Diocese of Columbus Dioecesis Columbensis | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | 23 counties in Central and Southern Ohio. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cincinnati |
| Coordinates | 39°57′48″N 82°59′41″W / 39.96333°N 82.99472°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 29,282 sq mi (75,840 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 2,447,972 252,103 (10.3%) |
| Parishes | 108 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 3, 1868 (156 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Francis de Sales |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Earl K. Fernandes |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dennis Marion Schnurr |
| Bishops emeritus | James Anthony Griffin, Frederick Francis Campbell |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| columbuscatholic.org | |
The Diocese of Columbus (Latin: Dioecesis Columbensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church covering 23 counties in central Ohio in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
The mother church of the Diocese of Columbus is St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus. The diocese was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX. The current bishop of Columbus is Earl K. Fernandes.