of Catholic Bishops</a>, Bevilacqua relented, allowing individual pastors to decide. However, he refused to attend services that washed women's feet.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, John Paul II appointed Bevilacqua as archbishop of Philadelphia. </p><p>The next bishop of Pittsburgh was Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Donald_Wuerl" title="Donald Wuerl">Donald Wuerl</a> from the Archdiocese of Seattle, appointed by John Paul II in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the financial condition of the diocese, Wuerl decided to expand health services. Wuerl worked with hospitals and community groups to create a group home for people suffering from <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a>. In 2003, Wuerl conducted a successful $2.5 million fundraising campaign to create the Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center. The clinic served the uninsured working poor.<sup id="cite_ref-Book1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wuerl reorganized the diocese in response to demographic changes, the decline of the steel industry, and the church's weak financial position. He closed 73 church buildings, including 37 churches, and reduced 331 parishes to 214 parishes through mergers.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wuerl was named archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_to_present">2000 to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> appointed bishop <a href="/wiki/David_Zubik" title="David Zubik">David Zubik</a> from the Diocese of Green Bay as the twelfth bishop of Pittsburgh in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the diocese joined other parties in suing the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidency of Barack Obama">Obama administration</a> regarding the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> (ACA). The diocese objected to a regulation that would force Catholic hospitals and other such institutions to provide health insurance coverage of <a href="/wiki/Contraceptives" class="mw-redirect" title="Contraceptives">contraceptives</a> to their employees. Zubik said, "The mandate would require the Catholic Church as an employer to violate its fundamental beliefs concerning human life and human dignity ..." These cases were consolidated and made it to the Supreme Court as <a href="/wiki/Zubik_v._Burwell" title="Zubik v. Burwell">Zubik v. Burwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lawsuit_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lawsuit-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court vacated a lower court ruling and forced the cases back to the lower courts. </p><p> In 2015, Zubik announced On Mission for the Church ALIVE!, an initiative to start reorganizing parishes in 2018. The plan was to merge 188 parishes to 57 parish groupings served by clergy teams, with the goal of maximizing parish resources to achieve "vibrant parishes and effective ministries."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zubik formulated the plan in response to decreasing mass attendance, a significant drop in <a href="/wiki/Offertory" title="Offertory">offertory</a> collections and a declining number of priests; by 2025 the diocese was projected to have a 50% drop in the number of priest from 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many parishioners were angry at the closing of churches they had attended since childhood. Others supported the plan, saying sweeping changes were necessary to keep the diocese healthy. Zubik in 2015 acknowledged that: </p><blockquote><p>"...transformation is rarely easy, especially in the heartfelt matters of faith and parish life. I know that this change will require us – the faithful, the clergy, and myself – to let go of some things that are precious and familiar. I also am convinced that our clergy and faithful have what it takes to form deep and lasting relationships within their groupings and to create welcoming communities."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote><p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> in 2021 issued the <i><a href="/wiki/Motu_proprio" title="Motu proprio">motu proprio</a></i> <i><a href="/wiki/Traditionis_custodes" title="Traditionis custodes">Traditionis custodes</a></i>, an apostolic letter that increased restrictions on the celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine Mass</a>. The diocese announced that it would continue the daily celebration of the Tridentine Mass at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh. Zubik had established this <a href="/wiki/Personal_parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal parish">personal parish</a> in July 2019 for daily celebration of the Tridentine Mass.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishops">Bishops</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Allegheny" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Allegheny">Diocese of Allegheny</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_of_Pittsburgh">Bishops of Pittsburgh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bishops of Pittsburgh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Connor_(American_bishop)" title="Michael O'Connor (American bishop)">Michael O'Connor</a> (1843-7/1853), appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Erie" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Erie">Bishop of Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Connor_(American_bishop)" title="Michael O'Connor (American bishop)">Michael O'Connor</a> (12/1853-1860)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Domenec" title="Michael Domenec">Michael Domenec</a> (1860–1876), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Allegheny" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Allegheny">Bishop of Allegheny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tuigg" title="John Tuigg">John Tuigg</a> (1876–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Phelan" title="Richard Phelan">Richard Phelan</a> (1889–1904; <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">coadjutor bishop</a> 1885–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regis_Canevin" title="Regis Canevin">Regis Canevin</a> (1904–1921; coadjutor bishop 1903–1904), retired and appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> <i>ad personam</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Charles_Boyle" title="Hugh Charles