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Diocese of Scranton

Dioecesis Scrantonensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 March 1868
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 22,914 (8,850 Square Miles)
  • Description: Luzerne, Lackawanna, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, Tioga, Sullivan, Wyoming, Lycoming, Pike, and Monroe Counties.
  • Conference Region: III (NJ, PA)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SCR
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofscranton.org/
  • Mailing Address: 300 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA 18503, USA
  • Telephone: (570)207-2216
  • Fax: 207-2236

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 March 1868ErectedDiocese of Philadelphia Diocese of Harrisburg (erected)
Diocese of Scranton (erected) (Counties of Bradford, Lucerne, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan. Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Lycoming)
12 February 1875Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Erie (from Baltimore to Philadelphia)
Diocese of Harrisburg (from Baltimore to Philadelphia)
Diocese of Pittsburgh (from Baltimore to Philadelphia)
Diocese of Scranton (from Baltimore to Philadelphia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950350,8761,047,30033.5%44595540649871,370231ap1951
1966360,767916,53939.4%4881436315712751,464234ap1967
1970355,595916,53938.8%4711296005922121,431240ap1971
1976361,911953,52638.0%4201005206951111,265237ap1977
1980359,513960,43037.4%4351095446601171,197240ap1981
1990350,4961,013,42034.6%38910149071561081,015219ap1991
1999362,5461,054,81434.4%358115473766324819200ap2000
2000343,8201,031,97633.3%3339943279548154776198ap2001
2001337,4541,032,53632.7%3419643777251159784198ap2002
2002365,0791,066,30834.2%3327841089051142732195ap2003
2003355,4221,069,36733.2%3367340986950141711195ap2004
2004348,5421,072,81332.5%345704158395282673193ap2005
2008316,8251,095,09228.9%392604527006370557178ap2009
2010323,0471,091,32029.6%280603409506570523138ap2011
2014348,6001,118,00031.2%252603121,1176770417120ap2015
2017276,5941,098,91025.2%225492741,0098055369120ap2018
2020282,4001,122,04025.2%215662811,0049069382118ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 171

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