The Diocese of Harrisburg is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that covers 15 counties of South Central Pennsylvania: Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York. The seat of the bishop is in St. Patrick's Cathedral (built 1907), which stands one block away from the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Pope Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868. The Diocese of Harrisburg is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Bishops Bishops of Harrisburg Jeremiah F. Shanahan (1868-1886) Thomas McGovern (1888-1898) John W. Shanahan (1899-1916), brother of first bishop Philip R. McDevitt (1916-1935) George L. Leech (1935-1971) Joseph T. Daley (1971-1983; coadjutor bishop 1967-1971) William Henry Keeler (1983-1989), appointed Archbishop of Baltimore (Cardinal in 1994) Nicholas C. Dattilo (1990-2004) Kevin C. Rhoades (2004-2010), appointed Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend Joseph P. McFadden (2010-2013) Ronald William Gainer (2014–present) Former auxiliary bishops Lawrence F. Schott (1956-1963) Joseph Thomas Daley (1963-1967), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Harrisburg William Henry Keeler (1979-1983), appointed Bishop of Harrisburg Other priests of the diocese who became bishops David M. O'Connell, C.M., appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton in 2010 and subsequently succeeded to that diocese William J. Waltersheid, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh in 2011 Edward C. Malesic, appointed Bishop of Greensburg in 2015 High schools Bishop McDevitt High School Delone Catholic High School Lancaster Catholic High School Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School Trinity High School York Catholic High School Ban on participation of females in certain sports On October 1, 2014, Bishop Ronald Gainer introduced a new policy prohibiting girls at Catholic schools in the diocese from participating in wrestling, football, and rugby whether or not they desire to compete in girls-only or co-ed matches. The policy goes on to require male wrestlers to forfeit matches against female opponents, but does not bar football or rugby teams from playing against teams which may have a girl on their team. According to the policy, the ban applies to sports "... that involve substantial and potentially immodest physical contact." In 2016, public high school J.P. McCaskey exploited the policy to win a dual wrestling match against Delone Catholic. Special churches The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Conewago Township and the Basilica of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Danville are under the purview of the diocese. Sexual abuse cases In