Steubenville and Columbus diocesan merger back on the table
December 13, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: A proposed merger between two Ohio dioceses, announced and then tabled in fall 2022, is again being considered, the bishop of Columbus and the apostolic administrator of Steubenville announced.
“The apostolic nunciature has asked the dioceses to work together to consider how different dimensions of the dioceses, including the temporal aspects of life, might be affected by such a proposal,” said Bishop Earl Fernandes and Bishop Paul Bradley. “While no decision has been made, due diligence is needed so an educated and responsible decision can be discerned in a timely manner.”
The Diocese of Steubenville was formed in 1944 from part of the territory of the Diocese of Columbus. Since 1950, the number of Catholics in the Diocese of Steubenville has fallen from 62,000 to 30,000, and the number of people in the city of Steubenville has fallen from 36,000 to 18,000.
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