| 1831 | - Carbondale Township created from parts of Blakely and Greenfield Twps
|
| 1832 | - Fr Clancy relocates his pastoral base from Silver Lake to Carbondale, the larger community, until his departure in 1834
|
| 1834 -1836 | - No replacement pastor available; NEPA once again relies on occasional tours by missioners and the Bishop of Philadelphia
|
| 1834 | - St Francis Xaviar, Friendsville (Susquehanna), dedicated
|
| 1836 | - Jefferson Township created from part of Blakely Twp
- St Augustine's, Silver Lake (Susquehanna), dedicated
- St Rose of Lima, Carbondale, which had been built in 1830 under the leadership of Fr Clancy, dedicated; Fr Henry F Fitzsimmons appointed pastor
|
| 1838 | - Benton Township created from part of Nicholson Twp
- St Juliana's, Rock Lake (Wayne), dedicated
- St Basil's, Dushore (Sullivan), dedicated, and Fr Nicholas Steinbacher, a German Jesuit missioner, asked to include the church in his rounds to meet the needs of German parishioners
- Fr John Vincent O'Reilly appointed pastor of Friendsville-Silver Lake
|
| 1841 | - Fr Andrew Sullivan, missioner working out of Lowerytown (Carbon) says the first mass for families of Slocums Hollow.
|
| 1842 | - St Mary's, Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne), dedicated
- St John's, Honesdale (Wayne), dedicated
- St Rose of Lima, Carbondale, enlarged
|
| 1845 | - Fr Patrick A Prendergast appointed first pastor of St John's, Honesdale
- Carbondale pastorate changed to joint Carbondale/Wilkes-Barre pastorate under Fr Fitzsimmons
|
| 1846 | - Scott Township created from part of Greenfield Twp
|
| 1847 | - Fr Rudolph Etthofer appointed pastor of Immaculate Conception, Bastress (Lycoming), with responsibility for the German communities of Dushore and Wilkes-Barre as well
- Fr Prendergast appointed pastor of Carbondale/Wilkes-Barre
- St Bonaventure's, Slocum Hollow, dedicated; named for an Italian saint, so as to show no partiality between the cooperating Irish and German communities
- Combination church and school built in Lanesboro (Susquehanna)
|
| 1848 | - Slocum Hollow, an unincorporated village in Providence Twp, renamed Harrison
- Fr John Loughran appointed first pastor of St Bonaventure's, Harrison
- Fr Richard O'Connor appointed pastor of St Mary's, Wilkes-Barre, allowing Fr Prendergast to concentrate on St Rose's of Carbondale, the oldest and then most important of the pastorates
|
| 1849 | - Borough of Providence incorporated from part of Providence Twp
|
| 1851 | - City of Carbondale incorporated from part of Carbondale Twp
|
| 1852 | - Borough of Hyde Park incorporated from part of Providence Twp
- Fr James McNaughton appointed pastor of Dushore
- Fr James Cullen appointed pastor of St Bonaventure's, Harrison, with an assignment to build a larger, more centrally located church for the combined population of Harrison, Hyde Park, Providence and Dunmore
- St Joseph's College, St Joseph (Susquehanna), established by Fr O'Reilly, with Fr Fitzsimmons reassigned from Pottsville as one of the instructors
|
| 1853 | - St Mary's, Pittston (Luzerne) becomes a pastorate
- St Andrew's, Blossburg (Tioga) becomes a pastorate
- Fr Casper Mueller appointed first pastor of St Mary Magdalene's, Honesdale (Wayne)
- St Vincent de Paul, Harrison, completed, allowing St Bonaventure's to become a German mission church of Fr Mueller
- St John Nepomucene, Susquehanna Depot (Susquehanna) completed
|
| 1854 | - St Juliana's, Rock Lake (Wayne) becomes a pastorate
- Fr Moses Whitty appointed pastor of St Vincent de Paul's, Harrison
|
| 1855 | - St Philomena's, Hawley (Wayne), becomes a pastorate
|
| 1856 | - Harrison incorporated as a borough from part of Providence Twp and renamed Scranton
- St Simon's, Dunmore, becomes a pastorate
- St Joseph's Academy for Girls, St Joseph (Susquehanna), established
|
| 1857 | - St Boniface, Williamsport (Lycoming), becomes a German pastorate
|
| 1858 | - Fr O'Reilly appointed first pastor of St John Nepomucene, Susquehanna Depot; relocates Lanesboro school to near St John's
- St Nicholas, Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne), becomes a German pastorate
- St Thomas Aquinas, Archbald, becomes a pastorate
- St Joseph's Academy for Girls becomes the first school run in Pennsylvania by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM)
|
| 1859 | - St Thaddeus Chapel, Providence, built
|
| 1860 | - St Alphonus Academy, Susquehanna Depot, the second IHM school in NEPA, established; renamed Laurel Hill Academy in 1862
|
| 1861 | - St John Nepomucene first parish in the area to boast church, rectory, convent, social hall, grade school and high school; in recognition of his talents, Fr O'Reilly named Rural Dean over all of the instituions and religious of the area and appointed to the Curia of the Diocese
|
| 1862 | - Borough of Dunmore incorporated from part of Providence Twp
- St John's Parochial School, Susquehanna Depot, first NEPA community school, established by the IHM;
|
| 1864 | - St Joseph's College destoyed by fire, also leading to the closing of St Joseph's Academy two years later
|
| 1866 | - City of Scranton incorporated from the boroughs of Scranton, Hyde Park, Providence, and the last of Providence Twp
|
| 1867 | - Borough of Blakely incorporated from part of Blakely Twp
|
| 1868 | - Diocese of Scranton created from the ten northeastern-most counties of the Diocese of Philadelphia: Bradford, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming
|
| 1870 | - Borough of Jermyn incorportated from part of Blakely Twp
|
| 1873 | - Clifton Township created from part of Covington Twp
|
| 1875 | - Borough of Dickson City incorporated from part of Blakely Twp
- Diocese of Philadelphia raised to Archdiocese
|
| 1877 | - Boroughs of Archbald, Olyphant and Winton (later known as Jessup) incorporated from parts of Blakely Twp
|
| 1924 | - Creation of the Ruthenian Exarchate
|
