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{{Short description|Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Ohio}}
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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Diocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese -->
| name = Toledo in America
| latin = Dioecesis Toletana in America
| local = <!-- Name in the native language -->
| image = ToledoCathedralHolyRosary.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_alt =
| caption = Our Lady, Queen of the Most<br>Holy Rosary Cathedral
| coat = Coat of arms of the Diocese of Toledo.svg
| coat_size = 150px
| coat_alt =
| coat_caption = Coat of arms
<!---- Locations ---->
| country = {{flag|United States}}
| territory = The counties of [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]], [[Crawford County, Ohio|Crawford]], [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance]], [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]], [[Fulton County, Ohio|Fulton]], [[Hancock County, Ohio|Hancock]], [[Henry County, Ohio|Henry]], [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]], [[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]], [[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]], [[Paulding County, Ohio|Paulding]], [[Putnam County, Ohio|Putnam]], [[Richland County, Ohio|Richland]], [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]], [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]], [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert]], [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams]], [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]] and [[Wyandot County, Ohio|Wyandot]] in northwestern Ohio.
| province = [[Archdiocese of Cincinnati|Cincinnati]]
| metropolitan =
| deaneries =
| headquarters =
| coordinates = <!-- Use {{coord}} -->
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_sqmi = 8,222<!-- Area in square kilometers, automatically converted -->
| area_footnotes =
| population = 1,461,436
| population_as_of = 2010
| catholics = 321,516<!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese -->
| catholics_percent = 22
| parishes = 123<!--126 Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]
| rite = [[Roman Rite]]
| established = April 15, 1910 ({{age|1910|4|15}} years ago)
| dissolved =
| cathedral = [[Rosary Cathedral (Toledo, Ohio)|Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral]]
| cocathedral =
| patron = [[Our Lady of the Rosary]] {{small|(principal)}}<br />[[Francis de Sales]] {{small|(secondary)}}
| priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
<!---- Current leadership ---->
| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| bishop = [[Daniel Edward Thomas]]
| metro_archbishop = [[Robert Gerald Casey]]
| coadjutor =
| auxiliary_bishops =
| apostolic_admin =
| vicar_general = Rev. Msgr. William Kubacki
| judicial_vicar =
| emeritus_bishops =
<!---- Map ---->
| map = Diocese of Toledo (Ohio) map 1.jpg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
<!---- Website ---->
| website = {{Official website|https://toledodiocese.org|toledodiocese.org}}
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Diocese of Toledo (in America)''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Toletana in America}}) is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the [[Catholic Church]] covering nineteen counties in northwestern [[Ohio]] in the United States.
The diocese is a [[suffragan see]] of the metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Cincinnati]]. The [[Episcopal see|See city]] for the diocese is [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]. The eighth and current bishop of Toledo is [[Daniel Edward Thomas|Daniel Thomas]]. [[Rosary Cathedral (Toledo, Ohio)|Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral]] is the mother church of the diocese.
==History==
=== 1700 to 1900 ===
During the 17th century, present-day Ohio was part of the French colony of [[New France]]. The Diocese of Quebec, had jurisdiction over the region. However, unlike other parts of the future [[American Midwest]], there were no attempts to found Catholic missions in Ohio.
In 1763, [[Ohio Country]] became part of the British [[Province of Quebec]], forbidden from settlement by American colonists. After the [[American Revolution]] ended in 1783, [[Pope Pius VI]] erected in 1784 the [[Apostolic Prefecture of the United States|Prefecture Apostolic of the United States]], encompassing the entire territory of the new nation. In 1787, the Ohio area became part of the [[Northwest Territory]] of the United States. Pius VI created the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore|Diocese of Baltimore]], the first diocese in the United States, to replace the prefecture apostolic in 1789.<ref name="history6">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.archbalt.org/our-history/index.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724200915/http://archbalt.org/our-history/index.cfm |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |access-date=2009-03-30 |publisher=Archdiocese of Baltimore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Freedom of Religion Comes to Boston {{!}} Archdiocese of Boston |url=https://www.bostoncatholic.org/historical-sketch-archdiocese-boston/freedom-religion-comes-boston |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.bostoncatholic.org}}</ref>
In 1808, [[Pope Pius VII]] erected the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bardstown|Diocese of Bardstown]] in Kentucky, with jurisdiction over the new state of Ohio along with the other midwest states. [[Pope Pius VII]] on June 19, 1821, erected the [[Diocese of Cincinnati]], taking all of Ohio from Bardstown.<ref name=":03">{{Cite journal |last=Shearer |first=Donald |date=June 1933 |title=Pontificia Americana: A Documentary History of the Catholic Church in the United States 1784-1884 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/41974134 |journal=Franciscan Studies |volume=11 |issue=11 |pages=343 |jstor=41974134 }}</ref> In 1842, the first Catholic church in Toledo, St. Francis de Sales, was constructed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Mary Church – toledopgs.com |url=https://www.toledopgs.com/st-mary-church/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[Pope Pius IX]] erected the Diocese of Cleveland in 1847, with territory taken from Cincinnati. Northwest Ohio would be part of the Diocese of Cleveland for the next 63 years.
