Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville

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Country United States Parishes 58 Area 15,315 km² Phone +1 740-282-3631		Ecclesiastical province Cincinnati Denomination Catholic Church Cathedral Holy Name Cathedral Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton

Territory 13 counties in Southeastern Ohio. Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)533,00038,593 (7.2%) Address 422 Washington St, Steubenville, OH 43952, USA Similar Holy Name Catholic Cathedral, St Peter Church, Holy Family Church, St Paul Catholic Church, St Joseph the Worker Church Profiles Facebook

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville (Latin: Dioecesis Steubenvicensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese covering thirteen counties in southeastern Ohio. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The current bishop of the diocese is Bishop Jeffrey Monforton. The seat for the diocese is Holy Name Cathedral in Steubenville.

History

Pope Pius XII erected the diocese on October 21, 1944, in territory separated from the Diocese of Columbus.

In 2007, Bishop R. Daniel Conlon announced the Diocese would begin to raise funds to construct a new cathedral, Triumph of the Cross, in the West End of Steubenville, near Steubenville Catholic Central High School. The plan entailed combining six parishes in the city (Holy Name Cathedral, Holy Rosary, St. Pius X, St. Anthony's, St. Stanislaus, and Servants of Christ the King) into a centrally–located Cathedral to better accommodate smaller numbers of parishioners in the area and of ordained priests in the Diocese. The six individual parishes forming Triumph of the Cross parish closed June 8, 2008. After raising $8.5 million, Conlon shelved his plan in November 2011 saying that it was far too risky to incur the debt that construction would require.

In June 2013, Conlon's successor, Bishop Jeffrey Monforton, announced that the diocese would retain the current cathedral and renovate it to meet the challenges of the region. His plan included upgraded technology to allow broadcast of Masses and other events to those unable to attend, installing security systems to allow 24-hour visitation and restoring the towers which were removed in a 1957 renovation. He added that when possible, the diocese would employ local residents and firms to perform work and that the diocese would work nearby Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church and the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County to revitalize the neighborhood.