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 HISTORY
Established as a diocese April 15, 1910 COAT OF ARMS
The arms of the See are based upon those of Toledo, Spain, which bears a silver tower on a plain red field. By changing the field to one half of blue (dexter) and half of red (sinister) the arms are significantly different from the original, and there is effected, in conjunction with the silver tower, a combination of red, white, and blue - a new and distinctively American Toledo coat. The tower has been marked with a red cross to indicate that the new Toledo is to be ever a Catholic stronghold. CURRENT BISHOPMOST REV. LEONARD P. BLAIR - Ordained June 26, 1976. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (MI) July 9, 1999. Consecrated Bishop (MI) August 24, 1999. Appointed Bishop of Toledo (OH) October 7, 2003. Installed December 4, 2003.
FORMER BISHOPSMOST REV. JOSEPH SCHREMBS - Ordained June 29, 1889. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (MI) January 8, 1911. Consecrated February 22, 1911. Appointed Bishop of Toledo August 11, 1911. Installed October 4, 1911. Appointed Bishop of Cleveland May 11, 1921. Died November 2, 1945.
SAMUEL CARDINAL STRITCH - Ordained May 21, 1909. Appointed Bishop of Toledo November 30, 1921. Appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee August 30, 1930. Appointed Archbishop of Chicago December 27, 1939. Created Cardinal February 18, 1946. Died May 27, 1958.
MOST REV. KARL J. ALTER - Ordained June 4, 1910. Appointed Bishop of Toledo June 17, 1931. Appointed Archbishop of Cincinnati June 21, 1950. Resigned July 23, 1969. Died August 23, 1977.
MOST REV. GEORGE J. REHRING - Ordained March 28, 1914. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati October 7, 1937. Appointed Bishop of Toledo July 18, 1950. Installed October 17, 1950. Resigned February 25, 1967. Died February 29, 1976.
MOST REV. JOHN A. DONOVAN - Ordained December 8, 1935. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit September 6, 1954. Consecrated October 26, 1954. Appointed Bishop of Toledo February 25, 1967. Installed April 18, 1967. Resigned July 29, 1980. Died September 18, 1991.
MOST REV. ALBERT H. OTTENWELLER - Ordained June 19, 1943. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo April 17, 1974. Consecrated May 29, 1974. Appointed Bishop of Steubenville (OH) October 11, 1977. Installed November 22, 1977. Retired April 2, 1992.
MOST REV. JAMES R. HOFFMAN - Ordained July 28, 1957. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo April 18, 1978. Consecrated June 23, 1978. Installed Bishop of Toledo February 17, 1981. Died February 8, 2003
MOST REV. ROBERT W. DONNELLY - Ordained May 25, 1957. Ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop on May 3, 1984. He assisted Bishop Hoffman and then Bishop Blair in the executive governance of the Diocese until his retirement on May 30, 2006.
GEOGRAPHY 8,222 square miles in Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Erie, Huron, and Richland counties.
The following information is up to date as of 01/01/07
POPULATION
303,570 Catholics in an area population of 1,482,050
GENERAL INFORMATION PARISHES:
131
PERSONNEL
183 diocesan priests, 121 on active duty in the Diocese, 5 active outside Diocese, 1 in foreign missions
33 religious priests, 9 extern priests and 8 religious brothers
578 women religious (sisters)
199 permanent deacons
EDUCATION
72 elementary schools serving 15,683 students
10 diocesan and parish high schools serving 5,296 students
4 private high schools serving 2,794 students
2 colleges
SACRAMENTS
2, 982 Infant Baptisms
3,702 First Communions
4,035 Confirmations
1,373 Marriages
WELFARE
6 Catholic hospitals, 1,390,309 assisted
5 homes for the aged, 1,641 assisted
12 special centers for social services, 14,314 assisted |
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