=== 1900 to 1950 ===
[[Pius X]] erected the Diocese of Toledo on April 15, 1910, in territory taken from the Diocese of Cleveland.<ref name="hierarchy">{{cite web| url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtole.html| title=Diocese of Toledo| publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy| access-date=2007-02-04}}</ref><ref name="giga">{{cite web| url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole1.htm| title=Diocese of Toledo| publisher=GCatholic.org| access-date=2007-02-04}}</ref> The pope named Auxiliary Bishop [[Joseph Schrembs]] of the [[Diocese of Grand Rapids]] as the first bishop of the new diocese. Schrembs requested that the [[Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota|Sisters of Saint Francis]] of Rochester, Minnesota, send nuns to Toledo to work with Polish immigrant children. Sister Adelaide Sandusky, director of the [[College of St. Teresa]], and 22 other sisters began teaching in Toledo schools. This community became the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania<ref>[http://sistersosf.org/our-history/mother-mary-adelaide/ Sylvania Franciscans]</ref> From 1911 to 1921, Schrembs established 13 new parishes and 33 schools. At Schrembs' invitation, Visitation nuns came to Toledo in 1915 from their [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] monastery in Washington, D.C.<ref>[http://www.toledovisitation.org/history/ The Sisters of the Visitation, Toledo, Ohio]</ref>
In 1921, [[Pope Pius XI]] appointed Schrembs as bishop of Cleveland. His replacement in Toledo was Reverend [[Samuel Stritch]], named by Pius XI in 1921. During his tenure as bishop, Stritch established [[Mary Manse College]] in Toledo in 1922 and incorporated the diocesan [[Catholic Charities]] in 1923. He also began construction of Holy Rosary Cathedral, whose cornerstone was laid by Cardinal [[János Csernoch]] in 1926.<ref name="princes">{{cite news |last=Thornton |first=Francis |title=Samuel Cardinal Stritch |work=Our American Princes |url=https://archive.org/stream/ouramericanprinc017789mbp/ouramericanprinc017789mbp_djvu.txt}}{{page needed|date=February 2021}}</ref> In 1930, Pius XI named Stritch as archbishop of the [[Archdiocese of Milwaukee]]. To replace Stritch, the pope named Reverend [[Karl Joseph Alter|Karl Alter]], the first priest from Toledo to become its bishop.
During his tenure as bishop, Alter completed construction of Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo and built an addition to [[Central Catholic High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Central Catholic High School]] in Toledo. He established [[DeSales College]] in Toledo in 1942 and donated a 12-acre (49,000 m2) parcel of land in East Toledo for the construction of [[Mercy Health - St. Charles Hospital|St. Charles Hospital]]. In 1950, after 20 years as bishop of Toledo, Alter was named archbishop of Cincinnati by [[Pope Pius XII]].
=== 1950 to 2010 ===
[[File:Mgr. Leonard Paul Blaire.jpg|thumb|Archbishop Blaire (2021)]]
Alter was replaced in Toledo by Auxiliary Bishop [[George John Rehring|George Rehring]] of Cincinnati by Pius XII in 1950. He retired in 1967. Pope Paul VI then named Auxiliary Bishop [[John Anthony Donovan|John Donovan]] from the [[Archdiocese of Detroit]] as the new bishop of Toledo.
Donovan implemented the reforms of the [[Second Vatican Council]] in the diocese by joining the Ohio Council of Churches, and establishing a [[Deacon|permanent diaconate]] and a [[Diocesan chancery|chancery]] office for divorced, separated, and widowed Catholics.<ref name="steele">{{cite news |last=Steele |first=Lee |date=1980-07-29 |title=Bishop Donovan Retiring As Leader Of Toledo Diocese |work=[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Toledo Blade]]}}</ref> In 1967, he issued a [[pastoral letter]] endorsing [[Fair housing|open housing]] ballot initiative, which was defeated in a city [[referendum]] that fall.<ref name="tarjanyi">{{cite news |last=Tarjanyi |first=Judy |date=1991-09-19 |title=John Donovan, fifth bishop to serve Toledo |work=[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Toledo Blade]]}}</ref> He also established the Diocesan Development Fund and special programs for Spanish-speaking, [[African American]] and elderly Catholics.<ref name="steele" /> During his tenure, Donovan also established Resurrection Parish in [[Lexington, Ohio|Lexington]] in 1969 and St. Joan of Arc Parish in [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] in 1978. The Catholic population in the diocese increased from 301,000 to 348,000.<ref name="steele" /> Donovan retired in 1980.
