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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Cincinnati
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church that covers all of the dioceses in the State of Ohio. As of 2025, the archbishop of Cincinnati is Robert Casey. The mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains (Cincinnati), Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati. Geography The Archdiocese of Cincinnati encompasses 230 parishes in 19 counties. Cincinnati is the ''metropolis'' of the Ecclesiastical province, Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati, which contains all of Ohio. The province contains the archdiocese and its five suffragan dioceses: * Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Cleveland * Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Columbus * Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville, Steubenville * Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Toledo * Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Youngstown The archdiocese is bordered by: * the Diocese of Toledo to the north * the Dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 List of states and territories of the United States, U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-largest by area. With a population of nearly 11.9 million, Ohio is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, seventh-most populous and List of U.S. states and territories by population density, tenth-most densely populated state. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city is Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, with the two other major Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan centers being Cleveland and Cincinnati, alongside Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, Akron, Ohio, Akron, and Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Ohio is nicknamed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consists of several dioceses (or eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' (; ) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers. In the history of Western world (sometimes more precisely as Greco-Roman world) adopted by the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Country
The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, Ohio Valley) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France. New France claimed this area as part of the administrative district of La Louisiane. France and Britain fought the French and Indian War over this area in the mid-18th century as the North American front of their Seven Years' War (1756–1763). Following the British victory, France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi River to the British Empire in the 1763 Treaty of Paris. During the following decades, several minor frontier wars, including Pontiac's Rebellion and Lord Dunmore's War, were fought in the territory. In 1783, the Ohio Country became unorganized U.S. territory under the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Midwest
The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four List of regions of the United States, census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It was officially named the North Central Region by the U.S. Census Bureau until 1984. It is between the Northeastern United States and the Western United States, with Canada to the north and the Southern United States to the south. The U.S. Census Bureau's definition consists of 12 states in the north central United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The region generally lies on the broad Interior Plain between the states occupying the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Mountain range and the states occupying the Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain range. Major rivers in the region include, from east to west, the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Quebec
The Archdiocese of Québec (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest episcopal see in the New World north of Mexico and the Primate (bishop), primatial see of Canada. The Archdiocese of Quebec is also the Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province with the suffragan dioceses of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières. The archdiocese's cathedral is Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral, Notre-Dame de Québec in Quebec City. History New France From the beginning of colonisation of the New World, the Church influenced the politics and policies of New France. Even during the first voyages of Jacques Cartier in the 16th century, Priesthood (Catholic Church), missionary priests would accompany the Exploration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New France
New France (, ) was the territory colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and History of Spain (1700–1808), Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris (1763), Treaty of Paris. A vast viceroyalty, New France consisted of five colonies at its peak in 1712, each with its own administration: Canada (New France), Canada, the most developed colony, which was divided into the districts of Quebec (around what is now called Quebec City), Trois-Rivières, and Montreal; Hudson Bay; Acadia in the northeast; Terre-Neuve (New France), Terre-Neuve on the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland; and Louisiana (New France), Louisiana. It extended from Newfoundland to the Canadian Prairies and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, including all the Great Lakes of North America. The continent-traversing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Lafayette In Indiana
The Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Indiana in the United States. The current bishop is Timothy L. Doherty. The Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis. History Early history The Indiana area was part of the French colony of New France during the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. It was explored by French fur traders and missionaries under the Bishop of Quebec. It became British territory after the French Indian War ended in 1763; however, the British government refused to allow American colonists to enter the region. Several years after the American Revolution in 1789, Pope Pius VI erected the Diocese of Baltimore, covering the entire United States. John Francis served as vicar-general in the west from 1798 until his death in 1804. In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Indianapolis
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Indiana in the United States. When it was originally erected as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vincennes (Indiana), Diocese of Vincennes on May 6, 1834, it encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern third of Illinois. It was renamed the Diocese of Indianapolis on March 28, 1898. Bishop Francis Silas Chatard, Francis Chatard became the first bishop of Indianapolis. It was elevated from a diocese to a metropolitan archdiocese on October 21, 1944. As of the 2000 census, the archdiocese contained 2,430,606 people, 233,273 of whom were Catholic. The archdiocese covers 39 counties in central and southern Indiana, with a total area of 13,757 square miles. Charles C. Thompson, Charles Thompson has been the archbishop of Indianapolis since 2017. Bishops Bishops of Vincennes # Simon William Gabriel Brute, Simon Bruté de Rémur (1834–1839) # Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière (1839–1847) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Covington
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington () is a Latin Church diocese in Northern Kentucky in the United States. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption (Covington, Kentucky), Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington. On July 13, 2021, Pope Francis appointed Reverend John Iffert from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville, Diocese of Belleville as bishop of Covington. Territory The Diocese of Covington covers 3,359 square miles (8,700 km2). It includes the city of Covington, Kentucky, Covington and the following Kentucky counties: Boone County, Kentucky, Boone, Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton, Campbell County, Kentucky, Campbell, Gallatin County, Kentucky, Gallatin, Carroll County, Kentucky, Carroll, Grant County, Kentucky, Grant, Owen County, Kentucky, Owen, Pendleton County, Kentucky, Pendleton, Harrison County, Kentucky, Harrison, Bracken County, Kentucky, Bracken, Robertson County, Kentucky, Robertson, Mason County, Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Youngstown
The Diocese of Youngstown () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Ohio in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The Diocese of Youngstown consists of six counties: Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Portage, and Ashtabula. The mother church of the diocese is St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown. Statistics As of 2025, the Diocese of Youngstown contained 67 parishes with 47 active diocesan priests, 56 retired diocesan priests, 5 extern priests, 18 religious priests, 68 permanent deacons, 6 male religious, and 135 female religious. In 2020, it had a Catholic population of 163,650 (13.9% of the total population) in an area totaling . As of 2025, the diocese had 8 seminarians studying at the St. Mary Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio. History 1700 to 1850 During the 17th century, present-day Ohio was part of the French colony of New F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toledo
The Diocese of Toledo (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 suffragan see of the metropolitan 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 New France. The Diocese of Quebec, had jurisdiction over the region. However, unlike other parts of the future American Midwest, there were no attempts to found Catholic missions in Ohio. In 1763, Ohio Country became part of the British 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, encompass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Steubenville
The Diocese of Steubenville () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church covering thirteen counties in southeastern Ohio in the United States. The Diocese of Steubenville is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The seat for the diocese is Holy Name Cathedral (Steubenville, Ohio), Holy Name Cathedral in Steubenville, Ohio, Steubenville. As of February 2025, the position of bishop is vacant. History 1700 to 1940 During the 17th century, present day Ohio was part of the French colony of New France. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Québec, Diocese of Quebec had jurisdiction over the region. In 1763, after the French-Indian war, French-Indian War, Ohio Country became part of the British Province of Quebec. To prevent hostile interactions with Native Americans in the area, the British had forbidden settlement in Ohio by inhabitants of the 13 Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
