Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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Bishop(s) Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, Archbishop Dennis Marion Schnurr, Coadjutor Archbishop Carl Kevin Moeddel, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Cleveland Columbus Steubenville Toledo Youngstown

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 19 July 1850 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Ohio Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 22,118 (8,543 Square Miles) Conference Region: VI (OH, MI) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: CIN Official Web Site: http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 100 East Eighth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 Telephone: (513)421-3131 Fax: 421-6225

Historical Details

• Diocese of Cincinnati
  • Latin Name: Cincinnatensis
  • Erected: 19 June 1821
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Baltimore
  • State: Ohio
  • Country: United States of America

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. † (19 Jun 1821 Appointed - 26 Sep 1832 Died)
• John Baptist Purcell † (8 Mar 1833 Appointed - 4 Jul 1883 Died)
• William Henry Elder † (4 Jul 1883 Succeeded - 31 Oct 1904 Died)
• Henry Moeller † (31 Oct 1904 Succeeded - 5 Jan 1925 Died)
• John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (8 Jul 1925 Appointed - 22 Apr 1950 Died)
• Karl Joseph Alter † (14 Jun 1950 Appointed - 19 Jul 1969 Retired)
• Paul Francis Leibold † (23 Jul 1969 Appointed - 1 Jun 1972 Died)
• Joseph Louis Bernardin † (21 Nov 1972 Appointed - 8 Jul 1982 Appointed, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois)
• Daniel Edward Pilarczyk (30 Oct 1982 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Cincinnati
19 June 1821	Erected	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese of Cincinnati (erected)
8 March 1833	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cincinnati	Diocese of Detroit (erected) (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas east of the Mississippi River)
23 April 1847	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cincinnati	Diocese of Cleveland (erected)
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
19 July 1850	Elevated	Diocese of Cincinnati	Archdiocese of Cincinnati
3 March 1868	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cincinnati	Diocese of Columbus (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
1950	294,493	1,576,500	18.7%	419	419	838	351		675	2,956	255	ap1951
1966	538,314	2,618,117	20.6%	472	468	940	572		898	3,115	260	ap1967
1970	530,000	2,609,837	20.3%	448	491	939	564		920	2,540	256	ap1971
1976	513,778	2,691,900	19.1%	444	379	823	624	2	737	2,238	256	ap1977
1980	505,667	2,684,358	18.8%	450	377	827	611	57	695	2,058	254	ap1981
1990	538,400	2,791,800	19.3%	395	310	705	763	110	500	1,611	247	ap1991
1999	547,000	2,901,082	18.9%	349	260	609	898	137	177	1,340	235	ap2000
2000	511,165	2,915,620	17.5%	330	250	580	881	137	423	1,305	231	ap2001
2001	513,469	2,805,557	18.3%	320	242	562	913	137	401	1,125	231	ap2002
2002	516,470	2,932,047	17.6%	308	242	550	939	143	406	1,180	230	ap2003
2003	514,928	2,932,047	17.6%	308	250	558	922	138	405	1,056	237	ap2004
2004	512,146	2,951,228	17.4%	305	247	552	927	136	395	1,127	224	ap2005
2006	498,493	2,960,898	16.8%	291	223	514	969	148	362	1,036	221	ap2007

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Robert Daniel Conlon (Priest: 15 Jan 1977 to 31 May 2002)
• James Henry Garland (Priest: 15 Aug 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jun 1984 to 6 Oct 1992)
• Carl Kevin Moeddel (Priest: 15 Aug 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jun 1993 to 20 Jun 2007)
• Daniel Edward Pilarczyk (Priest: 20 Dec 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Nov 1974; Archbishop: 30 Oct 1982 - )
• Dennis Marion Schnurr (Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Oct 2008 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Joseph Henry Albers † (Priest: 16 Jun 1916; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1929 to 4 Aug 1937)
• Karl Joseph Alter † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1950 to 19 Jul 1969)
• Francis Joseph Beckman † (Priest: 20 Jun 1902 to 23 Dec 1923)
• Joseph Louis Bernardin † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1972 to 8 Jul 1982)
• Caspar Henry Borgess † (Priest: 8 Dec 1848 to 14 Feb 1870)
• William Henry Elder † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Jan 1880; Archbishop: 4 Jul 1883 to 31 Oct 1904)
• Nicholas Thomas Elko † (Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary: 10 Aug 1971 to 16 Apr 1985)
• Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1821 to 26 Sep 1832)
• Richard Gilmour † (Priest: 30 Aug 1852 to 15 Feb 1872)
• John Martin Henni † (Priest: 2 Feb 1829 to 28 Nov 1843)
• Clarence George Issenmann † (Priest: 29 Jun 1932 to 24 Mar 1954)
• Henry Damian Juncker † (Priest: 16 Mar 1834 to 9 Jan 1857)
• John Joseph Kaising † (Priest: 22 Dec 1962 to 21 Feb 2000)
• John Baptist Lamy † (Priest: Dec 1838 to 23 Jul 1850)
• Paul Francis Leibold † (Priest: 18 May 1940; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Apr 1958 to 4 Apr 1966; Archbishop: 23 Jul 1969 to 1 Jun 1972)
• John Henry Luers † (Priest: 11 Nov 1846 to 22 Sep 1857)
• Edward Anthony McCarthy † (Priest: 29 May 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Apr 1965 to 25 Aug 1969)
• John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1925 to 22 Apr 1950)
• Henry Moeller † (Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 6 Apr 1900; Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Apr 1903; Archbishop: 31 Oct 1904 to 5 Jan 1925)
• Anthony John King Mussio † (Priest: 15 Aug 1935 to 10 Mar 1945)
• John Baptist Purcell † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1833; Archbishop: 19 Jul 1850 to 4 Jul 1883)
• John Quinlan † (Priest: 30 Aug 1852 to 26 Sep 1859)
• George John Rehring † (Priest: 28 Mar 1914; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Aug 1937 to 16 Jul 1950)
• Henry Joseph Richter † (Priest: 10 Jun 1865 to 30 Jan 1883)
• Sylvester Horton Rosecrans † (Priest: 5 Jun 1852; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Dec 1861 to 3 Mar 1868)
• Francis Augustine Thill † (Priest: 28 Feb 1920 to 24 Aug 1938)
• Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe † (Priest: 14 Sep 1854 to 24 Sep 1869)
• Urban John Vehr † (Priest: 29 May 1915 to 17 Apr 1931)
• James Frederick Bryan Wood † (Priest: 25 Mar 1844 to 9 Jan 1857)
• Joshua Maria (Moody) Young † (Priest: 1 Apr 1838 to 29 Jul 1853)