Boyle">Hugh Boyle</a> (1921–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dearden" title="John Dearden">John Dearden</a> (1950–1958; coadjutor bishop 1948–1950), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Detroit">Archbishop of Detroit</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wright_(cardinal)" title="John Wright (cardinal)">John Wright</a> (1959–1969), appointed <a href="/wiki/Prefect" title="Prefect">Prefect</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Clergy" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Clergy">Congregation for the Clergy</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Leonard" title="Vincent Leonard">Vincent Leonard</a> (1969–1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bevilacqua" title="Anthony Bevilacqua">Anthony Bevilacqua</a> (1983–1987), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Philadelphia">Archbishop of Philadelphia</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Wuerl" title="Donald Wuerl">Donald Wuerl</a> (1988–2006), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Washington">Archbishop of Washington</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Zubik" title="David Zubik">David Zubik</a> (2007–present)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_auxiliary_bishops">Current auxiliary bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Current auxiliary bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Waltersheid" title="William J. Waltersheid">William J. Waltersheid</a> (2011–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Eckman" title="Mark Eckman">Mark Eckman</a> (2022–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_auxiliary_bishops">Former auxiliary bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Former auxiliary bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_F._Carroll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coleman F. Carroll">Coleman F. Carroll</a> (1953–1958), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Miami" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Miami">Bishop of Miami</a> and subsequently elevated to <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishop</a> of the same see</li> <li>Vincent Martin Leonard (1964–1969), appointed Bishop of Pittsburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bernard_McDowell" title="John Bernard McDowell">John Bernard McDowell</a> (1966–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_G._Bosco" title="Anthony G. Bosco">Anthony G. Bosco</a> (1970–1987), appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Greensburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Greensburg">Bishop of Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Winter" title="William J. Winter">William J. Winter</a> (1989–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Tobin" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas J. Tobin">Thomas J. Tobin</a> (1992–1996), appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Youngstown" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Youngstown">Bishop of Youngstown</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Providence">Bishop of Providence</a></li> <li>David Zubik (1997–2003), appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Green_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Green Bay">Bishop of Green Bay</a> and later Bishop of Pittsburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_J._Bradley" title="Paul J. Bradley">Paul J. Bradley</a> (2004–2009), appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Kalamazoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Kalamazoo">Bishop of Kalamazoo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_diocesan_priests_who_became_bishops">Other diocesan priests who became bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other diocesan priests who became bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tobias_Mullen" title="Tobias Mullen">Tobias Mullen</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Erie" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Erie">Bishop of Erie</a> in 1868</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(bishop)" title="James O'Connor (bishop)">James O'Connor</a>, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska in 1876 and later <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Omaha" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Omaha">Bishop of Omaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Leo_Hayes" title="Ralph Leo Hayes">Ralph Leo Hayes</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Helena" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Helena">Bishop of Helena</a> in 1933 and later Rector of the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_North_American_College" title="Pontifical North American College">Pontifical North American College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Davenport" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Davenport">Bishop of Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Daniel_Hannan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerome Daniel Hannan">Jerome Daniel Hannan</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Scranton" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Scranton">Bishop of Scranton</a> in 1954</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Joseph_Carroll" title="Howard Joseph Carroll">Howard Joseph Carroll</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Altoona-Johnstown" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown">Bishop of Altoona</a> in 1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_G._Connare" title="William G. Connare">William G. Connare</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Greensburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Greensburg">Bishop of Greensburg</a> in 1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_John_Vogel" title="Cyril John Vogel">Cyril John Vogel</a> (priest here, 1931–1951), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Salina" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina">Bishop of Salina</a> in 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Felix_Gaughan" title="Norbert Felix Gaughan">Norbert Felix Gaughan</a> (priest here, 1945–1951), appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Greensburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Greensburg">Auxiliary Bishop of Greensburg</a> in 1975 and later <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gary" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Gary">Bishop of Gary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_C._Dattilo" title="Nicholas C. Dattilo">Nicholas C. Dattilo</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Harrisburg" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg">Bishop of Harrisburg</a> in 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Maida" title="Adam Maida">Adam J. Maida</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Green_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Green Bay">Bishop of Green Bay</a> in 1983 and later <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Detroit">Archbishop of Detroit</a> (elevated to Cardinal in 1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_DiNardo" title="Daniel DiNardo">Daniel DiNardo</a>, appointed Coadjutor Bishop (in 1997) and <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Sioux_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Sioux City">Bishop of Sioux City</a> and later Coadjutor Bishop, Coadjutor Archbishop, and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Galveston-Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston">Archbishop of Galveston-Houston</a> (elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> in 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Burns" title="Edward J. Burns">Edward J. Burns</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Juneau" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Juneau">Bishop of Juneau</a> in 2009 and later <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Dallas" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas">Bishop of Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hebda" title="Bernard Hebda">Bernard A. Hebda</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gaylord" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Gaylord">Bishop of Gaylord</a> in 2009 and later <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Newark" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Newark">Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Saint_Paul_and_Minneapolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis">Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bonnar" title="David Bonnar">David Bonnar</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Youngstown" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Youngstown">Bishop of Youngstown</a> in 2021</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Churches">Churches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh" title="List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh">List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2018, the Diocese of Pittsburgh schools had an enrollment of approximately 17,000 students and employed nearly 1,500 teachers, making it the fourth largest school system in Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-schools_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schools-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system operated 69 elementary, pre-K and special schools.<sup id="cite_ref-schools_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schools-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The diocese in 2018 stated that enrollment in its school system had fallen by 50 percent since 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Radio_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radio-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elementary_schools">Elementary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Elementary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 2005 and 2010, the diocese closed 16 elementary schools.<sup id="cite_ref-Schools_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schools-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the diocese closed Saint Rosalia Academy in Greenfield. It also merged North American Martyrs School and Saint Bernadette School in <a href="/wiki/Monroeville,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroeville, Pennsylvania">Monroeville</a> into the new Divine Mercy Academy.<sup id="cite_ref-Radio_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radio-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the Pittsburgh-East Regional Catholic Elementary Schools (PERCES) closed East Catholic School in Forest Hills and Saint Maria Goretti in <a href="/wiki/New_Bloomfield,_Pennsylvania" title="New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania">Bloomfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PERCES also merged Saint Anne School in <a href="/wiki/Castle_Shannon,_Pennsylvania" title="Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania">Castle Shannon</a>, Saint Bernard School in <a href="/wiki/Mt._Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Mount Lebanon</a>, Our Lady of Grace School in <a href="/wiki/Scott_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Scott Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Scott Township</a>, and Saint Thomas More School in <a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Bethel Park</a> into one school program. The program would have two preschool through eighth grade sites at Saint Thomas More and Saint Bernard.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_schools">High schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: High schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Diocesan">Diocesan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Diocesan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Canevin_High_School" title="Bishop Canevin High School">Bishop Canevin High School</a> – Pittsburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Catholic_High_School_(Pittsburgh)" title="Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh)">Central Catholic High School</a> – Pittsburgh (All boys)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Catholic_High_School" title="North Catholic High School">North Catholic High School</a> – Cranberry Township</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Catholic_High_School" title="Oakland Catholic High School">Oakland Catholic High School</a> – Pittsburgh (All girls)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serra_Catholic_High_School" title="Serra Catholic High School">Serra Catholic High School</a> – McKeesport</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seton-La_Salle_Catholic_High_School" title="Seton-La