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26-543: 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. During the 17th century, present day Ohio was part of the French colony of New France . The Diocese of Quebec, had jurisdiction over

52-610: A pastoral letter endorsing open housing , which was defeated in a citywide referendum that fall. He also established the Diocesan Development Fund and special programs for Spanish -speaking, African American and elderly Catholics. During his tenure, Donovan also established Resurrection Parish in Lexington, Ohio , in 1969 and St. Joan of Arc Parish in Toledo in 1978. He increased the number of Catholics in

78-593: A 12-acre (49,000 m2) parcel of land in East Toledo for the construction of St. Charles Hospital . In 1950, after 20 years as bishop of Toledo, Alter was named archbishop of Cincinnati by Pope Pius XII . Alter was replaced in Toledo by Auxiliary Bishop George Rehring of Cincinnati by Pius XII in 1950. He retired in 1967. Pope Paul VI then named Auxiliary Bishop John Donovan from the Archdiocese of Detroit as

104-524: A Homosexual Inclination . Reverend Gerald Robinson was convicted in 2006 of the 1980 murder of Sister 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. In July 2011, Blair told parishes and parochial schools in

130-585: 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." The diocese announced in 2004 that it had settled 23 lawsuits by victims of sexual abuse by diocesan priests;

156-723: 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 . The Diocese of Toledo covers 8,222 square miles (21,290 km) 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 . As of 2016,

182-485: Is licensed to Bowling Green and is based in Toledo as "Annunciation Radio". It has four sister stations: Other stations in the diocese include: 41°39′55″N 83°34′30″W  /  41.66528°N 83.57500°W  / 41.66528; -83.57500 Suffragan see A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province . It exists in some Christian denominations , in particular

208-732: The Catholic Church , the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria , and the Romanian Orthodox Church . In the Catholic Church, although such a diocese is governed by its own bishop or ordinary , who is the suffragan bishop , the metropolitan archbishop has in its regard certain rights and duties of oversight. He has no power of governance within a suffragan diocese, but has some limited rights and duties to intervene in cases of neglect by

234-518: The Diocese of Cincinnati , taking all of Ohio from Bardstown. In 1842, the first Catholic church in Toledo, St. Francis de Sales, was constructed. 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. Pius X erected the Diocese of Toledo on April 15, 1910, in territory taken from

260-1137: The Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Donovan was ordained to the priesthood in Rome for the Archdiocese of Detroit by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1935. He later served as chancellor and vicar general of the archdiocese. On September 6, 1954, Donovan was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Rhasus by Pope Pius XII . He received his episcopal consecration on October 26, 1954, from Cardinal Edward Mooney , with Bishops Allen Babcock and Alexander M. Zaleski serving as co-consecrators . From 1958 to April 1967, he presided over St. Veronica's Parish in East Detroit, Michigan . From 1962 to 1965, he attended all four sessions of

286-754: The Second Vatican Council in Rome Donovan was named the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Toledo by Pope Paul VI on February 25, 1967. He was formally installed on April 18, 1967. Considered progressive and innovative, Donovan implemented the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the diocese by joining the Ohio Council of Churches, and establishing a permanent diaconate and a chancery office for divorced , separated, and widowed Catholics. In 1967, he issued

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312-483: The Diocesan Development Fund and special programs for Spanish-speaking, African American and elderly Catholics. 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. Donovan retired in 1980. The next bishop of Toledo was Auxiliary Bishop James Hoffman , appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1980. Hoffman died in 2003 and

338-540: The Diocese of Cleveland. The pope named Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Schrembs of the Diocese of Grand Rapids as the first bishop of the new diocese. Schrembs requested that the Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota, send nuns to Toledo to work with Polish immigrant children. Sister Adelaide Sandusky, director of the College of St. Teresa , and 22 other sisters began teaching in Toledo schools. This community became

364-599: The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania 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. In 1921, Pope Pius XI appointed Schrembs as bishop of Cleveland. His replacement in Toledo was Reverend Samuel Stritch , named by Pius XI in 1921. During his tenure as bishop, Stritch established Mary Manse College in Toledo in 1922 and incorporated

390-464: The authorities of the diocese itself. This Eastern Orthodox Christianity –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Oriental Orthodox Christianity –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Catholic diocese is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Anthony Donovan John Anthony Donovan (August 5, 1911 – September 18, 1991)

416-575: The diocesan Catholic Charities in 1923. He also began construction of Holy Rosary Cathedral, whose cornerstone was laid by Cardinal János Csernoch in 1926. In 1930, Pius XI named Stritch as archbishop of the 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 Central Catholic High School in Toledo. He established DeSales College in Toledo in 1942 and donated

442-555: The diocese had a weekly attendence of 52,840 people at its 123 parishes. This is a decline of 43.23% from the year 2014, when the church recorded a weekly attendence of 75,681. 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. In 1992, Bishop Hoffman returned Fisher to active ministry. Following

468-490: The diocese had approximately 319,907 Catholics out of an area population of 1,465,561. The Diocese of Toledo as of 2014 had 124 parishes. In 2014, the Diocese of Toledo had the following personnel: In 2018, the diocese had the following personnel: As of 2018, the Diocese of Toledo had: Catholic Radio began broadcasting in the Diocese of Toledo in 2010, beginning with WJTA followed by WNOC . Several local stations owned by separate entities. These include: WNOC 89.7 FM

494-477: The diocese not to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation . He cited concerns that the money could be used to fund embryonic stem-cell research . Pope Francis appointed Blair as archbishop of the 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. As of 2023,

520-539: The diocese would pay $ 1.19 million. In August 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Reverend Michael Zacharias, a diocesan priest, on charges of sex trafficking , coercion and enticement. Zacharias was accused of grooming and engaging in sexual conduct with three boys since the late 1990s. He introduced his victims to pain medications and heroin , then convinced them to engage in prostitution once they had developed drug dependencies. Zacharias

546-416: The new bishop of Toledo. Donovan implemented the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the diocese by joining the Ohio Council of Churches, and establishing a permanent diaconate and a chancery office for divorced, separated, and widowed Catholics. In 1967, he issued a pastoral letter endorsing open housing ballot initiative, which was defeated in a city referendum that fall. He also established

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572-670: 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. In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Bardstown in Kentucky, with jurisdiction over the new state of Ohio along with the other midwest states. Pope Pius VII on June 19, 1821, erected

598-628: 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 , encompassing the entire territory of

624-621: Was a Canadian -born prelate of the Catholic Church . He served as bishop of the Diocese of Toledo in Ohio from 1967 to 1980. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1954 to 1967. Donovan was born on August 5, 1911, in Chatham, Ontario , the youngest son in a family of ten. After immigrating to the United States, he attended Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. He then studied at

650-523: Was convicted in May 2023 of five counts of sex trafficking. 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 . 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. This coat of arms

676-510: Was replaced by Auxiliary Bishop Leonard Blair of Detroit, named by John Paul II. On May 9. 2005, Blair directed the Sisters of St. Francis to cancel a three-workshop by New Ways Ministry at the order's campus in Tiffin . In stating his objections, Blair stated: The positions of New Ways Ministry are not at all in accord with the guidelines for pastoral care which the bishops of the United States issued in 2006 regarding ' Ministry to Persons with

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