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|heritage designation =Cleveland Designated Landmark<ref name="ClevDesLmrk">{{cite web|work=Cleveland Designated Landmarks|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=City of Cleveland|last1=City of Cleveland. Cleveland Landmarks Commission|title=St. Barbara Church, Rectory and Convent|url=http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/listDetail.php?identity=301|access-date=29 November 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CXYe0PP4?url=web/20160303213033/http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/listDetail.php?identity=301|archive-date=293 NovemberMarch 20122016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|architect =H. C. Gabele<ref name="ClevDesLmrk" />
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|province =[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati|Cincinnati]]
 
|pastor =Rev. Fr. Joseph T. Hilinski<ref name="DoClevDir-Hilinski">{{cite web|work=Directory|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|author=Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious|authorlink=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|title=Rev Joseph T. Hilinski|url=http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=3&id=186|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CXm4MyQY?url=web/20160304022714/http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=3&id=186|archive-date=294 NovemberMarch 20122016|url-status=live|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>
 
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'''St. Barbara Catholic Church''' ({{lang-langx|pl|Parafia św. Barbary w Cleveland}}) is a [[parish in the Catholic Church|parish]] of the [[Roman Rite|Roman]] [[Catholic Church]] in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], within the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|Diocese of Cleveland]]. The parish church is located on Denison Ave. between West 16th St. and the southbound entrance to [[Ohio State Route 176|SR 176]], in a part of the [[Brooklyn Centre]] neighborhood previously known in Polish as {{lang|pl|na Barbarowie}}.<ref name="ECH-Poles">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=[[Case Western Reserve University]]; [[Western Reserve Historical Society]]|edition=Continually updated electronic version|oclc=45394381|origyear=First published 1987|editor1-last=Van Tassel|editor1-first=David D|editor2-last=Grabowski|editor2-first=John J|last1=Grabowski|first1=John J|title=Poles|publication-date=21 July 1997|url=http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=P10|access-date=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CZqktzEr?url=web/20141217101321/http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=P10|archive-date=3017 NovemberDecember 20122014|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The red brick parish church, designed by H.C. Gabele, is a local landmark. It is a [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] named feature.<ref>{{USGS|title=Saint Barbara Roman Catholic Church|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1807098|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref> The church, rectory and convent buildings are listed together as a Cleveland Designated Landmark.<ref name="ClevDesLmrk" />
 
The parish was established in 1905.<ref name="DoClevDir-StBarbara">{{cite web|work=Directory|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|author=Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious|authorlink=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|title=St. Barbara (1202)|url=http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=1&id=94|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CXlg6c6J?url=web/20160304000151/http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=1&id=94|archive-date=294 NovemberMarch 20122016|url-status=live|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>
 
==History==
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===Closure controversy===
 
On 4 April 2006, [[titular Bishop]] [[Richard Lennon]] was appointed Bishop of Cleveland by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref name="DoClevDir-Lennon">{{cite web|author=Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious|authorlink=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|title=The Most Reverend Richard G Lennon|url=http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=3&id=866|work=Directory|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CS36GdrM?url=web/20150118114035/http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=3&id=866|archive-date=2518 NovemberJanuary 20122015|url-status=live|access-date=25 November 2012}}</ref> In 2009, Bishop Lennon undertook a massive downsizing, ordering the closing of 50 parishes throughout the diocese, citing demographic shifts, the ongoing [[priest shortage in the Catholic Church|priest shortage]], and maintenance costs. This led to outcry, however, not only from parishioners but from civil authorities.<ref name="omalley">{{citation|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/06/closing_of_st_emeric_marks_end.html|title=Closing of St. Emeric marks end of Cleveland Catholic Diocese downsizing|date=June 28, 2010|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|first=Michael|last=O'Malley|accessdate=July 15, 2019}}</ref>
 