The next bishop of Toledo was Auxiliary Bishop [[James Robert Hoffman|James Hoffman]], appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1980. Hoffman died in 2003 and was replaced by Auxiliary Bishop [[Leonard Paul Blair|Leonard Blair]] of Detroit, named by John Paul II. On May 9. 2005, Blair directed the Sisters of St. Francis to cancel a three-workshop by [[New Ways Ministry]] at the order's campus in [[Tiffin, Ohio|Tiffin]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=CNA |title=Bishop Blair bans New Ways homosexual ministry workshop |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/15895/bishop-blair-bans-new-ways-homosexual-ministry-workshop |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref> In stating his objections, Blair stated:<blockquote>The positions of New Ways Ministry are not at all in accord with the guidelines for pastoral care which the bishops of the United States issued in 2006 regarding '[[Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination]].<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>Reverend [[Gerald Robinson (priest)|Gerald Robinson]] was convicted in 2006 of the 1980 murder of Sister [[Margaret Ann Pahl]] at Mercy Hospital in Toledo. Pahl had been strangled and stabbed 31 times. Prosecutors in 1980 did not charge Robinson, who denied any guilt, citing insufficient evidence. The Pahl case was reopened in 2003 after a diligent reexamination of the case file. Robinson was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, where he died in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schwartz |first=John |date=2014-07-05 |title=Gerald Robinson, Priest Convicted of Killing Ohio Nun, Dies at 76 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/gerald-robinson-priest-convicted-of-killing-ohio-nun-dies-at-76.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
=== 2010 to present ===
[[File:Daniel E. Thomas (8977525645).jpg|thumb|Bishop Thomas (2013)]]
In July 2011, Blair told parishes and [[parochial school]]s in the diocese not to raise funds for the [[Susan G. Komen Foundation]]. He cited concerns that the money could be used to fund [[Embryonic stem cell|embryonic stem-cell research]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=ABC7 |title=Outrage grows after Bishop Blair pulls support for charity {{!}} ABC7 Chicago {{!}} abc7chicago.com |url=https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8249386/ |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=ABC7 Chicago |language=en}}</ref> [[Pope Francis]] appointed Blair as archbishop of the [[Archdiocese of Hartford]] in 2013. Francis in 2014 appointed Auxiliary Bishop [[Daniel Edward Thomas|Daniel Thomas]] from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as the new bishop in Toledo.
As of 2023, Thomas is the bishop of Toledo. That same year, the diocese had a weekly attendance of 52,840 people at its 123 parishes. This is a decline of 43.23% from 2014, when the church recorded a weekly attendance of 75,681.<ref>Catholic Church. Diocese of Toledo (Ohio). "October Mass Count 2014-2023." Excel, Spreadsheet. Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, November 22, 2023. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/toledodiocese/documents/October-Mass-Count-2014-2023-22-November-2023.xlsx. This dataset is found on the diocese "About" page, located here: Catholic Church. Diocese of Toledo (Ohio). "About." Diocese of Toledo, September 16, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240916030731/https://toledodiocese.org/about.
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==Sex abuse==
In 1988, Reverend Robert J. Fisher, then associate pastor at St. Rose Church in Perrysburg, pleaded guilty to sexual imposition and contributing to the sexual abuse of a minor. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and four years of counseling.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-07-08 |title=Four priests removed by Toledo diocese |url=https://www.morningjournal.com/news/four-priests-removed-by-toledo-diocese/article_0343fc3e-9280-5f8b-a564-fe6e260411d2.html/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Morning Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1992, Bishop Hoffman returned Fisher to active ministry.<ref name="dallas">{{cite news |date=2002-06-12 |title=Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref>
Following a new policy from the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops]] on priests convicted of sexual abuse, Hoffman permanently suspended Fisher and three other priests from ministry in 2002. Hoffman blamed "the media climate" for the new policy and said he had no plans to remove other such priests. He later declared, "My difficulty with [[zero tolerance]] is that the [[Gospel]] teaches reconciliation. We believe in forgiveness."<ref name="dallas" />
The diocese announced in 2004 that it had settled 23 lawsuits by victims of sexual abuse by diocesan priests; the diocese would pay $1.19 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2004-08-23 |title=Toledo Catholic Diocese will Pay $1.19M to Alleged Abuse Victims |url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2004/08/24/45237.htm |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Insurance Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
In August 2020, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) arrested Reverend Michael Zacharias, a diocesan priest, on charges of [[sex trafficking]], coercion and enticement.<ref name="findlaycharged">{{Cite web |title=Findlay priest charged with sex trafficking |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2020/08/18/findlay-priest-charged-with-sex-trafficking/stories/20200818111}}</ref> Zacharias was accused of grooming and engaging in sexual conduct with three boys since the late 1990s.<ref name="findlaycharged" /> He introduced his victims to pain medications and [[heroin]], then convinced them to engage in [[prostitution]] once they had developed drug dependencies. Zacharias was convicted in May 2023 of five counts of sex trafficking.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-12 |title=Office of Public Affairs {{!}} Jury Convicts Priest of Sex Trafficking Three Victims in Northern Ohio {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jury-convicts-priest-sex-trafficking-three-victims-northern-ohio |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>
