Episcopal Diocese of the Susquehanna

Diocese of the Susquehanna
Location
CountryUnited States
Ecclesiastical provinceIII (Middle Atlantic)
Statistics
Parishes117 (2023)
Members15,402 (2023)
Information
DenominationEpiscopal Church
EstablishedNovember 8, 1871 January 1, 2026 (Merger)
CathedralCathedral Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral (Harrisburg)
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Current leadership
BishopAudrey Scanlan
Assistant bishopKevin D. Nichols
Map

Location of the Diocese of the Susquehanna
Website
diosusquehanna.org

The Episcopal Diocese of the Susquehanna, formerly known as the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania (1871–1909) and the Diocese of Bethlehem (1909–2025) is a diocese of the Episcopal Church. It encompasses 39 counties across central and northwestern Pennsylvania with co-cathedrals in Bethlehem and Harrisburg. Established in 1871 from territory carved out of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, it was divided in 1904 to form a new Harrisburg-based diocese. This diocese, which was separately called the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania from the 1970s on, reunified with the Diocese of Bethlehem effective on January 1, 2026, under the name the Diocese of the Susquehanna.