News of the Diocese

Cleveland Bishop-designate Nelson Perez assists Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez during his visit to New York

Cleveland Bishop-designate Nelson Perez and Rockville Centre Bishop John Barres hosted Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, the first cardinal of El Salvador, on a visit to the Rockville Centre Diocese last weekend. Bishop Perez, who is wrapping up his duties as an auxiliary bishop in Rockville Centre before his Sept. 5 installation as the 11th bishop o...

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Planning shifts to high gear for Bishop Perez’ installation events

As the countdown continues to the installation of Bishop Nelson Perez as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, details of the liturgy and vespers are falling into place. Less than two weeks remain before the historic events: vespers on Sept. 4 and the installation on Sept. 5. Although vespers and the installation liturgy are invitation-only...

Diocesan employees, Apostolic Administrator awed by glimpses of solar eclipse

Where were you when the much-anticipated total solar eclipse occurred on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21? Some diocesan employees at the Cathedral Square Plaza office building in downtown Cleveland took a few minutes to head downstairs and stand on East Ninth Street peering into the sky for a chance to see the rare occurrence. One of the viewers was Fa...

Hundreds celebrate Assumption feast day at national shrine near Warren

A moving candlelight procession honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary highlighted a three-day celebration at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in North Jackson, Ohio, just south of Warren. The faithful, many of the Maronite Catholic tradition, traveled from Youngstown, Cleveland and Akron as well as Pennsylvania and New York to pa...

Historic installation of new Bishop of Cleveland is Sept. 5

For only the 11th time in the 170-year history of the Diocese of Cleveland, a bishop will be installed to lead the more than 675,000 Catholics in the eight-county diocese. The Most Rev. Nelson J. Perez will be installed as Cleveland?s 11th bishop at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 in a special Mass at St. John Cathedral in downtown Cleveland.

Proposed legislation could expand school choice options

State lawmakers are considering legislation that could provide parents with more options for their children?s education, including Catholic, charter and other private schools. ?Parents should have a choice when it comes to educating their children,? said Father John Carlin, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Parma. Eileen Updegrove, princip...