In September 2020, the [[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|''Toledo Blade'']] reported that there were flaws in the diocese's efforts to combat sex abuse, such as the lack of [[psychological evaluation]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic institutions try – but don't always succeed – to weed out would-be offenders |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2020/09/06/catholic-institutions-try-but-don-t-always-succeed-to-weed-out-would-be-offenders/stories/20200906018}}</ref>
==Bishops==
===Bishops of Toledo===
# [[Joseph Schrembs]] (1911–1921), appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|Bishop of Cleveland]] and [[archbishop]] (personal title) in 1939
# [[Samuel Stritch|Samuel Alphonsius Stritch]] (1921–1930), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee|Archbishop of Milwaukee]] and later [[Archbishop of Chicago]] and [[Pro-Prefect]] of the [[Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith]] (elevated to [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 1946)
# [[Karl Joseph Alter]] (1931–1950), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati|Archbishop of Cincinnati]]
# [[George John Rehring]] (1950–1967)
# [[John Anthony Donovan]] (1967–1980)
# [[James Robert Hoffman]] (1980–2003)<ref name=blade>{{cite news|date=2003-02-10|work=[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Toledo Blade]]|title=Bishop Hoffman remembered}}</ref>
# [[Leonard Paul Blair]] (2003–2013), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford|Archbishop of Hartford]]
# [[Daniel Edward Thomas]] (2014–present)
===Auxiliary bishops===
# [[Albert Henry Ottenweller]] (1974–1977), appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville|Bishop of Steubenville]]
# [[James Robert Hoffman]] (1978–1980)<ref name="blade"/>
# [[Robert William Donnelly]] (1984–2006)<ref>{{cite news| title=Bishop Donnelly's life celebrated| last=Barger| first=TK| url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2014/07/30/Bishop-Donnelly-s-life-celebrated.html| date=29 July 2014| work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Toledo Blade]]| access-date=2016-03-09}}</ref>
===Other priests born or who ministered in the diocese who became bishops===
* [[Augustus John Schwertner]], appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita|Bishop of Wichita]] in 1921
* [[John Stowe]], [[Conventual Franciscans|OFM Conv.]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington|Bishop of Lexington]] in 2015
* [[Earl K. Fernandes]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Bishop of Columbus]] in 2022
* [[Dennis G. Walsh]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport|Bishop of Davenport]] in 2024
* [[Bruce Lewandowski]], [[Redemptorists|CSsR]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence|Bishop of Providence]] in 2025 (previously [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore|Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore]] since 2020)
== Coat of arms ==
In the coat of arms for the Diocese of Toledo, the field is one half blue (dexter) and one half red (sinister). A silver tower with a red cross appears on the field.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web| url=http://www.toledodiocese.org/content/section/6/179/| publisher=Diocese of Toledo| title=About Our Diocese}}</ref> This coat of arms is based on the coat of arms for the [[Toledo, Spain|City of Toledo]] in Spain.
Heraldist [[Pierre de Chaignon la Rose]] designed the diocesan arms in 1912. The formal heraldic [[blazon]] is ''Per pale azure and gules, a tower triply-turreted, the central turret the tallest, argent, charged with a cross-humetty of the second''.<ref name="er1912">{{cite journal| journal=The American Ecclesiastical Review| volume=46| pages=93–94| title=Some Recent Episcopal Arms: Arms of the Bishop of Toledo| date=January 1912| ___location=Philadelphia| publisher=The Dolphin Press| number=1| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnMhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA89}}</ref>
==General information==
The Diocese of Toledo covers {{convert|8222|sqmi|km2}} in the following counties:
[[Williams County, Ohio|Williams]], [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance]], [[Paulding County, Ohio|Paulding]], [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert]], [[Fulton County, Ohio|Fulton]], [[Henry County, Ohio|Henry]], [[Putnam County, Ohio|Putnam]], [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]], [[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]], [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]], [[Hancock County, Ohio|Hancock]], [[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]], [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]], [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]], [[Wyandot County, Ohio|Wyandot]], [[Crawford County, Ohio|Crawford]], [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]], [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]], and [[Richland County, Ohio|Richland]].<ref name="fact">{{cite web |date=August 2014 |title=The Diocese of Toledo in America Statistical Overview |url=http://toledodiocese.org/images/uploads/page_assets/Communications/DIOCESE%20OF%20TOLEDO%20FACT%20SHEET.pdf |access-date=2016-03-09 |publisher=Diocese of Toledo}}</ref>
As of 2016, the diocese had approximately 319,907 Catholics out of an area population of 1,465,561.<ref name="fact" />
===Parishes===
{{Main|List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo}}
The Diocese of Toledo as of 2014 had 124 parishes.
