Bishop David A. Zubik’s Legacy

Most Reverend David Zubik, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, left, kneels to pray near the Relics of Padre Pio, a Roman Catholic saint, after giving communion during a special service Wednesday April, 4, 2018, at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. (Jessie Wardarski/ Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh leads a Mass of Thanksgiving on Monday, May 12, 2025, for Pope Leo XIV at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland, bringing together the local Catholic community in celebration of the new pontiff. (Tim Robbibaro/For the Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik leads a prayer at a temporary altar on Bigelow Boulevard between Fifth Avenue and Forbes Avenues during the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Oakland. The procession started at St. Paul Cathedral and did a one-mile loop through Oakland. It marked the beginning of the National Eucharist Revival, during which it is hoped that Catholics will have a renewed encounter with Jesus and serve as Eucharistic missionaries in response to Pope Francis’ call for the Catholic Church to be “permanently in a state of mission”. The Eucharist revival began on June 19, the feast of Corpus Christi, a day when the Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)

Catholic Bishop David Zubik performed a Holy Thursday mass for prisoners, including a washing of feet of 12 inmates, representing the 12 apostles, at the Allegheny County Jail on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 – Outside Christ the Light of the World parish in Duquesne, PA, Bishop David Zubik (L) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh takes the “ice bucket challenge” for ALS, with Rev. Dennis Colamarino (R), pastor of the parish. Rev. Colamarino has ALS. Rev. Colamarino took the challenge after the bishop. (Tony Tye/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Roman Catholic Bishop David Zubik greets giggling Jaden Johnson Sims (center), 6, and Jalissa Strickland, 10, at the Mooncrest Community Center during his tour of the Moon Twp. community. Children’s education in the neighborhood is part of the ministry of the Felician Order. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette)

Bishop Zubik lights his candle at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik celebrates the opening Mass for Fortnight for Religious Freedom on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at Saint Mary of Mercy Parish, Downtown. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik meets with area priests during lunch on July 28, 2017, at St. Paul Seminary in East Carnegie. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik washes and kisses the feet of inmates as a part of a Holy Thursday mass he presided over on Thursday, March 29, 2018 for inmates at the Allegheny County Jail in Downtown. In a ritual initiated by Jesus shortly before his arrest as told in The Bible, Bishop Zubik washed, dried and kissed the feet of inmates gathered for the ceremony. “It was awesome, it will be a mass I ain’t ever going to forget,” said inmate Vernon Belinsky, 53. “Just the feeling of love in the air, togetherness. This don’t happen. This don’t happen in jail.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

2Bishop David A. Zubik prays on Ember Days, a three-day period of prayer in the Catholic tradition, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s office chapel in Downtown. Bishop Zubik says he always prays from the back row of pews while at the office chapel. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh prays before the second of his listening sessions following the grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at St. Thomas a Becket Church in Jefferson Hills. Bishop Zubik listened to the stories, questions, and suggestions of people as they grapple with the future of the church in the aftermath of the report. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik gestures the sign of the cross as he prays for students and blesses their cake on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, during Catholic Schools Week at Saint Anne Catholic School in Castle Shannon. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik shakes hands with fourth-grader Caleb Betlow as he exits a classroom on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, during Catholic Schools Week at Saint Anne Catholic School in Castle Shannon. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Gretchen Packard of Altoona, right, shakes the hand of Bishop David Zubik, left, after the conclusion of mass honoring the 27th annual World Day of the Sick, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at UPMC Mercy in Uptown. The World Day of the Sick recognizes and honors workers in the health care industry and prays for the alleviation of human suffering around the world. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik, of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, places ashes on the foreheads of parishioners at St. Mary of Mercy Church on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019, Downtown Pittsburgh. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

President of Allegheny General Hospital Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Bishop David Zubik and Mayor Bill Peduto share in a laugh as they lead in the Catholic Charities 29th annual Love Walk and Interfaith Reflection on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in the North Shore. This yearÕs theme, ÒUnited by Love, Ó commemorates those affected, one year ago this weekend, by the massacre involving three Pittsburgh Jewish congregations sharing the Tree of Life synagogue buildingÑCongregation Dor Hadash, New Light Congregation and Tree of Life*Or LÕSimcha Congregation. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik walks onto the overlook across from St. Mary of the Mount Church on Mount Washington for the annual Ecumenical Blessing of the City of Pittsburgh with other members of the Christian Leaders Fellowship on Saturday, April 3, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik leads a prayer on the overlook across from St. Mary of the Mount Church on Mount Washington during the annual Ecumenical Blessing of the City of Pittsburgh with other members of the Christian Leaders Fellowship, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Medallion Girls and their Escorts rotate the perimeter of the ballroom floor to be seen by the Bishop of Pittsburgh, David Zubik, during the Medallion Ball to benefit St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind in the Wyndham Grand on Nov. 26, 2021, in Downtown. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik, left, ordains Kevin Lewis as a deacon during an ordination ceremony for 17 deacons into the Diocese of Pittsburgh at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Oakland on Saturday morning. (Clare Sheedy/For the Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik washes and kisses the feet of inmate Robert Springer, 28, as a part of a Holy Thursday mass he presided over on Thursday, March 29, 2018, for inmates at the Allegheny County Jail in Downtown. In a ritual initiated by Jesus shortly before his arrest, as told in The Bible, Bishop Zubik washed, dried, and kissed the feet of inmates gathered for the ceremony. “It was awesome, it will be a mass I ain’t ever going to forget,” said inmate Vernon Belinsky, 53. “Just the feeling of love in the air, togetherness. This don’t happen. This don’t happen in jail.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik, center, is assisted by Walter J. Waltersheid, the Pittsburgh diocese auxiliary bishop, after a strong wind blew across Mt. Washington during the annual Blessing of the City, April 23, 2011. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik arrives at a press conference to discuss his trip to the Supreme Court, where the case Zubik vs. Burwell was heard by the court, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik holds a special service in honor of the Relics of Padre Pio, a Roman Catholic saint, on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. (Jessie Wardarski/ Post-Gazette)

The Most Rev. David A. Zubik, bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, celebrates Mass Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at Duquesne University A.J. Palumbo Center.
More than 3,000 faculty, staff, students, and their families gathered for the annual Mass, which serves as the official start of the academic year at Duquesne University. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik, left, introduces the new Bishop Mark A.Eckman during the Clergy Day Vespers at the Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastoral Center on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Justin Guido/Post-Gazette)