This Day in Diocesan History for March 13

1910

A committee of Catholics living in Wireton formed to raise funds for a church, which became St. Catherine of Siena

 
 
1932

The third St. Mary Magdalene Church, Homestead destroyed by fire

 
 
1948

John Dearden appointed Titual Bishop of Sarepta and Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh

 
 
1966

Ground broken for the second St. Hilary Church, Washington  

 
 
 
John Dearden, seventh Bishop of Pittsburgh, visiting DePaul Institute