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* Saint Peter – [[Archbold, Ohio|Archbold]]
* Holy Trinity – [[Assumption, Ohio|Assumption]]
* Our Lady of Hope – [[Attica, Ohio|Attica]]
* Saints Patrick and Andrew – [[Bascom, Ohio|Bascom]]
* Immaculate Conception – [[Bellevue, Ohio|Bellevue]]
* Saint Gaspar del Bufalo – Bellevue
* Sacred Heart – [[Bethlehem, Ohio|Bethlehem]]
* Saint Mary – [[Bluffton, Ohio|Bluffton]]
* Our Lady of Mount Carmel – [[Bono, Ohio|Bono]]
* Saint Aloysius – [[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green]]
* Saint Thomas More University Parish – Bowling Green
* St. Patrick – [[Bryan, Ohio|Bryan]]
* Holy Trinity – [[Bucyrus, Ohio|Bucyrus]]
* [[Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation|Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation]] – Carey
* Saint Barbara – [[Cloverdale, Ohio|Cloverdale]]
* Saint Mary – [[Clyde, Ohio|Clyde]]
* Saint Anthony of Padua – [[Columbus Grove, Ohio|Columbus Grove]]
* Saint John the Baptist – [[Continental, Ohio|Continental]]
* Saint Joseph – [[Crestline, Ohio|Crestline]]
* Saint Louis – [[Custar, Ohio|Custar]]
* Saint John the Evangelist – [[Defiance, Ohio|Defiance]]
* Saint Mary – Defiance
* [[St. John's Catholic Church (Delphos, Ohio)|Saint John the Evangelist]] – Delphos
* Immaculate Conception – [[Deshler, Ohio|Deshler]]
* Saint Mary – [[Edgerton, Ohio|Edgerton]]
* Our Lady of Mercy – [[Fayette, Ohio|Fayette]]
* Saint Michael the Archangel – [[Findlay, Ohio|Findlay]]
* Saint Joseph – [[Fort Jennings, Ohio|Fort Jennings]]
* Saint Wendelin – [[Fostoria, Ohio|Fostoria]]
* Sacred Heart – [[Fremont, Ohio|Fremont]]
* Saint Ann – Fremont
* Saint Joseph – Fremont
* Saint Joseph – [[Galion, Ohio|Galion]]
* Our Lady of Lourdes – [[Genoa, Ohio|Genoa]]
* Saint Michael – [[Gibsonburg, Ohio|Gibsonburg]]
* Saint John the Baptist – [[Glandorf, Ohio|Glandorf]]
* Saint Michael – [[Hicksville, Ohio|Hicksville]]
* Saint Mary – [[Holgate, Ohio|Holgate]]
* Saint Peter – [[Huron, Ohio|Huron]]
* Saint Michael – [[Kalida, Ohio|Kalida]]
* Saint Michael – [[Kelleys Island, Ohio|Kelleys Island]]
* Saint John the Baptist – [[Landeck, Ohio|Landeck]]
* Saint Mary – [[Leipsic, Ohio|Leipsic]]
* Resurrection – [[Lexington, Ohio|Lexington]]
* Saint Charles Borromeo – [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]]
* Saint Gerard – Lima
* Saint John the Evangelist – Lima
* Saint Rose of Lima – Lima
* Saint Mary of the Snows – [[Mansfield, Ohio|Mansfield]]
* Saint Peter – Mansfield
* Saint Joseph – [[Marblehead, Ohio|Marblehead]]
* Saint Isidore – Marysdale
* Saint Joseph – [[Maumee, Ohio|Maumee]]
* Saint Anthony – [[Milan, Ohio|Milan]]
* Saint Nicholas – [[Miller City, Ohio|Miller City]]
* Saint Mary – [[Millersville, Ohio|Millersville]]
* Saint Joseph – [[Monroeville, Ohio|Monroeville]]
* Sacred Heart – Montpelier
* [[St. Augustine's Catholic Church (Napoleon, Ohio)|St. Augustine's Catholic Church]] – Napoleon
* Sacred Heart – [[New Bavaria, Ohio|New Bavaria]]
* Holy Family – [[New Cleveland, Ohio|New Cleveland]]
* Our Lady of Lourdes – [[New London, Ohio|New London]]
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* [[All Saints Catholic Church (New Riegel, Ohio)|All Saints]] – New Riegel
* Saint Bernard – [[New Washington, Ohio|New Washington]]
* Holy Family – [[North Baltimore, Ohio|North Baltimore]]
