This Day in Diocesan History for February 23

1908

Dedication of the second Transfiguration Church, Monongahela

 
 
1926

Fire destroys the first St. Pudentiana Church, North Rochester

 
 
1929

Holy Trinity Parish, Ambridge purchased a building to serve as the first church

 
 
1955

Bishop John Dearden, in cooperation with the Holy Name Society and Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, institutes Daily Eucharistic Adoration in all parishes of the diocese

 
 
1957

Dedication of the third St. Sylvester Church, Brentwood

 
 
1987

Construction began on the second St. Michael Church, Elizabeth

 

Bishop John Dearden, seventh Bishop of Pittsburgh