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==Politics==
In July of 2009 the Diocese of Youngstown contributed $10,000 of its money to overturn a law in the New England state of Maine allowing same-sex civil marriage.<ref>


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</ref> In early 2009, Maine, through its legislature and with the approval of its catholic governor extended the civil rights of same sex couples to marry in Maine. According to Maine's "Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices", the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Maine spent over $553,000 to rescind those rights. The Diocese of Youngstown's $10,000 was part of that $553,000. <ref> [http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/public/entity_financial_transactions.asp?TYPE=BQC&ID=4528] </ref>


==List of Bishops of Youngstown==
==List of Bishops of Youngstown==

Revision as of 05:53, 30 November 2009

St. Columba's Church (1916), which became a cathedral in 1943
Location
TerritoryCounties of Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Portage, and Ashtabula, Ohio
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Cincinnati
MetropolitanDaniel Edward Pilarczyk Archbishop of Cincinnati
Statistics
Population
- Total

250,000 Catholics
Information
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMay 15, 1943
CathedralSt. Columba Cathedral
Patron saintSt. Columba
Current leadership
PopeBenedict XVI
Website
www.doy.org

The Diocese of Youngstown is a particular church or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, consisting of six counties in Northeast Ohio: Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Portage, and Ashtabula.

As of 2003, the Diocese of Youngstown has 116 parishes, 158 Diocesan Priests, 22 Religious Priests, 68 Permanent Deacons, 45 Religious Men, 229 Religious Women. As of 2007, the diocese has 14 seminarians studying in several seminaries and at different levels of formation. There are approximately 250,000 Catholics within the diocesan limits.

History and Bishops

The Diocese of Youngstown was created from the Diocese of Cleveland in 1943 by Pope Pius XII.[1] Bishop James A. McFadden (former auxiliary bishop of Cleveland) was named its first bishop and St. Columba Church on the North Side of Youngstown became the Cathedral. The new diocese comprised 3,404 square miles (8,820 km2) and featured 110 churches, three hospitals run by religious orders, 54 parochial elementary schools, one parochial junior high school, and three Catholic high schools.[2]

When Bishop McFadden died on November 16, 1952, Emmet M. Walsh became the new bishop. Walsh had been named Coadjutor Bishop and was formerly the Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina. In 1954, St. Columba Cathedral was destroyed by a fire. Bishop Walsh undertook the task of building a new cathedral, which was dedicated in 1958. St. Patrick Church on the south side of Youngstown became the Pro-Cathedral until the new St. Columba Cathedral was ready.

In 1962, when Pope John XXIII convened the Vatican Council II, Bishop Walsh and his Auxiliary Bishop, James W. Malone, attended the council in the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter. Upon the illness of Bishop Walsh, Bishop Malone was named Apostolic Administrator; after Bishop Walsh died on March 16, 1968, Bishop Malone was named the Bishop of Youngstown on May 2, 1968. Bishop Malone was the Bishop of Youngstown for almost thirty years; Bishop William A. Hughes (later Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky) was his auxiliary for several years.

Following Bishop Hughes' appointment to Covington, Bishop Benedict Franzetta was named the Auxiliary of Youngstown. In 1996, Bishop Malone reached the age at which bishops must turn in their resignation. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin was named his successor and was installed as Bishop of Youngstown on February 2, 1996. Bishop Franzetta, who retired on September 4, 1996, died on September 26, 2006. On March 31, 2005, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Tobin as Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island.[3] On 30 January, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop George Murry, S.J. as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown.[4]

Politics

In July of 2009 the Diocese of Youngstown contributed $10,000 of its money to overturn a law in the New England state of Maine allowing same-sex civil marriage.[5] In early 2009, Maine, through its legislature and with the approval of its catholic governor extended the civil rights of same sex couples to marry in Maine. According to Maine's "Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices", the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Maine spent over $553,000 to rescind those rights. The Diocese of Youngstown's $10,000 was part of that $553,000. [6]

List of Bishops of Youngstown

Education

Elementary Schools

The Diocese of Youngstown operates the following elementary schools, as noted on the diocese website[7]:

High Schools

* Independently operated with blessing of diocese.

References

  1. ^ "Pope Names Bishop In Youngstown Area; New Diocese Is Created Under The Most Rev. J. A. McFadden". The New York Times. June 4, 1943. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ McFadden, James A. The March of the Eucharist from Dungannon (Youngstown, OH: Diocese of Youngstown, 1951), p. 22
  3. ^ The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, January 31, 2007.
  4. ^ The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, January 31, 2007.
  5. ^ Chuck Colbert (November 25, 2009). "Dioceses major contributors to repeal same-sex marriage". National Catholic Reporter. Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved November 29, 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |pmd= and |trans_title= (help)
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Diocese of Youngstown Parishes & Schools". Diocese of Youngstown. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

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