* [[St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Church (Norwalk, Ohio)|Saint Mary]] – Norwalk
* Saint Paul – Norwalk
* Saint Boniface – [[Oak Harbor, Ohio|Oak Harbor]]
* Saint Ignatius – [[Oregon, Ohio|Oregon]]
* Saints Peter and Paul – [[Ottawa, Ohio|Ottawa]]
* Immaculate Conception – [[Ottoville, Ohio|Ottoville]]
* Divine Mercy – [[Paulding, Ohio|Paulding]]
* Saint John XXIII – [[Perrysburg, Ohio|Perrysburg]]
* Saint Rose of Lima – [[Perrysburg, Ohio|Perrysburg]]
* Saint Alphonsus Liguori – Peru
* Saint Joseph – [[Plymouth, Ohio|Plymouth]]
* Immaculate Conception – [[Port Clinton, Ohio|Port Clinton]]
* Saint Patrick – [[Providence, Ohio|Providence]]
* Mother of Sorrows – [[Put-In-Bay, Ohio|Put-In-Bay]]
* All Saints – [[Rossford, Ohio|Rossford]]
* [[Saint Michael's of the Ridge Roman Catholic Church|Saint Michael]] – Saint Michael's Ridge
* [[Holy Angels Catholic Church (Sandusky, Ohio)|Holy Angels Catholic Church]] – Sandusky
* [[St. Mary's Catholic Church (Sandusky, Ohio)|Saint Mary]] – Sandusky
* [[Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church (Sandusky, Ohio)|Saints Peter and Paul]] – Sandusky
* Most Pure Heart of Mary – [[Shelby, Ohio|Shelby]]
* Saint Patrick – [[Spencerville, Ohio|Spencerville]]
* Saint Richard – [[Swanton, Ohio|Swanton]]
* Saint Pius X – [[Sycamore, Ohio|Sycamore]]
* Saint Joseph – [[Sylvania, Ohio|Sylvania]]
* Saint Joseph – [[Tiffin, Ohio|Tiffin]]
* Saint Mary – Tiffin
* Blessed Sacrament – Toledo
* Christ the King – Toledo
* Corpus Christi University Parish – Toledo
* Gesu – Toledo
* Epiphany of the Lord – Toledo
* Immaculate Conception – Toledo
* Little Flower of Jesus – Toledo
* Our Lady of Lourdes – Toledo
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Toledo
* Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral – Toledo
* Regina Coeli – Toledo
* Saints Adalbert and Hedwig – Toledo
* Saint Catherine of Siena – Toledo
* Saint Charles Borromeo – Toledo
* Saint Clement – Toledo
* Saint Hyacinth – Toledo
* Saint Joan of Arc – Toledo
* Saint John the Baptist – Toledo
* Saint Joseph – Toledo
* [[St. Ann Roman Catholic Church Complex|Saint Martin de Porres]] – Toledo
* Saint Michael the Archangel – Toledo
* Saint Patrick of Heatherdowns – Toledo
* [[St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Toledo, Ohio)|Historic Church of Saint Patrick]] – Toledo
* Saints Peter and Paul – Toledo
* St. Pius X – Toledo
* Transfiguration of the Lord – [[Upper Sandusky, Ohio|Upper Sandusky]]
* Saint Mary – [[Van Wert, Ohio|Van Wert]]
* Saint Mary – [[Vermilion, Ohio|Vermilion]]
* Saint Mary – [[Wakeman, Ohio|Wakeman]]
* Saint Jerome – [[Walbridge, Ohio|Walbridge]]
* Saint Caspar – [[Wauseon, Ohio|Wauseon]]
* Saint Francis Xavier – [[Willard, Ohio|Willard]]
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===Personnel===
In 2014, the Diocese of Toledo had the following personnel:
* 210 active priests
* 38 of these active priests were from religious orders
* 68 priests were retired/senior status.
* Ten religious brothers, 440 women religious (sisters), 197 permanent deacons and 23 diocesan seminarians.<ref name="fact" />
In 2018, the diocese had the following personnel:
* 203 active priests
* 44 priests were from religious orders (32 active and 12 retired/senior status)
* 63 priests were retired/senior status.
