Parish Frequently Asked Questions

Since Mass times are changing frequently, the best way to locate parish Mass times during the pandemic is to go to the parish or grouping websites.  To find a parish near you, click here. 

Click here for a chart with the alphabetical list of all parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh from 2016 to the present. The former parish name is in the first column. The new parish name will be listed in the second column. Contact information will be provided in the third and fourth columns.
 

See the alphabetical list of current and predecessor parishes.

A vicariate is a group of parishes within a diocese defined by geographic area for the purposes of administration in support of the bishop’s ministry.   
 
The Diocese of Pittsburgh’s 63 parishes are sectioned into 2 Regions: the North Vicariate and the South Vicariate.
 
Each vicariate is guided by a regional vicar. Within his respective vicariate, a regional vicar represents the bishop to the people and the people to the bishop. He becomes the “eyes and ears” of the bishop and for faithful.
 
Very Rev. Philip Farrell is the Regional Vicar of the North Vicariate and Reverend David G. Poecking is the Regional Vicar of the South Vicariate.  There are 30 new parishes or groupings in the North Vicariate and 27 new parishes in the South Vicariate.

Click here for the listing of priests
Click here for the listing of deacons
 

If your sacramental information is over 70 years old, or if the parish at which the sacrament was celebrated is now closed, the records are located at the diocesan Archives & Records Center. On the Archives & Records Center home page, there is a Personal Records Request box. To check on or request your records, click here. For further information, please contact the Archives & Records Center at 412-456-3158.