Salle Catholic High School">Seton-La Salle Catholic High School</a> – Mt. Lebanon</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parochial">Parochial</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Parochial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_High_School_(Natrona_Heights,_Pennsylvania)" title="St. Joseph High School (Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania)">St. Joseph High School</a> – Harrison Township </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Private_or_independent">Private or independent</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Private or independent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquinas_Academy_(Pittsburgh)" title="Aquinas Academy (Pittsburgh)">Aquinas Academy</a> – Hampton Township</li> <li>Nazareth Prep – Emsworth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_High_School_(Coraopolis)" title="Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (Coraopolis)">Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School</a> – Moon Township</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Closed_schools">Closed schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Closed schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quigley_Catholic_High_School" title="Quigley Catholic High School">Quigley Catholic High School</a> – Baden</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincentian_Academy" title="Vincentian Academy">Vincentian Academy</a> – McCandless Township</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three Catholic colleges and universities operate within the diocese. While affiliated with the Catholic Church, these institutions only receive indirect support from the diocese, such as tuition support for students from diocesan schools.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne University</a> – Pittsburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlow_University" title="Carlow University">Carlow University</a> – Pittsburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Roche_College" class="mw-redirect" title="La Roche College">La Roche College</a> – McCandless</li></ul> <p>Seminarians in the diocese complete their pre-theological studies at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_Seminary_(Pittsburgh)" title="Saint Paul Seminary (Pittsburgh)">Saint Paul Seminary</a> in Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-apone_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apone-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministries">Ministries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Ministries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Diocese of Pittsburgh sponsors a yearly Medallion Ball. It is a <a href="/wiki/Debutante_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Debutante ball">debutante ball</a> that honors young women who perform at least 100 hours of eligible volunteer work. The proceeds from the event benefit St. Lucy's Auxiliary to the Blind. In 2002, a Joan of Arc Medallion was awarded to a young woman with <a href="/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a> who had volunteered as a teacher's assistant. In 2013, a medallion winner was <a href="/wiki/Visual_impairment" title="Visual impairment">legally blind</a> and had volunteered with a therapeutic horseback-riding program. It is common for attendees to perform more than 800 hours of volunteer work.<sup id="cite_ref-Book1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The diocese holds a biannual "The Light is On For You" campaign to help Catholics reconnect to the church. The campaign makes it more convenient for Catholics to make <a href="/wiki/Confession" title="Confession">confession</a>. During the campaign, confession is available at all diocesan churches for extended hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Confess_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Confess-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sexual_abuse_cases">Sexual abuse cases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sexual abuse cases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1978_to_1990">1978 to 1990</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 1978 to 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1978, a woman called the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Police" title="Pittsburgh Police">Pittsburgh Police</a> to complain that Anthony Cipolla had sexually abused her two sons, ages nine and 12. The abuse allegedly took place at a hotel room in <a href="/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan" title="Dearborn, Michigan">Dearborn, Michigan</a> and at Cipolla's rectory, with Cipolla giving the boys fake physical examinations. During the preliminary hearing, Bishop Leonard called the mother, urging her to drop the charges. Leonard said that the diocese would take case of Cipolla. The mother eventually followed his advice and the diocese transferred Cipolla to another diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, Tim Bendig told the diocese that Cipolla had sexually abused him from around 1981 to 1986. Like the earlier two victims, Cipolla administered physical exams to Bendig and rubbed <a href="/wiki/Baby_powder" title="Baby powder">baby powder</a> on his body. The diocese removed Cipolla from ministry and sent him to St. Michael's Institute n New York City. When Cipolla finished there, St. Michael's gave him a positive recommendation to return to ministry. However, Bishop Wuerl refused to return him to ministry until he was evaluated at a different center; Cipolla refused the order. Wuerl suspended Cipolla from priesthood in 1990. In 1992, Bendig sued the diocese. Cipolla appealed his suspension to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, which in March 1993 ordered Wuerl to return him to ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun2002_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun2002-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The diocese in 1993 made a financial settlement with Bendig.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vatican in 1995 reversed its 1993 ruling and permanently suspended Cipolla from public ministry. In 2002, Cipolla was laicized by the Vatican.