This Day in Diocesan History for February 25

1900

Fire destroyed the first St. Alphonsus Church, McDonald

 
 
1906

Msgrs. Francis Tobin, Joseph Suhr and William Kittel invested as Domestic Prelates by Pope Pius X.  These were the first Diocese of Pittsburgh priests to be so honored

 
 
1918

Fire destroyed the first Nativity Church, South Park

 
 
1953

The mission of St. Malachy, Kennedy Twp. raised to the status of a parish

 
 
1962

Ground broken for the second St. Mary Church, Daisytown

 
 
 
Groundbreaking at St. Mary, Daisytown, 1962