Pope Francis has replaced Bishop Paul J. Bradley as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, with Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Steubenville Diocese ...

Fernandes of the Diocese of Columbus, issued a joint statement Monday announcing that they were in "preliminary discussions regarding the potential merger of the dioceses." "While no decision has ...

Ohio’s Catholic Diocese of Columbus will close 15 churches as part of a parish reorganization and merger plan, but Bishop Earl Fernandes emphasized new possibilities for growth, especially if ...

The Catholic Diocese of Columbus announced Thursday morning that it intends to close 15 churches, including nine churches in Franklin County. One school in the county will close as well.

The provision was made public in Rome on March 25 PUNE Pope Francis appointed Reverend Fr John Rodrigues (56), titular bishop of Deulto and Auxiliary of Bombay, as the bishop of the diocese of ...

NEW YORK – Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville has requested that the U.S. bishops’ conference table a vote on merging his diocese with neighboring Diocese of Columbus at next week’s ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio, announced in a message to the diocese on Tuesday that a merger of the local Church with the Diocese of Columbus seems to be ...

Ten years later, he’s now seeking a merger with the Diocese of Columbus. “We’ve been able to make it happen, but that’s not going to be able to continue. Our numbers keep declining to a ...

Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, who was appointed in April, told CNA that “prior to my arrival, the Ohio bishops discussed the matter of the viability of the Diocese of Steubenville.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — The Dioceses of Steubenville is announcing a potential merge with the Columbus Dioceses ... will be about knowledge of the diocese as well as suggestions for it.

The list of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse who have served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus now totals 53, with one additional priest awaiting a judgment. In May ...