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Bishop Zubik announces the following clergy appointments: pastor; senior parochial vicar; parochial vicar; parish chaplain; in residence; retired priest with assignment; and deacon.

The green phase does not mean that everything is back to what we once knew as normal. All current diocesan reopening guidelines, outlined in the “Moving Forward Together Guide,” remain in effect until further notice. 

Watching a peaceful protest against racial injustice break down into violence in Pittsburgh, I am sending out an urgent call for calm as we work for justice.  I ask all believers to pray and act for peace, unity and that perfect balance of justice and mercy that is the hallmark of God’s work in our world.

Hundreds of preschool and kindergarten students have been starring in their own parades this month, riding in their family car around schools and churches as teachers stand and cheer.

Bishop David Zubik has accepted a formal recommendation by the Catholic High Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc. (CHSDOP) Board of Directors to close Quigley High School effective at the end of the current school year.

Fifteen groupings of parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will merge on July 1, 2020, to create fifteen new parishes, Bishop David Zubik announced today. Sixty-one parishes are part of the mergers.

Priests in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh are preparing to begin offering daily Mass on Monday, June 1, and weekend Masses on June 6 and 7.

Bishop Zubik announces the following clergy appointment: special assignments; pastor; administrator; senior priest; senior parochial vicar; parochial vicar; chaplain; replacement ministry; residence; retired; and withdrawn from ministry.

"We are eager to return to the comfort of our Churches and join together in prayer as a source of spiritual strength to support us through the suffering and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Bishop Zubik said.