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After Guilfoyle died in the summer of 1957, Pope Pius XII renamed the Diocese of Altoona to the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown to reflect the population growth of Johnstown. [19] In December 1957, the pope appointed Monsignor Howard Joseph Carroll of Pittsburgh as the next bishop of Altoona-Johnstown. Carroll died in 1960.
It is within the boundaries of the Downtown Altoona Historic District, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [2] It is the mother church of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown and is the seat of its bishop, the Most Reverend Mark Leonard Bartchak. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Pastor is Rev. Monsignor Stanley ...
Joseph Carroll McCormick (December 15, 1907 – November 2, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania (1960–1966) and bishop of the Diocese of Scranton in Pennsylvania (1966–1983).
Mark Leonard Bartchak (born January 1, 1955) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown since 2011.. Bartchak has also served on the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest court of the Vatican, since 2021 and is considered an authority on canon law.
James John Hogan (October 17, 1911 – June 14, 2005) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania (1966–1986). He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey (1959–1966).
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Howard Joseph Carroll (August 5, 1902 – March 21, 1960) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Altoona in Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1960. [1]
Gannon organized religious education programs under the auspices of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in every part of the diocese and founded five regional high schools after age 80 alone. [15] Gannon also established the following institutions: Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital in St. Marys (1922) Gannondale School for Girls in Erie (1934)