Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus

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Territory 23 counties in Central and Southern Ohio. Area 29,282 sq mi (75,840 km) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)2,447,972252,103 (10.3%) Address 197 E Gay St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA Hours Closed now Tuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar St Joseph Cathedral, Holy Family Church, St Patrick Catholic Church, Saint Francis of Assisi Cat, Saint Christoph Parish

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus (Latin: Dioecesis Columbensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati covering 23 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The episcopal see of the diocese is situated at Columbus. The diocese was erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX out of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. On October 21, 1944 the diocese lost territory when Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Steubenville.

Early history

The Catholic faith was brought in the area by the Dominican Order in Somerset. They established St. Joseph's Parish in Somerset, the state's oldest parish, while under the direction of Edward Fenwick. These Dominican friars spread the faith in various areas of Central and Southern Ohio. Pennsylvania Germans and Irish immigrants settled in this part of the state, which led to the establishment of the older parishes. While the Germans and Irish settled in the southeastern part of Ohio, French immigrants came to the northern part of the diocese. In addition, small groups of Italians, Hungarians, and Slovaks moved into farming communities or in the city of Columbus.

Bishops

The bishops of the diocese, in the order they served, are::

Sylvester Horton Rosecrans (1868–1878) died
John Ambrose Watterson (1880–1899) died
Henry Moeller (1900–1903) appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati
James Joseph Hartley (1903–1944) died
Michael Joseph Ready (1944–1957) died
Clarence George Issenmann (1957–1964) appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland
John Joseph Carberry (1965–1968) appointed Archbishop of Saint Louis and elevated to Cardinal in 1969
Clarence Edward Elwell (1968–1973) died
Edward John Herrmann (1973–1982) retired
James Anthony Griffin (1983–2004) retired
Frederick Francis Campbell (2005—)

note: Father Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher served as Apostolic Administrator sede vacante between Rosecrans' death in 1878 and Watterson's appointment in 1880. He would later be appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston in 1882 and succeed in 1892.

Other Affiliated Bishops

Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher, Bishop of Galveston (1892-1918) was a priest in the Diocese of Columbus (1868-1882)

Francis William Howard, Bishop of Covington (1923–1944) was a priest in the Diocese of Columbus (1891–1923)

Edward Gerard Hettinger was Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus (1941–1977)

George Avis Fulcher was Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus (1976–1983) before being appointed Bishop of Lafayette (1983–1984)

Parishes

As of 2011, the Diocese of Columbus comprises 106 parishes and three missions. The parishes are divided into the following deaneries:

Center - South Columbus Deanery

Community of Holy Rosary/St. John the Evangelist, Columbus (African American; 1979)

Corpus Christi, Columbus (1923)

Holy Cross, Columbus (German; 1846)

Sts. Augustine & Gabriel, Columbus (Vietnamese; 1925)

St. Dominic, Columbus (African American; 1889)

St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus (1866)

St. Ladislas, Columbus (Hungarian/Croatian 1908)

St. Mary of the Assumption, Columbus (German; 1865)

St. Patrick, Columbus (Irish; 1852)

St. Thomas the Apostle, Columbus (1900)

Northwest Columbus Deanery

Our Lady of Victory, Columbus (1922)

St. Agatha, Columbus (1940)

St. Andrew, Columbus (1955)

Saint Brendan the Navigator Church, Hilliard (1956)

St. Brigid of Kildare, Dublin (1987)

St. Christopher, Columbus (1947)

St. Joan of Arc, Powell (1987)

St. Margaret of Cortona, Columbus (Italian; 1921)

St. Peter, Columbus (1970)

St. Timothy, Columbus (1961)

North High Deanery

Holy Name, Columbus (1905)

Immaculate Conception, Columbus (1916)

Our Lady of Peace, Columbus (1946)

Parroquia Santa Cruz, Columbus (Hispanic; 1993)

Sacred Heart, Columbus (1875)

St. Francis of Assisi, Columbus (1892)

St. John the Baptist, Columbus (Italian; 1895)

St. Michael the Archangel, Worthington (1946)

St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbus (1906)

Northland Columbus Deanery

Church of the Resurrection, New Albany (1983)

St. Anthony, Columbus (1963)

St. Elizabeth, Columbus (1967)

St. James the Less, Columbus (1947)

St. John Neumann, Sunbury (1977)

St. Matthias, Columbus (1956)

St. Paul, Westerville (1913)

West Columbus Deanery

Holy Family, Columbus (Irish; 1877)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City (1954)

Sts. Simon & Jude, West Jefferson (German/Irish; 1867)

