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Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Cincinnaten(sis)

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering southwestern Ohio. Erected as a diocese in 1821 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1850, it is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, which encompasses all of Ohio.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
19 June 1821
Latin
Cincinnaten(sis)
Patron
St. Francis de Sales
Annuario code
001001157

The see in figures

Catholics
471,457
Population
3,074,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
15.3%
Priests
409
Catholics per priest
1,153
Extent
22,126 km²
Catholics per km²
21

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Archbishop
Robert G. Casey
Born
23 September 1967
Birthplace
Chicago

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains stands in Cincinnati, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Cincinnati

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In the State of Ohio, the Catholic Church counts the Archdiocese of Cincinnati (Latin: Archidiœcesis Cincinnatensis) among its archdioceses. Robert Casey serves as archbishop, and the mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.