Diocese of Steubenville, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Steubenville / Steubenvicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cincinnati

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 17

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1944.10.21: Established as Diocese of Steubenville / Steubenvicen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Columbus and became suffragan of Cincinnati)

Contact Info

Address: 422 Washington St., P.O. Box 969, Steubenville, OH 43952, USA

Phone: +1 (740) 282-3631

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.06.14 – ...):	Bishop Edward Mark Lohse (64) Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Steubenville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Mark Lohse (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.06.14 – ...)

Bishop Paul Joseph Bradley (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.09.28 – 2024.06.14)

Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton (62)
(2012.07.03 – 2023.09.28)

Titular Bishop of Centuria
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Faith comes from hearing

Born:	1963.05.05 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.10

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1994.06.25 – 2012.07.03)

Bishop of Steubenville (USA) (2012.07.03 – 2023.09.28)

Titular Bishop of Centuria (2023.09.28 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (2023.09.28 – ...)

Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon (77)
(2002.05.31 – 2011.05.17)

Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA)

Take courage

Born:	1948.12.04 (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.08.06

Priest of Cincinnati (USA) (1977.01.15 – 2002.05.31)

Bishop of Steubenville (USA) (2002.05.31 – 2011.05.17)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (2011.05.17 – 2020.05.04)

Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon
(1992.01.28 – 2002.05.31)

Fortes in fide

Born:	1926.09.20 (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.06.11
Died:	2023.04.24 (Steubenville, OH, USA † 96)

Priest of Cleveland (USA) (1953.02.28 – 1976.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Taparura (1976.04.12 – 1992.01.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1976.04.12 – 1992.01.28)

Bishop of Steubenville (USA) (1992.01.28 – 2002.05.31)

Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller
(1977.10.11 – 1992.01.28)

Peace, the fruit of justice

Born:	1916.04.05 (Stanford, MT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.05.29
Died:	2012.09.23 († 96)

Titular Bishop of Perdices (1974.04.17 – 1977.10.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1974.04.17 – 1977.10.11)

Bishop of Steubenville (USA) (1977.10.11 – 1992.01.28)

Bishop Anthony John King Mussio
(1945.03.10 – 1977.09.27)

Caritas urget nos

Born:	1902.06.13 (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1935.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.01
Died:	1978.04.15 († 75)

Bishop of Steubenville (USA) (1945.03.10 – 1977.09.27)

Special Churches

Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Marietta, Ohio
Former Cathedral (now not in use): Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus, Steubenville, Ohio
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (68)

Lexington (↙), Columbus (←), Youngstown (↑), Wheeling–Charleston (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,309 km²

Population: 28,339 Catholics (5.9% of 481,411 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 86 priests (56 diocesan, 30 religious), 16 deacons, 83 religious (37 brothers, 46 sisters), 3 seminarians