Diocese of Steubenville
Steubenvicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Steubenville, Ohio, United States
The Diocese of Steubenville is a Latin Church diocese covering 13 counties of southeastern Ohio, erected in 1944. The see is vacant as of 2025, with Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo serving as apostolic administrator; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 October 1944
- Latin
- Steubenvicen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001003113
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 28,339
- Population
- 481,411
- Catholic share
- 5.9%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 506
- Extent
- 15,315 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Edward M. Lohse (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 23 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Erie
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
Holy Name Cathedral stands in Steubenville, 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 ClevelandCleveland
- Diocese of ColumbusColumbus
- Diocese of Toledo (in America)Toledo
- Diocese of YoungstownYoungstown
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Thirteen counties of southeastern Ohio in the United States make up the Diocese of Steubenville (Latin: Dioecesis Steubenvicensis), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Holy Name Cathedral in Steubenville remains the official seat of the diocese, though it has been closed since 2014. As of February 2025 the see is vacant, with Edward M. Lohse, bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, serving as apostolic administrator.
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].