This Day in Diocesan History for March 19

1867

St. Agnes Parish, West Mifflin established

 
 
1869

In response to a petition from Germans living in the West End, Bishop Domenec granted permission to form a parish, which became St. Martin

 
 
1876

John Tuigg, third Bishop of Pittsburgh, consecrated bishop

 
 
1918

Construction began on New Castle Hospital

 
 
1928

Ground broken for the second St. Ambrose School, Spring Hill

 
 
1939

The pastor of St. Gregory Parish, Zelienople purchased an empty Methodist Episcopal Church in Evans City to be renovated into a mission church, which became St. Mathias

 
 
1947

St. Thomas Parish, Clarksville established

 
St. Mathias Church, Evans City c. 1940