<sup id="cite_ref-PG2002_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PG2002-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Obit_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, John O'Connor from the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Camden" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Camden">Diocese of Camden</a> was charged with inappropriately touching a 14-year-old boy in Cape May, New Jersey, during a sleepover. O'Connor was arrested, then released to a pretrial intervention program in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, followed by a period of court supervision. After O'Connor completed the program, Camden Bishop <a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Guilfoyle" title="George Henry Guilfoyle">George Henry Guilfoyle</a> asked Bishop Bevilacqua to accept O'Connor in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Bevilacqua agreed and assigned O'Connor as a hospital chaplain. O'Connor was moved back to Camden in 1993 because his 1985 victim had sued that diocese and received a settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-aug142_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aug142-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1987, the diocese received an accusation of sexual abuse against three priests: Richard Zula, Francis Pucci and Robert Wolk. The three men were accused of sexually abusing two young brothers between 1984 and 1986. The two brothers filed suit against the diocese in May 1988. </p> <ul><li>Zula was arrested in September 1988 and charged with over 130 counts of child sexual abuse against the two brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 1990 to two to five years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pucci was never charged with any crimes due to the passage of the statute of limitations. Prosecutors accused the diocese of a lack of cooperation in the investigation. More allegations against Pucci would arise during the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Wolk was arrested in October 1988 and charged with oral sodomy and attempted anal sex. He pleaded guilty in January 1990 and was sentenced to five to ten years in prison. He was convicted of similar offenses in another Pennsylvania county in June 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Wuerl met with the family of the brothers in early 1989, despite the warnings of his advisors. Wuerl said, "The lawyers could talk to one another, but I wasn't ordained to oversee a legal structure. As their bishop I was responsible for the Church's care of that family, and the only way I could do that was to go see them.<sup id="cite_ref-Book1_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1989, the diocese settled the brothers' lawsuit for $900,000.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wuerl then implemented a "zero tolerance" policy against sexual abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-Book1_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wuerl informed all diocesan priests that sexual contact with a minor was not merely a sin, but a crime that would result in permanent removal from the ministry and maybe prison. Priests were instructed to report any allegation of sexual abuse committed by a priest or church employee to the chancery. The diocese created the Diocesan Review Board in 1989 to offer evaluations and recommendations to the bishop on the handling of all sexual abuse cases.<sup id="cite_ref-Book1_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990_to_present">1990 to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 1990 to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Diocese of Pittsburgh removed David Dzermejko from Mary, Mother of the Church Parish in <a href="/wiki/Charleroi,_Pennsylvania" title="Charleroi, Pennsylvania">Charleroi</a> in 2009 after the diocese received accusations from two men of sexual abuse in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-David_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Removal_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Removal-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2013, he was indicted on charges of possessing <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child pornography</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police had found over 100 pornographic images on his computer. Dzermejko pleaded guilty in April 2014 and was sentenced to three years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2011, a woman entering the office of Bartley A. Sorensen observed him looking at child pornography on his computer. She immediately reported him to the diocese, which suspended him and notified authorities. Police found over 5,000 pornographic images on his computer along with printed materials. He pleaded guilty in May 2021 and was sentenced to 93 months in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deacon Rosendo Dacal was arrested in April 2018 on charges of unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of communications. Dacal in December 2017 started communicating in a <a href="/wiki/Chat_room" title="Chat room">chat room</a> with a teenage boy, sending the boy sexually explicit messages and <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">pornographic</a> images. However, the boy was actually a <a href="/wiki/North_Strabane_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="North Strabane Township, Pennsylvania">North Strabane</a> police officer.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dacal pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years of <a href="/wiki/Probation" title="Probation">probation</a> and 100 hours of <a href="/wiki/Community_service" title="Community service">community service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2018, a man from <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> accused Hugh Lang, the retired pastor of Saint Therese of Lisieux Parish in <a href="/wiki/Munhall,_Pennsylvania" title="Munhall, Pennsylvania">Munhall</a>, of sexual abuse. The plaintiff said that Lang of sexually assaulted him in 2001 when he was a boy during a training session for altar servers. Lang was arrested in January 2019 on assault charges.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lang denied the charges. He was convicted of six sexual abuse charges and sentenced in February 2020 to nine to 23 months in jail.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a judge overturned Lang's conviction in March 2020, due to an error by the presiding judge. Prosecutors later decided to drop the charges.