
Five Highlights from Bishop Bonnar’s Pastoral Letter
Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love: Living the Virtues Together in Tough Times is Bishop Bonnar’s second pastoral letter as bishop for the Diocese of Youngstown.

Practicing Faith, Hope, and Love: Living the Virtues Together in Tough Times is Bishop Bonnar’s second pastoral letter as bishop for the Diocese of Youngstown.



More than 800 people gathered at Saint John School in Ashtabula on May 11 for the K-12 Catholic School’s annual Grandparents’ Day Mass, celebrated by Bishop David J. Bonnar.

Wedding Anniversary Mass celebrated on May, 7, 2023 at The Cathedral of St. Columba with Most Reverend David J. Bonnar, Bishop of Youngstown as celebrant. Honoring couples observing their 25th 40th 50th and over wedding anniversaries in 2023.

An evening for the Youth Groups of Stark and Portage Counties to enjoy games, food, prayer, and meet our Diocesan Seminarians and Bishop Bonnar.

Though the Diocese of Youngstown is just 80 years old, Catholics started settling in the region more than 200 years ago.

Bishop Bonnar’s thoughts on the inaugural issue of The Catholic Echo

Bishop Bonnar will preside at the Mass of Ordination for William Wainio and Kevin Bertleff to the Sacred Order of Deacon. The Mass will be live-streamed.

This Sunday, April 9, 2023 at St. Columba Cathedral, Bishop David J. Bonnar, Bishop of Youngstown celebrates Mass for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord with Barb Zorn as lector/cantor and Ralph Holtzhauser as organist. Sunday Masses for The Diocese of Youngstown are prerecorded and posted on Youtube and at cxtholicechol.org.