Diocese of Cleveland Dioecesis Clevelandensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | The counties of Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne in northeastern Ohio. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cincinnati |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,414 sq mi (8,840 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 2,774,113 682,948 (24%) |
| Parishes | 185 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 23, 1847 (177 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist |
| Patron saint | St. John the Evangelist |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Edward Charles Malesic |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dennis Marion Schnurr |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Michael G. Woost |
| Bishops emeritus | Roger William Gries (O.S.B.)[1] |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofcleveland.org | |
The Diocese of Cleveland (Latin: Dioecesis Clevelandensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Ohio in the United States. As of September 2020[update], the bishop is Edward Malesic.[2] The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, located in Cleveland, is the mother church of the diocese.
The Diocese of Cleveland is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine: Rinuncia dell'Ausiliare di Cleveland (U.S.A.)" [Waivers and Nominations: Auxiliary Waiver of Cleveland (U.S.A.)] (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. November 1, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ "Administrator elected to oversee Diocese of Cleveland". Crux. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.