Cincinnati (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Dennis Marion Schnurr, Archbishop
Joseph Robert Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 19 July 1850
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Ohio
Country: United States of America
Square Kilometers: 22,364 (8,638 Square Miles)
Description: Mercer, Auglaize, Logan, Shelby, Darke, Miami, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Preble, Butler, Warren, Clinton, Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Highland, and Adams
Conference Region: VI (OH, MI)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: CIN
Official Web Site: https://catholicaoc.org
Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 100 East Eighth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA
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

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)
Joseph Chartrand † (18 May 1925 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
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 - 21 Dec 2009 Retired)
Dennis Marion Schnurr (21 Dec 2009 Succeeded - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Cincinnati
19 June 1821	Erected	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese of Cincinnati (erected) (Ohio)
8 March 1833	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cincinnati	Diocese of Detroit (erected) (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas east of the Mississippi River)
18 June 1834	Territory Added		Diocese of Cincinnati (OH)
23 April 1847	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cincinnati	Diocese of Cleveland (erected) (Northern Ohio)
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) (Territory from Ohio River to the Scioto River plus the Counties of Franklin, Delaware, and Morrow)
21 October 1944	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cincinnati (Hardin, Marion, Union, Madison, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross, Pike, and Scioto)	Diocese of Columbus

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

2013 471,457 3,074,000 15.3% 271 228 499 944 194 369 819 214 ap2014

2016 453,411 3,012,563 15.1% 264 199 463 979 206 327 743 211 ap2017

2019 451,045 3,034,008 14.9% 237 186 423 1,066 216 291 647 211 ap2020

2021 453,610 3,051,560 14.9% 251 176 427 1,062 215 276 584 211 ap2022

2023 459,700 3,091,874 14.9% 240 169 409 1,123 216 278 548 209 ap2024

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
2013	471,457	3,074,000	15.3%	271	228	499	944	194	369	819	214	ap2014
2016	453,411	3,012,563	15.1%	264	199	463	979	206	327	743	211	ap2017
2019	451,045	3,034,008	14.9%	237	186	423	1,066	216	291	647	211	ap2020
2021	453,610	3,051,560	14.9%	251	176	427	1,062	215	276	584	211	ap2022
2023	459,700	3,091,874	14.9%	240	169	409	1,123	216	278	548	209	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Joseph Robert Binzer (Priest: 4 Jun 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Apr 2011 to 7 May 2020)
Robert Daniel Conlon (Deacon: 9 Mar 1974; Priest: 15 Jan 1977 to 31 May 2002)
Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap.
Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes (Deacon: 29 Sep 2001; Priest: 18 May 2002 to 2 Apr 2022)
James Henry Garland (Priest: 15 Aug 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jun 1984 to 6 Oct 1992)
Dennis Marion Schnurr (Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Oct 2008; Archbishop: 21 Dec 2009)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Joseph Henry Albers † (Priest: 17 Jun 1916; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1929 to 26 May 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 11 Feb 1870)
Thomas Sebastian Byrne † (Priest: 22 May 1869 to 10 May 1894)
Joseph Chartrand † (Archbishop: 18 May 1925 - Did Not Take Effect to 3 Jul 1925)
Anthony Durier † (Priest: 28 Oct 1856 to 19 Dec 1884)
Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. †
William Henry Elder † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Jan 1880; Archbishop: 4 Jul 1883 to 31 Oct 1904)
Nicholas Thomas Elko † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Aug 1971 to 16 Apr 1985)
Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †
Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †
Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1821 to 26 Sep 1832)
Edward Fitzgerald † (Priest: 22 Aug 1857 to 24 Apr 1866)
Richard Gilmour † (Priest: 30 Aug 1852 to 15 Feb 1872)
Henry Joseph Grimmelsman † (Priest: 15 Aug 1915 to 11 Nov 1944)
John Martin Henni † (Priest: 2 Feb 1829 to 28 Nov 1843)
Clarence George Issenmann † (Priest: 29 Jun 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1954 to 5 Dec 1957)
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: 22 Dec 1838 to 19 Jul 1850)
Charles Hubert Le Blond †
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)
Carl Kevin Moeddel † (Priest: 15 Aug 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jun 1993 to 20 Jun 2007)
Henry Moeller † (Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 6 Apr 1900; Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Apr 1903; Archbishop: 31 Oct 1904 to 5 Jan 1925)
John Anthony King Mussio † (Priest: 15 Aug 1935 to 10 Mar 1945)
Daniel Edward Pilarczyk † (Priest: 20 Dec 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Nov 1974; Archbishop: 30 Oct 1982 to 21 Dec 2009)
John Baptist Purcell † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1833; Archbishop: 19 Jul 1850 to 4 Jul 1883)
John Quinlan † (Priest: 30 Aug 1852 to 19 Aug 1859)
George John Rehring † (Priest: 28 Mar 1914; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Aug 1937 to 18 Jul 1950)
Louis Joseph Reicher †
Henry Joseph Richter † (Priest: 10 Jun 1865 to 30 Jan 1883)
Sylvester Horton Rosecrans † (Priest: 5 Jun 1853; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jan 1862 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 20 Dec 1853)

Source(s)

Diocese of Cincinnati
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 172

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