‘Further discussion regarding the Diocese of Steubenville’s future will be conducted at the diocesan level,’ Bishop Jeffrey Monforton said Nov. 7. More than 1.
STEUBENVILLE A proposed merger between the Diocese of Steubenville and the Diocese of Columbus is back on the table, diocesan officials confirmed Monday. Bishop Paul J. Bradley, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Steubenville, said in a joint news release they’d been tasked by the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican’s diplomatic arm, with working together […]
STEUBENVILLE A proposed merger with the Diocese of Columbus is back on the table, Diocese of Steubenville officials confirmed Monday. Bishop Paul J. Bradl
STEUBENVILLE A proposed merger with the Diocese of Columbus is back on the table, diocesan officials confirmed Monday. Bishop Paul J. Bradley, Apostolic
Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio, gives the homily during Mass with members of the USCCB Region VI at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Dec. 10, 2019, during their ad Limina Apostolorum visit. / Daniel Ibanez/CNABoston, Mass., Nov 9, 2022 / 10:30 am (CNA).Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey Monforton announced Monday that a proposed merger with the Diocese of Columbus will be put on hold.Announced in early October citing several demographic and vocational concerns, the proposed merger between the two dioceses brought a host of negative feedback and disappointment from many within the diocese. Monforton s announcement comes about a week before the U.S. bishops conference planned to vote on the merger at its annual meeting in Baltimore."Since the October 10th announcement of a proposed merger between the Diocese of Steubenville and the Diocese of Columbus, many have voiced their counsel, including disappointment and even fear," Monforton wrote in his Nov. 7