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pennsylvania_grand_jury_investigation">Pennsylvania grand jury investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania grand jury investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury_investigation_of_Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_in_Pennsylvania" title="Grand jury investigation of Catholic Church sexual abuse in Pennsylvania">Grand jury investigation of Catholic Church sexual abuse in Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>In early 2016, a <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> investigation, led by <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Josh_Shapiro" title="Josh Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a>, began an inquiry into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in six Pennsylvania dioceses, including the Diocese of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer_2018.06.17_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer_2018.06.17-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The six dioceses in August 2018 sued the attorney general in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Supreme Court">Pennsylvania Supreme Court</a>, opposing the release of the grand jury report. They raised issues about the rights of priests named in the report, including the lack of <a href="/wiki/Due_process" title="Due process">due process</a> and fairness, the deprivation of the right to personal reputation and the inability of clergy to defend themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-release_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-release-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court allowed the state to publish the grand jury report. </p><p>In 2018, Zubik confirmed that the diocese would release the list of clergy accused of sex abuse when the grand jury report was made public.<sup id="cite_ref-inpnpvpa_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inpnpvpa-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOL_Aug5_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOL_Aug5-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his letter, Zubik noted that the diocese had implemented policies to deal with sexual abuse 30 years ago. Clergy, church employees, and volunteers were all required to go through sexual abuse training programs and <a href="/wiki/Criminal_background_check" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal background check">criminal background checks</a>. Zubik also noted that 90% of all the allegations in the report occurred before 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-TOL_Aug5_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOL_Aug5-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pennsylvania grand jury report was released in August 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-WTAE_Aug14_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WTAE_Aug14-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It listed 99 priests who had served in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-WTAE_Aug14_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WTAE_Aug14-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report stated that some priests in the diocese ran a child porn ring in the 1970s and 1980s, saying they "used whips, violence and sadism in raping their victims."<sup id="cite_ref-pittschiporn_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pittschiporn-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pittsburghport_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pittsburghport-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These abusive priests gave their victims gold crosses so that other pedophile priests would recognize them.<sup id="cite_ref-pittsburghport_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pittsburghport-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_abuse_lawsuits">Sexual abuse lawsuits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sexual abuse lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2020, a lawsuit against the Diocese of Pittsburgh which was filed by sex abuse survivors, as well as their parents, in September 2018 was allowed to move forward.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2020, it was reported that the lawsuit did not involve requests for monetary awards, but rather greater disclosure of sex abuse records.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 15, 2020, a man filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Pittsburgh for allegedly shielding priests who sexually abused him as a boy.<sup id="cite_ref-bishopsnamed_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bishopsnamed-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 7, 2020, a new lawsuit was filed against the Diocese of Pittsburgh from a man alleging that Leo Burchianti attacked and raped him twice when he was an <a href="/wiki/Altar_boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Altar boy">altar boy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-burchianti_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burchianti-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burchianti, who died in 2013, is also accused of having inappropriate sexual relationships with at least eight boys and was previously mentioned in the state grand report.<sup id="cite_ref-burchianti_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burchianti-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wuerl and Zubik have been named as defendants in numerous lawsuits as well.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bishopsnamed_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bishopsnamed-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 13, 2020, 25 new sex abuse lawsuits were filed against the Diocese of Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 14, 2020, it was revealed that the Diocese of Pittsburgh, along with Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Diocese of Allentown and Diocese of Scranton, was enduring the bulk of 150 new lawsuits filed against all eight Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 20, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a petition filed by the Diocese of Pittsburgh to grant a stay which would've delayed three ongoing lawsuits against the Diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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