DIOCESE OF TOLEDO HONORS THE LATE BISHOP JAMES HOFFMAN AND DECEASED CLERGY WITH MEMORIAL MASS
 

Toledo, Ohio – February 7, 2007 – Bishop Leonard Blair will preside at a Memorial Mass to honor deceased diocesan clergy Thursday, February 8 at 5:00 p.m. at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, on the fourth anniversary of the late Bishop James Hoffman’s death.

The mass is open to the public and there is expanded, secure, lighted parking on the cathedral campus, located at 2535 Collingwood Blvd.

The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest Ohio, serving 306,532 Catholics. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties.

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