Diocese of Steubenville

Diocese of Steubenville
Basic data
Country	United States
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Diocesan bishop	Jeffrey Marc Monforton
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon
founding	1944
surface	15,309 km²
Parishes	71 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Residents	521,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics	39,467 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
proportion of	7.6%
Diocesan priest	72 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious priest	27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics per priest	399
Permanent deacons	7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 )
Friars	32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious sisters	63 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	English
cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus
address	422 Washington St. PO Box 969 Steubenville, OH 43952-5969
Website	diosteub.org
Ecclesiastical province

The Diocese of Steubenville ( Latin : Dioecesis Steubenvicensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Steubenville , Ohio .

history

The diocese was founded by Pope Pius XII. founded on October 21, 1944 from the diocese of Columbus . It is a suffragan of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Diocese .

The first bishop, John King Mussio, founded the St. John Vianney Seminary and the Franciscan University of Steubenville and the Steubenville Catholic Central High School. The diocese significantly supports the expansion of the former Gill Hospital, today's Trinity Medical Center.

The Camaldolese have settled in the diocese area with a hermitage .

Bishops of Steubenville

• John Anthony King Mussio , 1945–1977
• Albert Henry Ottenweller , 1977–1992
• Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon , 1992-2002
• Robert Daniel Conlon , 2002–2011
• Jeffrey Marc Monforton , since 2012

Web links

• Website of the Diocese of Steubenville (English)
• Entry for the Diocese of Steubenville on catholic-hierarchy.org

Cathedral : Holy Name in Steubenville