St. Agnes, Columbus (1954)

St. Aloysius, Columbus (1906)

St. Cecilia, Columbus (1882)

St. Joseph, Plain City (1864)

St. Mary Magdalene, Columbus (1928)

St. Patrick, London (German/Irish; 1866)

St. Stephen the Martyr, Columbus (Hispanic; 1963)

East Columbus Deanery

Blessed John XXIII, Canal Winchester (2000)

Christ the King, Columbus (1946)

Holy Spirit, Columbus (1947)

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Columbus (1967)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Pickerington (1978)

St. Catharine of Siena, Columbus (1931)

St. Mary, Groveport (1871)

St. Matthew, Gahanna (1959)

St. Philip the Apostle, Columbus (1956)

St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg (1958)

Marion Deanery

Immaculate Conception, Kenton (1866)

Our Lady of Lourdes, Ada (1874)

Our Lady of Lourdes, Marysville (1866)

Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary, Cardington (1971)

St. Mary, Delaware (1854)

St. Mary, Marion (1864)

Perry County-Zanesville Deanery

Church of the Atonement, Crooksville (1902)

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mattingly Settlement (1856)

Holy Trinity, Somerset (1826)

St. Ann, Dresden (1877)

St. Bernard, Corning (1885)

St. Joseph, Somerset (1818)

St. Nicholas, Zanesville (German; 1842)

St. Patrick, Junction City (1827)

St. Rose of Lima, New Lexington (1867)

St. Thomas Aquinas, Zanesville (Irish/Italian; 1842)

Knox-Licking Deanery

Church of the Ascension, Johnstown (1912)

Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Newark (1904)

Church of the Nativity, Utica (1912)

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Buckeye Lake (1928)

St. Edward the Confessor, Granville (1947)

St. Francis de Sales, Newark (1844)

St. Leonard, Heath (1962)

St. Luke, Danville (1823)

St. Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon (1839)

Tuscawaras-Holmes-Coshocton Deanery

Holy Trinity, Zoar (1995)

Immacualte Conception, Dennison (Irish; 1870)

Sacred Heart, Coshocton (1897)

Sacred Heart, New Philadelphia (1895)

Sts. Peter & Paul, Glenmont (1855)

St. Francis de Sales, Newcomerstown (1918)

St. Joseph, Dover (German/Italian; 1848)

St. Peter, Millersburg (1877)

Lancaster Deanery

St. Bernadette, Lancaster (1963)

St. Mary, Bremen (1917)

St. Mark, Lancaster (1959)

St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster (1819)

St. John the Evangelist, Logan (1838)

St. Joseph, Sugar Grove (1892)

Chillicothe Deanery

Holy Trinity, Jackson (1880)

Sts. Peter & Paul, Wellston (1881)

St. Colman of Cloyne, Washington Courthouse (1881)

St. Joseph, Circleville (1845)

St. Mary, Chillicothe (1837)

St. Mary Queen of the Missions, Waverly (1878)

St. Peter, Chillicothe (German; 1846)

St. Sylvester, Zaleski (Irish; 1864)

Scioto County Deanery

Holy Redeemer, Portsmouth (Irish; 1853)

Holy Trinity, Pond Creek (French; 1854)

Our Lady of Lourdes, Otway (1916)

Our Lady of Sorrows, West Portsmouth (1945)

St. Mary of the Annunciation, Portsmouth (German; 1880)

St. Monica, New Boston (1916)

St. Peter in Chains, Wheelersburg (1849)

Colleges

Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus

Ohio Dominican University, Columbus

Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus (Jurisdiction of the Apostolic Nuncio)

High schools

Bishop Hartley High School, Columbus

Bishop Ready High School, Columbus

Bishop Rosecrans High School, Zanesville

Bishop Watterson High School, Columbus

Cristo Rey Columbus High School, Columbus

Newark Catholic High School, Newark

Notre Dame High School, Portsmouth

Saint Charles Preparatory School, Columbus

St. Francis DeSales High School, Columbus

Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School, New Philadelphia

William V. Fisher Catholic High School, Lancaster

Closed schools

Marion Catholic High School, Marion (closing in 2013)

