Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland (Latin: Dioecesis Clevelandensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio. It was founded on April 23, 1847 and is currently the fifteenth largest diocese in the United States. It comprises the counties of Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain, Lake, Geauga, Medina, Wayne and Ashland.

There about 800,000 Roman Catholics in the Diocese of Cleveland, which contains 240 parishes, 22 Catholic high schools, 3 Catholic hospitals, 3 universities, 2 shrine churches, St. Paul Shrine Church and St. Stanislaus Church, and 2 seminaries (Center for Pastoral Leadership). The diocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, located in downtown Cleveland. As of April 2006, there were 600 priests and 800 nuns in the diocese.

The diocese's past bishops are:

• Louis Amadeus Rappe (1847 – 1870)
• Richard Gilmour (1872 – 1891)
• Ignatius Frederick Horstmann (1891 – 1908)
• John Patrick Farrelly (1909 – 1921)
• Joseph Schrembs (1921 – 1945)
• Edward Francis Hoban (1945 – 1966)
• Clarence George Issenmann (1966 – 1974)
• James Aloysius Hickey (1974 – 1980)
• Anthony Michael Pilla (1980 – 2006)
• Richard Lennon (2006—)

The Diocese of Cleveland currently has three auxiliary bishops:

• Western Region: Alexander James Quinn (1983—)
• Akron Region: Martin John Amos (2001 – 2006)
• Eastern Region: Roger Gries O.S.B. (2001—)

Two former Cleveland bishops were elevated to cardinal: Bishop John Krol, auxiliary bishop from 1953 to 1961, elevated to Archbishop of Philadelphia, made Cardinal 1967, retired in 1988, died in 1996; and Bishop James Hickey, bishop from 1974 to 1980, elevated to Archbishop of Washington, made Cardinal 1983, retired in 2000, died in 2004.

[edit] High Schools

A listing of all Catholic high schools in the Diocese. Note that not all are actually operated by the Diocese.

• Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron/Summit County (Co-ed), (Holy Cross)
• Beaumont School, Cleveland Heights/Cuyahoga County (Girls), (Ursuline)
• Benedictine High School, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County (Boys), (Benedictine)
• Cleveland Central Catholic High School, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed)
• Elyria Catholic High School, Elyria/Lorain County (Co-ed)
• Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills/Cuyahoga County(Co-ed), (Holy Cross), (Boarding School
• Holy Name High School, Parma Heights/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed)
• Lake Catholic High School, Mentor/Lake County (Co-ed)
• Magnificat High School, Rocky River/Cuyahoga County (Girls), (Sisters of the Humility of Mary)
• Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School, Chardon/Geauga County(Co-ed), (Sisters of Notre Dame)
• Our Lady of the Elms High School, Akron/Summit County (Girls), (Dominican)
• Padua Franciscan High School, Parma/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed/Cuyahoga County), (Franciscan)
• Regina High School, South Euclid (Girls), (Sisters of Notre Dame)
• St. Edward High School, Lakewood/Cuyahoga County (Boys), (Holy Cross)
• St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County (Boys) (Jesuit)
• St. Joseph Academy, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County (Girls), (Sisters of St. Joseph)
• St. Martin de Porres High School, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed)
• St. Peter Chanel High School, Bedford/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed)
• St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, Akron/Summit County (Co-ed)
• Trinity High School, Garfield Heights/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed), (Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Third Order of Saint Francis).
• Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County (Co-ed)
• Walsh Jesuit High School, Cuyahoga Falls/Summit County (Co-ed), (Jesuit)

[edit] External links

• Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Home Page