Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo

Coordinates: 41°39′55″N 83°34′30″W / 41.66528°N 83.57500°W / 41.66528; -83.57500
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For the Archdiocese in Spain, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo. For the Diocese in Brazil, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Brazil.
Diocese of Toledo in America

Dioecesis Toletana in America
Cincinnati
Statistics
Area8,222 sq mi (21,290 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
1,461,436
321,516 (22%)
Parishes123
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedApril 15, 1910 (114 years ago)
CathedralOur Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral
Patron saintOur Lady of the Rosary (principal)
Francis de Sales (secondary)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDaniel Edward Thomas
Metropolitan ArchbishopDennis Marion Schnurr
Vicar GeneralRev. Msgr. William Kubacki
Map
Website
toledodiocese.org

The Diocese of Toledo in America (

Latin: Dioecesis Toletana in America) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church covering nineteen counties in northwestern Ohio
in the United States.

The diocese is a

Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The See city for the diocese is Toledo. The eighth and current bishop of Toledo is Daniel Thomas. Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral
is the mother church of the diocese.

History

1700 to 1900

During the 17th century, present day Ohio was part of the French colony of

American Midwest
, there were no attempts to found Catholic missions in Ohio.

In 1763,

Province of Quebec, forbidden from settlement by American colonists. After the American Revolution ended in 1783, Pope Pius VI erected in 1784 the Prefecture Apostolic of the United States, encompassing the entire territory of the new nation. In 1787, the Ohio area became part of the Northwest Territory of the United States. Pius VI created the Diocese of Baltimore, the first diocese in the United States, to replace the prefecture apostolic in 1789.[1][2]

In 1808,

Diocese of Cincinnati, taking all of Ohio from Bardstown.[3] In 1842, the first Catholic church in Toledo, St. Francis de Sales, was constructed.[4]

Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Cleveland in 1847, with territory taken from Cincinnati. Northwest Ohio would be part of the Diocese of Cleveland for the next 63 years.

1900 to 1950

College of St. Teresa, and 22 other sisters began teaching in Toledo schools. This community became the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania[7] From 1911 to 1921, Schrembs established 13 new parishes and 33 schools. At Schrembs' invitation, Visitation nuns came to Toledo in 1915 from their Georgetown monastery in Washington, D.C.[8]

In 1921,

Archdiocese of Milwaukee. To replace Stritch, the pope named Reverend Karl Alter
, the first priest from Toledo to become its bishop.

During his tenure as bishop, Alter completed construction of Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo and built an addition to

St. Charles Hospital. In 1950, after 20 years as bishop of Toledo, Alter was named archbishop of Cincinnati by Pope Pius XII
.

1950 to 2010

Alter was replaced in Toledo by Auxiliary Bishop

Archdiocese of Detroit
as the new bishop of Toledo.

Donovan implemented the reforms of the

African American and elderly Catholics.[10] During his tenure, Donovan also established Resurrection Parish in Lexington in 1969 and St. Joan of Arc Parish in Toledo in 1978. The Catholic population in the diocese increased from 301,000 to 348,000.[10]
Donovan retired in 1980.

The next bishop of Toledo was Auxiliary Bishop

Margaret Ann Pahl at Mercy Hospital in Toledo. Pahl had been strangled and stabbed 31 times. Prosecutors in 1980 did not charge Robinson, who denied any guilt, citing insufficient evidence. The Pahl case was reopened in 2003 after a diligent reexamination of the case file. Robinson was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, where he died in 2014.[13]

2010 to present

In July 2011, Blair told parishes and

Archdiocese of Hartford in 2013. Francis in 2014 appointed Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Thomas
from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as the new bishop in Toledo.

As of 2023, Thomas is the bishop of Toledo.

Sex abuse

In 1988, Reverend Robert J. Fisher, then associate pastor at St. Rose Church in Perrysburg, pleaded guilty to sexual imposition and contributing to the sexual abuse of a minor. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and four years of counseling.[15] In 1992, Bishop Hoffman returned Fisher to active ministry.[16]

Following a new policy from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on priests convicted of sexual abuse, Hoffman permanently suspended Fisher and three other priests from ministry in 2002. Hoffman blamed "the media climate" for the new policy and said he had no plans to remove other such priests. He later declared, "My difficulty with zero tolerance is that the Gospel teaches reconciliation. We believe in forgiveness."[16]

