Another sign that an era has ended — at least, in Pittsburgh:

The 39-room mansion in Squirrel Hill near the Shadyside border that housed Pittsburgh’s Catholic bishops for six decades has been sold to an undisclosed private trust for more than $2 million.

It has been unoccupied since mid-2006, when former Bishop Donald Wuerl was named archbishop of Washington, D.C. His successor, Bishop David Zubik, chose to live in an apartment at the diocesan seminary in East Carnegie, and put the mansion up for sale. All religious art and furnishings have been removed and stored for future church-related use.

The Rev. Ronald Lengwin, a spokesman for the diocese, would not name the buyer, but said it would be a matter of public record once the deed is filed.

“Their first expression of interest was about a year ago, when the house was placed on the market. There were no other firm offers made by anyone, but there was interest expressed by others,” he said.

The Post-Gazette reported in June that real estate developer Robert Glimcher, who lives in Squirrel Hill, had made an offer to buy the residence.

Mr. Glimcher’s wife, Megan, said she had no comment on the sale when reached at her home last night.

Most of the money from the sale of the Warwick Terrace residence “will be set aside for the long term needs of the diocese,” Father Lengwin said.

The McCahill family, parishioners at Sacred Heart in Shadyside, donated the mansion to the diocese in 1949, expressly for the purpose of housing its bishops. Five bishops lived there, including the future cardinals John Dearden, John Wright and Anthony Bevilacqua.

Herbert DePuy, the owner of Pennsylvania Rubber Co., built the residence in 1910. It looks like a great English country house with its baronial woodwork, silver and brass wall sconces, massive carved stone fireplaces, beamed ceilings, leaded French doors and hardwood floors. The wine cellar has room for at least 650 bottles.

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