St, Ladislas School, Columbus

Corpus Christi School, Columbus

St. Mary High School, Columbus

Holy Family School, Columbus

Bishop Flaget High School, Chillicothe

Father Wehrle High School, Columbus

St. Leo School, Columbus

St. Peter, Chillicothe

St. Mary, Chillicothe

Elementary schools

All Saints Academy, Columbus

Bishop Fenwick, Zanesville

Bishop Flaget, Chillicothe

Blessed Sacrament, Newark

Holy Spirit, Columbus

Holy Trinity, Somerset

Immaculate Conception, Columbus

Immaculate Conception, Dennison

Notre Dame Elementary, Portsmouth

Our Lady of Bethlehem, Columbus

Our Lady of Peace, Columbus

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City

Sacred Heart, Coshocton

St. Agatha, Columbus

St. Andrew, Columbus

St. Anthony, Columbus

St. Bernadette, Lancaster

St. Brendan, Hilliard

St. Brigid of Kildare, Dublin

St. Catharine, Columbus

St. Cecilia, Columbus

St. Francis de Sales, Newark

St. James the Less, Columbus

St. John, Logan

St. Joseph Montessori, Columbus

St. Mary Elementary, Lancaster

St. Mary Magdalene, Columbus

St. Mary, Columbus

St. Mary, Delaware

St. Mary, Marion

St. Matthew, Gahanna

St. Matthias, Columbus

St. Michael, Worthington

St. Patrick, London

St. Paul, Westerville

St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg

St. Rose of Lima, New Lexington

St. Timothy, Columbus

St. Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon

Sts. Peter and Paul, Wellston

Trinity Elementary, Columbus

Tuscarawas Central Catholic Elementary School, Dover

Hospitals

Genesis HealthCare System, Zanesville (combination of Good Samaritan Hospital and Bethesda Hospital). Good Samaritan Hospital began in 1900 and is co-sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Mt. Carmel Hospitals, Columbus (Mt. Carmel, East; Mt. Carmel, West; St. Ann, Westerville). Mt. Carmel opened in 1886, by the Sisters of the Holy Cross from St. Mary's, Indiana. In 1972, Mt. Carmel East opened to serve the suburbs. Also, St. Ann's Hospital was bought by Mt. Carmel in 1995. At one time, St. Ann's was operated by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity.

Trinity Hospital Twin City, Dennison. Bought by the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania in May 2011.

Former Hospitals

The following list are the closed hospitals of the Diocese, which stopped operations due to high costs and other factors:

St. Francis Hospital, Columbus (1862–1955). Operated by the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis. The building was razed in 1957 and today it is the site of Grant Hospital.

St. Anthony's Hospital, Columbus (1891–1991). Also operated by the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis. The original building was razed in 1971 and was finally sold in 1991. It is now part of the Ohio State University hospital system.

San Antonio Hospital, Kenton (1897–1963). The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati owned the facilities.

Mercy Hospital, Mt. Vernon (1919–1975). Owned by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. This hospital closed and merged with the local public hospital of Mt. Vernon.

Mercy Hospital, Portsmouth (1917–1981). This hospital was owned by the Sisters of St. Francis of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes from Rochester, Minnesota. It was sold to the community hospital in the city.

Religious institutes

The Diocese of Columbus has many religious institutes of men and women serving in parishes, schools, colleges, and hospitals.

Religious priests and brothers

Dominicans (Province of St. Joseph)

Holy Trinity Parish, Somerset

Pontifical College Josephinum

Ohio Dominican University

St. Joseph Parish, Somerset

St. Patrick Parish, Columbus

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Zanesville

Paulist Fathers

St. Thomas More Newman Center

Precious Blood Fathers

St. James the Less Parish, Columbus

Society of Jesus

Pontifical College Josephinum

Sons of the Immaculate Conception Congregation

Mt. Carmel Hospitals

Religious Sisters

Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Columbus

Holy Cross Sisters, Columbus

Dominican Sisters of Peace, Columbus

Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Columbus

Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, Columbus

Missionary Servants of the Word, Columbus

Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, Columbus

Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Chillicothe

Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Worthington

Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Zanesville

Catholic radio within the Diocese

WVSG 820 AM Saint Gabriel Radio (the former WOSU (AM))

WFOT at 89.5 FM licensed to Lexington and serving the Mansfield area. Annunciation Radio airs programming from EWTN Global Catholic Radio. WFOT broadcasts as a simulcast of WNOC.

Other stations reaching into portions of the Diocese

WULM "Radio Maria" 1600 AM in Springfield which reaches towards Columbus in some areas during daylight hours and can also be heard 24/7 on the internet, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry via their respective phone applications which can be downloaded at radiomaria.us Radio Maria USA is based at originating station KJMJ 580 AM in Alexandria, Louisiana.

WNOP "Sacred Heart Radio" 720 AM licensed to Newport, Kentucky and based in Cincinnati which also airs local and EWTN programming...plus an FM sister, WHSS 89.5 in Hamilton.

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus Wikipedia

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