Diocese of Youngstown
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Diocese of Youngstown Dioecesis Youngstonensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Portage, and Ashtabula, Ohio |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cincinnati |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,404 sq mi (8,820 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,276,096 198,332 (15.5%) |
| Parishes | 94 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 15, 1943 (73 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Columba Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Columba |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | George Vance Murry, S.J. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop |
Dennis M. Schnurr Archbishop of Cincinnati |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.doy.org | |
The Diocese of Youngstown (Latin: Dioecesis Youngstonensis) 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 2014, the Diocese of Youngstown contains 94 parishes, 1 mission, 102 Diocesan Priests, 18 Religious Priests, 67 Permanent Deacons, 11 Religious Men, and 211 Religious Women. It has a Catholic population of 198,332 in an area totaling 3,404 square miles (8,820 km2). As of 2010, the diocese had 8 seminarians studying at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus and at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West in Cincinnati.
Pope Pius XII created the Diocese of Youngstown from territory formerly part of the Diocese of Cleveland in 1943. Bishop James A. McFadden (former auxiliary bishop of Cleveland) became the first bishop and chose St. Columba Church on Wood Street in downtown Youngstown as his Cathedral. The new diocese covered 3,404 square miles (8,820 km2) with 110 parishes, three Catholic-run hospitals, 54 elementary schools, one junior high school, and three Catholic high schools.
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