* Nine religious brothers, 410 religious women (sisters), 187 permanent deacons and 17 diocesan seminarians.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Diocese of Toledo|date=July 2018|title=The Diocese of Toledo in America: 2018-2019 Statistical Overview|url=https://toledodiocese.org/images/uploads/page_assets/The%20Diocese%20of%20Toledo%20in%20America%20%20%20%20%20%20%202018-2019%20Statistical%20Overview%20-%20Copy.pdf}}</ref>
== Catholic Charities ==
=== Food assistance ===
* Helping Hands of St. Louis
* H.O.P.E. Pantry
=== Housing shelters ===
* La Posada
* Miriam House
=== Housing services ===
* Homelessness Prevention
* Supportive Housing
* Life & Home Management Workshops
* Community Emergency Services
=== Family support ===
* Pregnancy Support
* Respect Life Ministry
* Abortion Healing/Support
* Bereavement Ministry
* Elder Guardianship Services
* Rural Life Ministry
* Jail & Prison Ministry
* Catholic Club
* Furniture Ministry
* Daycare
* Elder Ministry
=== Community services ===
* Campaign for Human Development
* Disaster Response
==Education==
As of 2018, the Diocese of Toledo had:
* 54 elementary schools serving 10,561 students
* 13 Catholic high schools serving 4,170 students
* 2 colleges/universities with 3,816 full- and part-time students<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Catholic Diocese of Toledo - Schools |url=https://toledodiocese.org/schools |access-date=2021-08-23 |website=toledodiocese.org}}</ref>
===Elementary schools===
* All Saints Elementary – [[Rossford, Ohio|Rossford]]
* Bishop Hoffman Elementary – [[Fremont, Ohio|Fremont]]
* Blessed Sacrament Elementary – Toledo
* Calvert Elementary – [[Tiffin, Ohio|Tiffin]]
* Cardinal Stritch Catholic Academy – [[Oregon, Ohio|Oregon]]
* Christ the King Elementary – Toledo
* Divine Mercy Elementary – [[Payne, Ohio|Payne]]
* [[Gesu School|Gesu]] – Toledo
* Holy Cross Elementary – [[Defiance, Ohio|Defiance]]
* Holy Rosary Elementary – [[Saint Marys, Ohio|Saint Marys]]
* Holy Trinity Elementary – [[Assumption, Ohio|Assumption]]
* Holy Trinity Elementary – [[Bucyrus, Ohio|Bucyrus]]
* Immaculate Conception Elementary – [[Bellevue, Ohio|Bellevue]]
* Immaculate Conception Elementary – [[Port Clinton, Ohio|Port Clinton]]
* Cardinal Stritch Catholic Academy – [[Oregon, Ohio|Oregon]]
* Lial Catholic – [[Whitehouse, Ohio|Whitehouse]]
* Norwalk Catholic – [[Norwalk, Ohio|Norwalk]]
* Our Lady of Consolation Elementary – [[Carey, Ohio|Carey]]
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Toledo
* Queen of Apostles Elementary – Toledo
* Regina Coeli Elementary – Toledo
* Rosary Cathedral Elementary – Toledo
* Sacred Heart Elementary – [[Bethlehem, Ohio|Bethlehem]]
* Saint Aloysius Elementary – [[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green]]
* Saint Anthony of Padua Elementary – [[Columbus Grove, Ohio|Columbus Grove]]
* Saint Augustine Elementary – [[Napoleon, Ohio|Napoleon]]
* Saint Benedict Elementary – Toledo
* Saint Boniface Elementary – [[Oak Harbor, Ohio|Oak Harbor]]
* Saint Catherine Preschool – Toledo
* Saint Charles Elementary – [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]]
* Saint Francis Xavier Elementary – [[Willard, Ohio|Willard]]
* Saint Gerard Elementary – [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]]
* Saint Joan of Arc Elementary – Toledo
* Saint John Elementary – [[Delphos, Ohio|Delphos]]
* [[St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy|Saint John's Jesuit Academy]] – Toledo
* Saint Joseph Elementary – [[Crestline, Ohio|Crestline]]
* Saint Joseph Elementary – [[Galion, Ohio|Galion]]
* Saint Joseph Elementary – [[Maumee, Ohio|Maumee]]
* Saint Joseph Elementary – [[Monroeville, Ohio|Monroeville]]
* Saint Joseph Elementary – [[Sylvania, Ohio|Sylvania]]
* Saint Louis Elementary – [[Custar, Ohio|Custar]]
* Saint Mary Elementary – [[Clyde, Ohio|Clyde]]
* Saint Mary Elementary – [[Edgerton, Ohio|Edgerton]]
* Saint Mary Elementary – [[Leipsic, Ohio|Leipsic]]
* Saint Mary Elementary – [[Shelby, Ohio|Shelby]]
* Saint Mary Elementary – [[Van Wert, Ohio|Van Wert]]
* Saint Mary Elementary – [[Vermilion, Ohio|Vermilion]]
* Saint Mary of the Snows Elementary – [[Mansfield, Ohio|Mansfield]]
* Saint Michael Elementary – [[Findlay, Ohio|Findlay]]
* Saint Patrick Elementary – [[Bryan, Ohio|Bryan]]
* Saint Patrick of Heatherdowns Elementary – Toledo
* Saint Peter & Paul Elementary – [[Ottawa, Ohio|Ottawa]]
* Saint Peter Elementary – [[Huron, Ohio|Huron]]
* Saint Peter Elementary – [[Mansfield, Ohio|Mansfield]]
