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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.
Aloysius R. Callaghan, STL, JCD (born September 15, 1946) is a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Allentown and rector emeritus of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity. He has also served in various roles in the Vatican and the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Schlert was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Allentown on September 19, 1987, at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown, Pennsylvania, by Bishop Thomas J. Welsh. [3] The diocese assigned Schlert as an assistant pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Allentown.
Fr. Victor Hanna, currently administrator of Our Lady of Mercy Mission in Allentown, PA. Fr. James Koury, currently Secretary to the Bishop of the Eparchy of Newton, and assists New England parishes. Fr. Theophan Leonarczy, currently Chancellor of the Eparchy of Newton and assisting the New England parishes.
Thomas Jerome Welsh (December 20, 1921 – February 19, 2009) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania (1970-1974), as bishop of the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia (1974–1983) and as bishop of the Diocese of Allentown in Pennsylvania (1983–1997).
Church officials say Father Stephen Halabura retired 11 years ago, but only recently informed Catholic leaders that he had sexually abused someone who was under the age of 18 back in the early 1980s.
Sep. 17—Boys from Joplin and Carthage and a boy and a girl from Neosho are among 11 alleged victims of past sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials cited in a lawsuit filed last week against ...
Gainer was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph Mark McShea for the Diocese of Allentown on May 19, 1973. [5] [4] After his ordination, Gainer served as pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. [6]