CLEVELAND, Diocese of. - City in the State of Ohio in the United States and suffragan of Cincinnati. Its territory comprises 14 counties of northeastern Ohio, with an area of about 18,300 sq km. Out of a total population of more than 1,851,834 inhabitants, in 1947 Catholics numbered 475,695, under the direction of 499 diocesan priests and 207 religious, with 197 parishes, 95 chapels, 1 mission, 1 major seminary, 4 colleges, 34 high schools, 193 parochial schools and 6 orphanages. In 1947 there were 1,643 conversions. About ten religious orders and some 15 women's congregations, with 2,700 religious sisters, work in the diocese.
As early as 1817, with the arrival of the Dominicans of Somerset (Ohio), religious assistance for the Catholic settlers of northeastern Ohio was begun. By 1842 secular clergy were already present. Meanwhile, in 1834, the bishop of Cincinnati, on whom the territory of Cleveland depended, entrusted to the Redemptorists the care of the German missions scattered throughout northern Ohio and the founding of others. They were succeeded in 1844 by the religious of the Most Precious Blood. The Church was able to organize itself so well that on 28 Apr. 1847 the Holy See separated from Cincinnati the entire region of Ohio north of the 40th parallel to form a new suffragan diocese with its seat at Cleveland. Two years later the boundaries of the of the diocese were better defined with 17 complete counties, 3 of which (Erie, Huron, Richland) passed to the diocese of Toledo in 1922. The Cathedral is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist.
CLEVELAND - General view of the port and the station.(phot. U.S.I.S.)Bibliography6 worksJ. G. Shea, History of the Catholic Church in the United States, IV, New York 1892, pp. 183-87, 555-58; G. F. Houck, A history of catholicit
BIBL.: J. G. Shea, History of the Catholic Church in the United States, IV, New York 1892, pp. 183-87, 555-58; G. F. Houck, A history of catholicity in northern Ohio and dioceses of C., Cleveland 1902; id., s. v. in Cath. Enc., IV, pp. 55-58; AAS, 14 (1922), p. 382; D. C. Shearer, Pontificia Americana, Washington 1933 (v. indexes); The Official Catholic Directory, New York 1947, part 2, pp. 294-304.
Morin, Corrado. “Cleveland, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1870–1871. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cleveland-diocesi-di.
MLA
Morin, Corrado. “Cleveland, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1870–1871. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cleveland-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
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author = {Morin, Corrado},
title = {Cleveland, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1870--1871},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cleveland-diocesi-di}
}
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