CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF FOUNDATION OF PARISHES IN DIOCESE
1741 Bally, Most Blessed Sacrament
1752 Reading, St. Peter the Apostle (SS. Cyril and Methodius, Reading consolidated into St. Peter in 2016)
1827 Pottsville, St. Patrick (Mary, Queen of Peace, Pottsville; St. Joseph, Pottsville, and St. Francis de Sales, Mount Carbon consolidated into St. Patrick in 2008)
1841 Pottsville, St. John the Baptist
1848 Jim Thorpe, Immaculate Conception B.V.M.
1850 Summit Hill, St. Joseph (St. Stanislaus, Summit Hill consolidated into St. Joseph in 2008. St. Katharine Drexel, Lansford [formed by the 2008 merger of St. Michael, St. Ann and SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Lansford and St. John the Baptist, St. Mary of the Assumption and SS. Cyril and Methodius Parishes, Coaldale] and St. Francis of Assisi, Nesquehoning [formed by the 2008 merger of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception Parishes, Nesquehoning] consolidated into St. Joseph in 2016)
1851 Schuylkill Haven, St. Ambrose
1854 Hamburg, St. Mary
1857 Allentown, Immaculate Conception
1857 Catasauqua, Annunciation B.V.M.
1860 Reading, St. Paul
1861 Bethlehem, Holy Infancy
1869 Allentown, Sacred Heart of Jesus (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Allentown consolidated into Sacred Heart in 2008)
1871 Bethlehem, Holy Ghost
1871 Jim Thorpe, St. Joseph
1883 Slatington, Assumption B.V.M.
1885 Lehighton, SS. Peter and Paul
1891 Reading, St. Joseph
1894 Sheppton, St. Joseph
1897 Roseto, Our Lady of Mount Carmel
1904 Reading, Holy Rosary
1906 Allentown, St. John the Baptist
1908 Nazareth, Holy Family
1908 Palmerton, Sacred Heart
1909 Easton, St. Anthony of Padua
1909 Frackville, St. Joseph (Annunciation BVM and St. Ann, Frackville consolidated into St. Joseph in 2013)
1915 Allentown, St. Stephen of Hungary
1915 Bangor, Our Lady of Good Counsel
1916 Douglassville, Immaculate Conception B.V.M. (Founded in Birdsboro, New church constructed 2004, in Douglassville)
1917 Bethlehem, Saints Simon and Jude
1917 West Reading, Sacred Heart
1919 Kutztown, St. Mary
1919 Allentown, St. Catharine of Siena (1961 - Cathedral)
1919 Fountain Hill, St. Ursula
1920 Easton, St. Jane Frances de Chantal
1920 Reading, St. Margaret
1920 Bath, Sacred Heart
1921 Boyertown, St. Columbkill
1922 Northampton, Assumption B.V.M.
1923 Ringtown, St. Mary
1925 Hellertown, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
1925 Reading, St. Catharine of Siena ((St. Mary, Reading consolidated into St. Catharine of Siena in 2016)
1927 Allentown, Our Lady Help of Christians
1927 Coplay, St. Peter
1927 Whitehall, St. John the Baptist (Stiles)
1927 Coopersburg, St. Joseph
1928 Whitehall, Holy Trinity (Egypt)
1928 Allentown, St. Francis of Assisi
1928 Allentown, St. Paul
1929 Bethlehem, St. Anne
1929 Reading, Holy Guardian Angels
1929 Pen Argyl, St. Elizabeth of Hungary (St. Roch, West Bangor consolidated into St. Elizabeth of Hungary in 2008)
1929 Martins Creek, St. Rocco
1931 Emmaus, St. Ann
1936 Bethlehem, Sacred Heart
1941 Whitehall, St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Fullerton) (Founded as mission to Sacred Heart, Allentown, January 1, 1928)
1948 Orefield, St. Joseph the Worker (Founded in Fogelsville. New church constructed, 1977, in Orefield)
1948 Shillington, St. John Baptist de la Salle
1950 Barnesville, St. Richard (Founded as mission to St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, June 2, 1947)
1952 Bethlehem, Assumption B.V.M. (Founded as mission to St. Joseph, Coopersburg (Limeport), November 21, 1927)
1954 Bethlehem, Notre Dame of Bethlehem
1955 Mohnton, St. Benedict (Founded 1955; suppressed 1972; re-established 1974)
1963 Bethlehem, Our Lady of Perpetual Help
1965 Sinking Spring, St. Ignatius Loyola
1966 Allentown, St. Thomas More
1974 Walnutport, St. Nicholas
1982 Robesonia, St. Francis de Sales
1989 Lake Harmony, St. Peter the Fisherman (Founded as a mission to Immaculate Conception, Jim Thorpe, December 7, 1982)
2008 Bethlehem, Incarnation of Our Lord (Formed by the merger of Our Lady of Pompeii, St. John Capistrano, St. Joseph, St. Stanislaus, and SS. Cyril and Methodius Parishes, Bethlehem)
2008 Easton, Our Lady of Mercy (Formed by the merger of St. Bernard, St. Joseph, and St. Michael Parishes, Easton)
2008 Mahanoy City, St. Teresa of Calcutta (Formed by the merger of Assumption B.V.M., St. Canicus, St. Casimir, St. Fidelis, St. Joseph and Sacred Heart Parishes, Mahanoy City and Our Lady of Siluva Parish, Maizeville) Name changed from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Sept. 4, 2016
2008 McAdoo, All Saints (Formed by the merger of Immaculate Conception Parish, Kelayres, St. Kunegunda, St. Mary, St. Patrick Parishes, McAdoo, and St. Michael, St. Bartholomew Parishes, Tresckow. Our Lady of Lourdes, Weatherly [formed by the 2008 merger of St. Mary, Beaver Meadow and St. Nicholas, Weatherly] consolidated into All Saints in 2016)
2008 Minersville, St. Matthew the Evangelist (Formed by the merger of St. Stanislaus Kostka, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Barbara Parishes, Minersville and St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish, Branchdale)
2008 Minersville, St. Michael the Archangel (Formed by the merger of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Vincent de Paul Parishes, Minersville and St. Kieran Parish, Heckscherville)
2008 New Philadelphia, Holy Cross (Formed by the merger of Holy Family, Sacred Heart Parishes, New Philadelphia and St. Anthony Parish, Cumbola)
2008 Northampton, Queenship of Mary (Formed by the merger of Our Lady of Hungary, and St. Michael Parishes, Northampton)
2008 Saint Clair, St. Clare of Assisi (Formed by the merger of St. Mary, Immaculate Conception, St. Casimir, SS. Peter and Paul and St. Boniface Parishes, Saint Clair)
2008 Tremont, Most Blessed Trinity (Formed by the merger of Immaculate Conception Parish, Tremont, Sacred Heart Parish, Newtown, and SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Tower City)
2014 Catasauqua, St. John Fisher (Formed by the merger of St. Andrew and St. Lawrence Parishes)
2014 Tamaqua, St. John XXIII (Formed by the merger of St. Jerome [into which St. Bertha, Tuscarora and St. Bartholomew, Brockton were consolidated in 2008] and SS. Peter and Paul Parishes)
2014 Shenandoah, Divine Mercy (Formed by the merger of St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Lost Creek and Annunciation BVM, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Casimir, St. George and St. Stephen Parishes, Shenandoah
2015 Ashland, St. Charles Borromeo (Formed by the merger of St. Joseph and St. Mauritius, Ashland; St. Joseph and St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville; and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gordon)
