Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.
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Origins
FoundedGrew from a trading post and ferry John Harris established on the Susquehanna around 1718; laid out as a town in 1785 by his son and chartered as Harrisburg in 1791, becoming the state capital in 1812. 1 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own accountEnglish in ordinary parish worship, with Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite alongside the vernacular. 3 Attributions
TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountRoman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Harrisburg, erected on 3 March 1868 by Pope Pius IX on the recommendation of the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore. 2 Connections
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Source Reorganization Information, Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
This source names Harrisburg directly: "dioceses (Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton) over roughly seventy years."
Source Report 1 of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (Pennsylvania)40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This source names Harrisburg directly: "dioceses (Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton, together ministering to more than 1.7 million Catholics) over a roughly 70 year span."
Source Report 1 of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (Pennsylvania)40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This source names Harrisburg directly: "own denominational press, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania."
Source A. W. Tozer (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
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Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source 2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae
Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)
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Harrisburg ( HARR-iss-burg; Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S.
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