Diocese of Toledo, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Toledo / Toletan(us) in America (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cincinnati

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 1 (1940)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1910.04.15: Established as Diocese of Toledo / Toletan(us) in America (Latin) (from Diocese of Cleveland and became suffragan of Cincinnati)

Contact Info

Address: 1933 Spielbusch Ave., P.O. Box 985, Toledo, OH 43697-0985, USA

Phone: +1 (419) 244-6711

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.08.26 – ...):

Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Toledo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas (65)
(2014.08.26 – ...)

Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Dominus meus et Deus meus

Born:	1959.06.11 (Manayunk, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.07.26

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1985.05.18 – 2006.06.08)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2005.03.19 – 2006.06.08)

Titular Bishop of Bardstown (2006.06.08 – 2014.08.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2006.06.08 – 2014.08.26)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (2014.08.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Cleveland (USA) (2016.12.28 – 2017.07.11)

Bishop Leonard Paul Blair (75) (later Archbishop)
(2003.10.07 – 2013.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA)

Pasce oves meas

Born:	1949.04.12 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.08.24

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1976.06.26 – 1999.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Voncariana (1999.07.08 – 2003.10.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1999.07.08 – 2003.10.07)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (2003.10.07 – 2013.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA) (2013.10.29 – 2024.05.01)

Bishop James Robert Hoffman
(1980.12.16 – 2003.02.08)

Omnia omnibus

Born:	1932.06.12 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.06.23
Died:	2003.02.08 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Italica (1978.04.18 – 1980.12.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1978.04.18 – 1980.12.16)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1980.12.16 – 2003.02.08)

Bishop John Anthony Donovan
(1967.02.25 – 1980.07.29)

Born:	1911.08.05 (London, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1935.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.26
Died:	1991.09.18 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Rhasus (1954.09.06 – 1967.02.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1954.09.06 – 1967.02.25)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1967.02.25 – 1980.07.29)

Bishop George John Rehring
(1950.07.16 – 1967.02.25)

Born:	1890.06.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1914.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.10.07
Died:	1976.02.29 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Lunda (1937.08.06 – 1950.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1937.08.06 – 1950.07.16)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1950.07.16 – 1967.02.25)

Titular Bishop of Tunnuna (1967.02.25 – 1970.12.31)

Bishop Karl Joseph Alter (later Archbishop)
(1931.04.17 – 1950.06.14)

Born:	1885.08.18 (Toledo, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1910.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.06.17
Died:	1977.08.23 (Cincinnati, OH, USA † 92)

Priest of Toledo (USA) (1910.06.04 – 1931.04.17)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1931.04.17 – 1950.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1950.06.14 – 1969.07.19)

Titular Archbishop of Minori (1969.07.19 – 1970.12.31)

Bishop Samuel Alphonse Stritch (later Cardinal)
(1921.08.10 – 1930.08.26)

Deus meus adjutor meus

Born:	1887.08.17 (Nashville, TN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1909.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.11.30
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1958.05.26 (Roma, Italy † 70)

Priest of Nashville (USA) (1909.05.21 – 1921.08.10)

Domestic Prelate (1921.05.10 – 1921.08.10)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1921.08.10 – 1930.08.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1930.08.26 – 1939.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1939.12.27 – 1958.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1946.02.22 – 1958.05.26)

Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1958.03.01 – 1958.05.26)

Bishop Joseph Schrembs (later Archbishop)
(1911.08.11 – 1921.06.16)

Born:	1866.03.12 (Wutzelhofen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1889.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.02.22
Died:	1945.11.02 (Cleveland, OH, USA † 79)

Priest of Grand Rapids (USA) (1889.06.29 – 1911.01.08)

Titular Bishop of Sophene (1911.01.08 – 1911.08.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1911.01.08 – 1911.08.11)

Bishop of Toledo (USA) (1911.08.11 – 1921.06.16)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1921.06.16 – 1945.11.02)

Archbishop ad personam (1939.03.25 – 1945.11.02)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert William Donnelly (1984.03.14 – 2006.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Robert Hoffman (1978.04.18 – 1980.12.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller (1974.04.17 – 1977.10.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation, Carey, Ohio
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (140)

Fort Wayne–South Bend (←), Lansing (↖), Detroit (↑), Cleveland (→), Columbus (↘), Cincinnati (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,290 km²

Population: 333,450 Catholics (22.8% of 1,462,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 122 parishes

Personnel: 180 priests (148 diocesan, 32 religious), 109 deacons, 383 religious (36 brothers, 347 sisters), 27 seminarians