Diocese of Columbus
Columben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Columbus, Ohio, United States
The Diocese of Columbus is a Latin Church diocese covering central and southern Ohio, erected in 1868. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1868
- Latin
- Columben(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001001194
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 334,881
- Population
- 2,794,439
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 12.0%
- Priests
- 204
- Catholics per priest
- 1,642
- Extent
- 75,840 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Bishop
- Earl K. Fernandes
- Born
- 21 September 1972
- Birthplace
- Toledo in America
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
St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Columbus, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CincinnatiCincinnati
- Diocese of ClevelandCleveland
- Diocese of SteubenvilleSteubenville
- Diocese of Toledo (in America)Toledo
- Diocese of YoungstownYoungstown
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Twenty-three counties of central Ohio in the United States fall within the Diocese of Columbus (Latin: Dioecesis Columbensis), erected in 1868. A suffragan see within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati, it has St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus as its mother church. As of 2026 its bishop is Earl K. Fernandes.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.