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Diocese of Allentown

Diœcesis Alanpolitana
Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown, August 2015
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Allentown
Flag
Location
CountryRoman Catholic Diocese of Allentown United States of America
TerritoryPennsylvania counties of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill, in the United States
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Philadelphia
Headquarters1515 Martin Luther King Jr Dr., Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°36′06″N 75°28′38″W / 40.60167°N 75.47722°W / 40.60167; -75.47722
Statistics
Area2,773 sq mi (7,180 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
1,272,212
258,997 (20.4%)
Parishes80
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJanuary 28, 1961
CathedralCathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena
Patron saintMary, Mother of the Church[1]
Secular priests210
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAlfred A. Schlert
Metropolitan ArchbishopNelson J. Perez
Map
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Allentown in eastern Pennsylvania
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Allentown in eastern Pennsylvania
Website
allentowndiocese.org
The Diocese of Allentown Pastoral Center in Allentown in March 2022

The Diocese of Allentown (Latin: Diœcesis Alanpolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The mother church of the Diocese of Allentown is the Cathedral Church of Saint Catharine of Siena Allentown. As of 2023, the bishop of Allentown is Alfred A. Schlert.

The Diocese of Allentown covers Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill counties. It has a Catholic population of 258,997 as of 2015, approximately 20.4% of the total population. The diocese maintains 80 parishes, 30 Catholic elementary schools, and seven Catholic high schools.

  1. ^ "A History of St. Catharine of Siena Parish (Allentown, PA)". www.cathedral-church.org. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

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