Diocese of Youngstown
Youngstonien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Youngstown, Ohio, United States
The Diocese of Youngstown is a Latin Rite diocese covering six counties in northeastern Ohio, erected on May 15, 1943, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. It is led by Bishop David J. Bonnar, with St. Columba Cathedral as its mother church.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1943
- Latin
- Youngstonien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Columba
- Annuario code
- 001000215
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 163,650
- Population
- 1,175,115
- Catholic share
- 13.9%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 1,589
- Extent
- 8,816 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- David J. Bonnar
- Born
- 5 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh
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
St. Columba Cathedral stands in Youngstown, 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 SteubenvilleSteubenville
- Diocese of Toledo (in America)Toledo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northeastern Ohio in the United States is served by the Diocese of Youngstown (Latin: Dioecesis Youngstonensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Six counties make up its territory: Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Portage, and Ashtabula. St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown is the diocesan mother church.
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].