Cleveland, Ohio, diocese of
Cleveland, Ohio, diocese of
Comprises the counties of Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne in Ohio. The Jesuits, Fathers Potier, Bonnecamp, and De la Richardie were the earliest missionaries. Founded on 23 April 1847. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Cincinnati . Years later Father Edmund Burke and Father Edward Fenwick, D.P., with other Dominicans , ministered there, succeeded by the Redemptorists, the Fathers of the Precious Blood, and several celebrated seculars.
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