The diocese announced in 2004 that it had settled 23 lawsuits by victims of sexual abuse by diocesan priests; the diocese would pay $1.19 million.[17]

In August 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Reverend Michael Zacharias, a diocesan priest, on charges of sex trafficking, coercion and enticement.[18] Zacharias was accused of grooming and engaging in sexual conduct with three boys since the late 1990s.[18] He introduced his victims to pain medications and heroin, then convinced them to engage in prostitution once they had developed drug dependencies. Zacharias was convicted in May 2023 of five counts of sex trafficking.[19]

In September 2020, the Toledo Blade reported that there were flaws in the diocese's efforts to combat sex abuse, such as the lack of psychological evaluations.[20]

Bishops

Bishops of Toledo

  1. Joseph Schrembs (1911–1921), appointed Bishop of Cleveland and archbishop (personal title) in 1939
  2. Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (elevated to cardinal
    in 1946)
  3. Karl Joseph Alter (1931–1950), appointed Archbishop of Cincinnati
  4. George John Rehring (1950–1967)
  5. John Anthony Donovan (1967–1980)
  6. James Robert Hoffman (1980–2003)[21]
  7. Leonard Paul Blair (2003–2013), appointed Archbishop of Hartford
  8. Daniel Edward Thomas (2014–present)

Auxiliary bishops

  1. Albert Henry Ottenweller (1974–1977), appointed Bishop of Steubenville
  2. James Robert Hoffman (1978–1980)[21]
  3. Robert William Donnelly (1984–2006)[22]

Other priests from the diocese who became bishops

Coat of arms

In the coat of arms for the Diocese of Toledo, the field is one half blue (dexter) and one half red (sinister). A silver tower with a red cross appears on the field.[23] This coat of arms is based on the coat of arms for the City of Toledo in Spain.

Heraldist Pierre de Chaignon la Rose designed the diocesan arms in 1912. The formal heraldic blazon is Per pale azure and gules, a tower triply-turreted, the central turret the tallest, argent, charged with a cross-humetty of the second.[24]

General information

The Diocese of Toledo covers 8,222 square miles (21,290 km2) in the following counties:

Williams, Defiance , Paulding , Van Wert, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Erie, Huron, and Richland.[25]

As of 2016, the diocese had approximately 319,907 Catholics out of an area population of 1,465,561.[25]

Parishes

Main article: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo

The Diocese of Toledo as of 2014 had 124 parishes.

 
  • All Saints – New Riegel
  • Saint Bernard – New Washington
  • Holy Family – North Baltimore
  • Saint Mary – Norwalk
  • Saint Paul – Norwalk
  • Saint Boniface – Oak Harbor
  • Saint Ignatius – Oregon
  • Saints Peter and Paul – Ottawa
  • Immaculate Conception – Ottoville
  • Divine Mercy – Paulding
  • Saint John XXIII – Perrysburg
  • Saint Rose of Lima – Perrysburg
  • Saint Alphonsus Liguori – Peru
  • Saint Joseph – Plymouth
  • Immaculate Conception – Port Clinton
  • Saint Patrick – Providence
  • Mother of Sorrows –
    Put-In-Bay
  • All Saints – Rossford
  • Saint Michael – Saint Michael's Ridge
  • Holy Angels Catholic Church – Sandusky
  • Saint Mary – Sandusky
  • Saints Peter and Paul – Sandusky
  • Most Pure Heart of Mary – Shelby
  • Saint Patrick – Spencerville
  • Saint Richard – Swanton
  • Saint Pius X – Sycamore
  • Saint Joseph – Sylvania
  • Saint Joseph – Tiffin
  • Saint Mary – Tiffin
  • Blessed Sacrament – Toledo
  • Christ the King – Toledo
  • Corpus Christi University Parish – Toledo
  • Gesu – Toledo
  • Epiphany of the Lord – Toledo
  • Immaculate Conception – Toledo
  • Little Flower of Jesus – Toledo
  • Our Lady of Lourdes – Toledo
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Toledo
  • Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral – Toledo
  • Regina Coeli – Toledo
  • Saints Adalbert and Hedwig – Toledo
  • Saint Catherine of Siena – Toledo
  • Saint Charles Borromeo – Toledo
  • Saint Clement – Toledo
  • Saint Hyacinth – Toledo
  • Saint Joan of Arc – Toledo
  • Saint John the Baptist – Toledo
  • Saint Joseph – Toledo
  • Saint Martin de Porres – Toledo
  • Saint Michael the Archangel – Toledo
  • Saint Patrick of Heatherdowns – Toledo
  • Historic Church of Saint Patrick – Toledo
  • Saints Peter and Paul – Toledo
  • St. Pius X – Toledo
  • Transfiguration of the Lord – Upper Sandusky
  • Saint Mary – Van Wert
  • Saint Mary – Vermilion
  • Saint Mary – Wakeman
  • Saint Jerome – Walbridge
  • Saint Caspar – Wauseon
  • Saint Francis Xavier – Willard

