History
The Diocese of Cincinnati was erected on 19 June 1821 by Pope Pius VII from territory taken from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bardstown. At the time there was an unwritten prohibition against the building of Catholic churches in Cincinnati. The first church was therefore constructed just outside its boundaries. The diocese lost territory on 8 March 1833 when Pope Gregory XVI erected the Diocese of Detroit and again on 23 April 1847 when Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Cleveland.
On July 19, 1850, Pope Pius IX elevated the diocese to an Archdiocese. On March 3, 1868 the archdiocese lost territory when His Holiness erected the Diocese of Columbus.
In November 2003, following a sexual abuse scandal and two-year investigation by the Hamilton County prosecutor's office, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk entered a plea of nolo contendere regarding five misdemeanor charges of failure to report allegations of child molestation. No criminal judgment was rendered on the allegations themselves, only on the diocese's failure to report the allegations.
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