Diocese of Cleveland
Clevelanden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cleveland, Ohio, United States
The Diocese of Cleveland is a Latin Church diocese serving eight counties of northeast Ohio. Erected in 1847, it is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 April 1847
- Latin
- Clevelanden(sis)
- Patron
- St. John the Evangelist
- Annuario code
- 001001177
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 613,000
- Population
- 2,774,113
- Catholic share
- 22.1%
- Priests
- 401
- Catholics per priest
- 1,529
- Extent
- 8,842 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 69
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
- Bishop
- Edward C. Malesic
- Born
- 14 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Harrisburg
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 of St. John the Evangelist stands in Cleveland, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CincinnatiCincinnati
- 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
Serving northeastern Ohio in the United States, the Diocese of Cleveland (Latin: Dioecesis Clevelandensis) has as its mother church the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Cleveland. Edward Malesic is its bishop.
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].