Personnel

In 2014, the Diocese of Toledo had the following personnel:

  • 210 active priests
  • 38 of these active priests were from religious orders
  • 68 priests were retired/senior status.
  • Ten religious brothers, 440 women religious (sisters), 197 permanent deacons and 23 diocesan seminarians.[25]

In 2018, the diocese had the following personnel:

  • 203 active priests
  • 44 priests were from religious orders (32 active and 12 retired/senior status)
  • 63 priests were retired/senior status.
  • Nine religious brothers, 410 religious women (sisters), 187 permanent deacons and 17 diocesan seminarians.[26]

Catholic Charities

Food assistance

  • Helping Hands of St. Louis
  • H.O.P.E. Pantry

Housing shelters

  • La Posada
  • Miriam House

Housing services

  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Supportive Housing
  • Life & Home Management Workshops
  • Community Emergency Services

Family support

  • Adoption Services
  • Pregnancy Support
  • Respect Life Ministry
  • Abortion Healing/Support
  • Bereavement Ministry
  • Elder Guardianship Services
  • Rural Life Ministry
  • Jail & Prison Ministry
  • Catholic Club
  • Daycare
  • Elder Ministry

Community services

  • Campaign for Human Development
  • Disaster Response

Education

As of 2018, the Diocese of Toledo had:

  • 54 elementary schools serving 10,561 students
  • 13 Catholic high schools serving 4,170 students
  • 2 colleges/universities with 3,816 full- and part-time students[26][27]

Elementary schools

  • All Saints Elementary – Rossford
  • Bishop Hoffman Elementary – Fremont
  • Blessed Sacrament Elementary – Toledo
  • Calvert Elementary – Tiffin
  • Cardinal Stritch Catholic Academy – Oregon
  • Christ the King Elementary – Toledo
  • Divine Mercy Elementary – Payne
  • Gesu
    – Toledo
  • Holy Cross Elementary – Defiance
  • Holy Rosary Elementary –
    Saint Marys
  • Holy Trinity Elementary – Assumption
  • Holy Trinity Elementary – Bucyrus
  • Immaculate Conception Elementary – Bellevue
  • Immaculate Conception Elementary – Port Clinton
  • Cardinal Stritch Catholic Academy – Oregon
  • Lial Catholic – Whitehouse
  • Norwalk Catholic – Norwalk
  • Our Lady of Consolation Elementary – Carey
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Toledo
  • Queen of Apostles Elementary – Toledo
  • Regina Coeli Elementary – Toledo
  • Rosary Cathedral Elementary – Toledo
  • Sacred Heart Elementary – Bethlehem
  • Saint Aloysius Elementary – Bowling Green
  • Saint Anthony of Padua Elementary – Columbus Grove
  • Saint Augustine Elementary – Napoleon
  • Saint Benedict Elementary – Toledo
  • Saint Boniface Elementary – Oak Harbor
  • Saint Catherine Preschool – Toledo
  • Saint Charles Elementary – Lima
  • Saint Francis Xavier Elementary – Willard
  • Saint Gerard Elementary – Lima
  • Saint Joan of Arc Elementary – Toledo
  

High schools

 

