Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Cincinnaten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering southwestern Ohio. Erected as a diocese in 1821 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1850, it is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, which encompasses all of Ohio.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 June 1821
- Latin
- Cincinnaten(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001001157
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 471,457
- Population
- 3,074,000
- Catholic share
- 15.3%
- Priests
- 409
- Catholics per priest
- 1,153
- Extent
- 22,126 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Robert G. Casey
- Born
- 23 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Chicago
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains stands in Cincinnati, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cincinnati
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ClevelandCleveland
- Diocese of ColumbusColumbus
- Diocese of SteubenvilleSteubenville
- Diocese of Toledo (in America)Toledo
- Diocese of YoungstownYoungstown
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the State of Ohio, the Catholic Church counts the Archdiocese of Cincinnati (Latin: Archidiœcesis Cincinnatensis) among its archdioceses. Robert Casey serves as archbishop, and the mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].