* Saint Peter Elementary – [[Upper Sandusky, Ohio|Upper Sandusky]]
* Saint Pius X Elementary – Toledo
* Saint Richard Elementary – [[Swanton, Ohio|Swanton]]
* Saint Rose Elementary – [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]]
* Saint Rose Elementary – [[Perrysburg, Ohio|Perrysburg]]
* Sandusky Central Catholic – [[Sandusky, Ohio|Sandusky]]
===High schools===
* [[Calvert High School (Tiffin, Ohio)|Calvert High School]] – Tiffin
* [[Cardinal Stritch High School]] – Oregon
* [[Central Catholic High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Central Catholic High School]] – Toledo
* [[Lima Central Catholic High School]] – Lima
* [[Notre Dame Academy (Toledo, Ohio)|Notre Dame Academy]] – Toledo
* [[St. Francis de Sales High School (Toledo, Ohio)|St. Francis de Sales High School]] – Toledo
* [[St. John's High School (Delphos, Ohio)|St. John's High School]] – Delphos
* [[St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy]] – Toledo
* [[Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School (Fremont, Ohio)|St. Joseph Central Catholic High School]] – Fremont
* [[St. Mary Central Catholic High School]] – Sandusky
* [[St. Paul High School (Ohio)|St. Paul High School]] – Norwalk
* [[St. Peter's High School (Mansfield, Ohio)|St. Peter's High School]] – Mansfield
* [[St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio)|St. Ursula Academy]] – Toledo
===Former schools===
* Alter Elementary – [[Rossford, Ohio]] (now All Saints)
* Divine Word Seminary – Perrysburg (closed in 1984)
* Franciscan Academy – Sylvania (closed, 2014)
* Holy Angels – Sandusky (combined with Sandusky Central Catholic Schools)
* Holy Spirit Seminary – Toledo (closed in 1982)
* Immaculate Conception – Toledo (combined with Sts. Peter & Paul to form Queen of Peace)
* Ladyfield Elementary (closed, 2005)
* Mary Immaculate Elementary (closed, 2013)
* [[McAuley High School (Toledo, Ohio)|McAuley High School]] – Toledo
* Pope John Paul II – Toledo (closed, 2008)
* Queen of Peace – Toledo (combined with St. James to form Queen of Apostles)
* St. Adalbert – Toledo (combined with St. Hedwig to form Pope John Paul II in 2005)
* St. Agnes – Toledo (closed, 2005)
* Saint Bernard Elementary – [[New Washington, Ohio|New Washington]](closed,2021)
* St. Charles – Toledo (closed, 2008)
* St. Clement – Toledo (closed)
* St. Hedwig – Toledo (combined with St. Adalbert to form Pope John Paul II in 2005)
* St. Hyacinth – Toledo (closed, 2005)
* St. James – Toledo (combined with Queen of Peace to form Queen of Apostles)
* St. John the Baptist – Toledo (closed, 2016)
* St. Jude – Toledo (closed, 2002)
* St. Martin de Porres – Toledo (closed, 2002)
* St. Mary – Sandusky (combined with Sandusky Central Catholic Schools)
* St. Mary of the Assumption – Toledo (closed, 2002)
* Sts. Peter & Paul – Toledo (combined with Immaculate Conception to form Queen of Peace)
* Sts Peter and Paul – Sandusky (combined with Sandusky Central Catholic Schools)
* St. Thomas Aquinas, Sacred Heart, St. Stephen – Toledo and St. Jerome – Walbridge combined to form Kateri Catholic Academy, later renamed Cardinal Stritch Catholic Academy
* [[St. Wendelin High School]] – Fostoria (Closed, 2017)
==Catholic radio within the diocese==
Catholic Radio began broadcasting in the Diocese of Toledo in 2010, beginning with [[WJTA]] followed by [[WNOC]]. Several local stations owned by separate entities. These include:
[[WNOC]] 89.7 FM is licensed to [[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green]] and is based in [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] as "Annunciation Radio". It has four sister stations:
* [[WHRQ]] 88.1 FM in [[Sandusky, Ohio|Sandusky]]
* [[WFOT]] 89.5 FM in [[Lexington, Ohio|Lexington]]
* [[WSHB]] 90.9 FM in [[Willard, Ohio|Willard]]
* [[WRRO]] 89.9 FM in [[Edon, Ohio|Edon]] and based in [[Bryan, Ohio|Bryan]].
Other stations in the diocese include:
* [[WJTA]] 88.9 FM licensed to [[Glandorf, Ohio|Glandorf]] and based in [[Leipsic, Ohio|Leipsic]] serving [[Putnam County, Ohio|Putnam]] and surrounding counties as "Holy Family Radio" which also serves the Findlay and northern portions of the Lima areas.
* [[WOHA (FM)|WOHA]] 94.9 FM in [[Ada, Ohio|Ada]], serving the greater [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]] area as a simulcast of WJTA.
* [[WSJG-LP]] 103.3 FM in [[Tiffin, Ohio|Tiffin]] as "St. John Paul The Great Radio."
==References==
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== External links ==
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