Former schools

  • Alter Elementary – Rossford, Ohio (now All Saints)
  • Divine Word Seminary – Perrysburg (closed in 1984)
  • Franciscan Academy – Sylvania (closed, 2014)
  • Holy Angels – Sandusky (combined with Sandusky Central Catholic Schools)
  • Holy Spirit Seminary – Toledo (closed in 1982)
  • Immaculate Conception – Toledo (combined with Sts. Peter & Paul to form Queen of Peace)
  • Mary Immaculate Elementary (closed, 2013)
  • McAuley High School – Toledo
  • Pope John Paul II – Toledo (closed, 2008)
  • Queen of Peace – Toledo (combined with St. James to form Queen of Apostles)
  • St. Adalbert – Toledo (combined with St. Hedwig to form Pope John Paul II in 2005)
  • St. Agnes – Toledo (closed, 2005)
  • Saint Bernard Elementary – New Washington(closed,2021)
  • St. Charles – Toledo (closed, 2008)
  • St. Clement – Toledo (closed)
  • St. Hedwig – Toledo (combined with St. Adalbert to form Pope John Paul II in 2005)
  • St. Hyacinth – Toledo (closed, 2005)
  • St. James – Toledo (combined with Queen of Peace to form Queen of Apostles)
  • St. John the Baptist – Toledo (closed, 2016)
  • St. Jude – Toledo (closed, 2002)
  • St. Martin de Porres – Toledo (closed, 2002)
  • St. Mary – Sandusky (combined with Sandusky Central Catholic Schools)
  • St. Mary of the Assumption – Toledo (closed, 2002)
  • Sts. Peter & Paul – Toledo (combined with Immaculate Conception to form Queen of Peace)
  • Sts Peter and Paul – Sandusky (combined with Sandusky Central Catholic Schools)
  • St. Thomas Aquinas, Sacred Heart, St. Stephen – Toledo and St. Jerome – Walbridge combined to form Kateri Catholic Academy, later renamed Cardinal Stritch Catholic Academy
  • St. Wendelin High School – Fostoria (Closed, 2017)

Catholic radio within the diocese

Catholic Radio began broadcasting in the Diocese of Toledo in 2010, beginning with

WNOC
. Several local stations owned by separate entities. These include:

WNOC 89.7 FM is licensed to Bowling Green and is based in Toledo
as "Annunciation Radio". It has four sister stations:

Other stations in the diocese include:

  • WJTA 88.9 FM licensed to Glandorf and based in Leipsic serving Putnam and surrounding counties as "Holy Family Radio" which also serves the Findlay and northern portions of the Lima areas.
  • WOHA 94.9 FM in Ada, serving the greater Lima area as a simulcast of WJTA.
  • WSJG-LP 103.3 FM in Tiffin as "St. John Paul The Great Radio."

References

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  2. ^ "Freedom of Religion Comes to Boston | Archdiocese of Boston". www.bostoncatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  3. JSTOR 41974134
    – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ "St. Mary Church – toledopgs.com". Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  5. ^ "Diocese of Toledo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  6. ^ "Diocese of Toledo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  7. ^ Sylvania Franciscans
  8. ^ The Sisters of the Visitation, Toledo, Ohio
  9. ^ Thornton, Francis. "Samuel Cardinal Stritch". Our American Princes.[page needed]
  10. ^
    The Toledo Blade
    .
  11. The Toledo Blade
    .
  12. ^ a b CNA. "Bishop Blair bans New Ways homosexual ministry workshop". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  13. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  14. ^ ABC7. "Outrage grows after Bishop Blair pulls support for charity | ABC7 Chicago | abc7chicago.com". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved 2022-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "Four priests removed by Toledo diocese". Morning Journal. 2002-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  16. ^ a b "Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse". The Dallas Morning News. 2002-06-12.
  17. ^ admin (2004-08-23). "Toledo Catholic Diocese will Pay $1.19M to Alleged Abuse Victims". Insurance Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  18. ^ a b "Findlay priest charged with sex trafficking".
  19. ^ "Office of Public Affairs | Jury Convicts Priest of Sex Trafficking Three Victims in Northern Ohio | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  20. ^ "Catholic institutions try – but don't always succeed – to weed out would-be offenders".
  21. ^
    The Toledo Blade
    . 2003-02-10.
  22. ^ Barger, TK (29 July 2014). "Bishop Donnelly's life celebrated". The Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  23. ^ "About Our Diocese". Diocese of Toledo.
  24. ^ "Some Recent Episcopal Arms: Arms of the Bishop of Toledo". The American Ecclesiastical Review. 46 (1). Philadelphia: The Dolphin Press: 93–94. January 1912.
  25. ^ a b c "The Diocese of Toledo in America Statistical Overview" (PDF). Diocese of Toledo. August 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  26. ^ a b Diocese of Toledo (July 2018). "The Diocese of Toledo in America: 2018-2019 Statistical Overview" (PDF).
  27. ^ "The Catholic Diocese of Toledo - Schools". toledodiocese.org. Retrieved 2021-08-23.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Toledo (Ohio).

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