Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati covers the Cincinnati metropolitan area, the greater Dayton area and other communities in the southwest region of the state of Ohio in the United States. In total it encompassed 230 parishes in 19 counties, as of 2005, with the total membership of baptized Catholics ca. 500,000. [1] The diocese also administers 110 associated parochial schools and diocesan elementary schools.

The City of Cincinnati became the see of the Diocese of Ohio, which later became the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

The following is a list of the Catholic Archbishops of the former Diocese of Ohio and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati (years of service in parentheses).

The diocese is served by The Catholic Telegraph, the diocesan newspaper, which is described on its website as the United States' oldest continuously published Catholic diocesan newspaper.

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[edit] Schools

There are 22 Catholic high schools in the diocese. Some were named for bishops and archbishops of the diocese. Schools including city or township and county:

Several of these schools are named after former archbishops of the diocese. A parochial elementary school in Dayton is also named after Archbishop Liebold. Some Catholic high schools located within the diocese are not operated by the diocese; for example, Chaminade-Julienne is not diocesan, being operated instead by the Marianist order. Likewise St. Xavier is operated by the Jesuit order.

[edit] Mishandling of Sexual Abuse Allegations

In November 2003 following a two year investigation by the Hamilton County prosecutor's office, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk entered a plea of nolo contendere regarding five misdemeanor charges of failure to report allegation of child molestation[1]. Presiding judge Richard Neihaus fined the church $2,000 for each count and called the case "extremely tragic" adding "religious organizations ought to show greater respect for human rights and not try to preserve themselves at the expense of the victims[2]." As part of the plea agreement, the Archdiocese agreed to turn over documents requested by the prosecutors office, to follow a more stringent protocol for dealiing with future allegations of abuse than required by Ohio law, and establish a $3 million victims' fund to settle existing cases of abuse[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Coday, Denis (2003-12-12). "Cincinnati Achdiocese Convicted for Failing to Report Sex Abuse" (online magazine). National Catholic Reporter. NCRonline.org. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
  2. ^ [Catholic News Service|Catholic News Service]. "Cincinnati Archdiocese Pleads No Contest on Failure to Report" (online magazine). American Magazine. www.americanmagazine.org. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
  3. ^ Perry, Kimball (2003-11-22). "Quick Settlement Followed Long Battle" (online newspaper). Cincinnati Post. www.cincypost.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.

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