The suppression of 13 of the closed parishes, among them St. Barbara's, was reversed in a ruling by the [[Congregation for the Clergy]] announced 7 March 2012. The Associated Press reported on the importance of this church to the [[inner city]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Times|location=Washington, DC|publisher=The Washington Times, LLC|agency=Associated Press|title=Vatican overrules Cleveland bishop, reverses closing of 13 parishes|date=7 March 2012|last1=Sheeran|first1=Thomas J|last2=Lindsay|first2=Jay|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/7/vatican-overrules-cleveland-bishop-reverses-closin/|access-date=1 December 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CZuIf90H?url=web/20120308172355/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/7/vatican-overrules-cleveland-bishop-reverses-closin//|archive-date=18 DecemberMarch 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On 12 March 2012, the Diocesan Department of Communications announced that, "The Diocese has not formally received from the Vatican any decrees from the Congregation of Clergy concerning parish appeals; subsequently, no response is available at this time."<ref>{{cite press release|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|last1=Diocese of Cleveland. Department of Communications|authorlink1=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|title=Statement of Bishop Richard Lennon on Reported Parish Decrees|date=12 March 2012
|url=http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/StatementReportedParishDecrees.pdf
|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CV8qJjuB?url=web/20160304023629/http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/StatementReportedParishDecrees.pdf|archive-date=274 NovemberMarch 20122016|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 March 2012, Lennon, through a press release from the Diocesan Department of Communications announced that, "As indicated in my previous statement, I promised to inform you when I had received from the Vatican Congregation for Clergy decrees associated with parish appeals. The decrees arrived on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The process to review these rulings will now be undertaken with my advisors."<ref>{{cite press release|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|last1=Diocese of Cleveland. Department of Communications|authorlink1=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|title=Statement of Bishop Richard Lennon upon Receiving Vatican Decrees|date=14 March 2012
|url=http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/StatementReceivedVaticanDecrees.pdf
|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CV90wbIG?url=web/20160304040312/http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/StatementReceivedVaticanDecrees.pdf|archive-date=274 NovemberMarch 20122016|url-status=live}}</ref> He further announced, on 27 March 2012, that, "With the help of a number of advisors &ndash; including members of the clergy, laity and experts in church law &ndash; I am carefully studying and seeking to fully understand the decrees. I can assure you that this is not nearly as clear-cut as it may appear on the surface. Although the decrees are brief in length, they are deep in underlying meaning and I continue to receive significant input and clarification."<ref>{{cite press release|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|last1=Lennon|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Lennon|title=129/2012|date=27 March 2012
|url=http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/Letter%20-%20Bishop%20Lennon%20-%202012-03-27.pdf
|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CV9MkaB0?url=web/20120717085045/http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/Letter%20-%20Bishop%20Lennon%20-%202012-03-27.pdf|archive-date=2717 NovemberJuly 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
St. Barbara was among eleven parishes re-established in 2012.<ref name="mcintyre">{{citation|url=https://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/2017/03/five_years_ago_vatican_ordered_12.html|first=Michael|last=McIntyre|title=Parishioners forgiving, reconnecting 5 years after Catholic churches reopened|date=March 7, 2017|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|accessdate=July 15, 2019}}</ref> On 27 June 2012, Lennon announced the appointment of Father Joseph Hilinski as Pastor.<ref>{{cite press release|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Diocese of Cleveland|last1=Diocese of Cleveland. Office of the Bishop|authorlink1=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland|title=Announcement from Cle. Bishop Richard Lennon|date=27 June 2012|url=http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/BishopPastorAnnouncement2012-06-27.pdf|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CV7hPr2Q?url=web/20131227164648/http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2012/BishopPastorAnnouncement2012-06-27.pdf|archive-date=27 NovemberDecember 20122013|url-status=live|quote=Reverend Joseph Hilinski has been appointed Pastor of St. Barbara parish in Cleveland effective Monday, 16 July 2012.}}</ref>
 
The first [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] since the reopening of the church was celebrated Sunday, 22 July 2012.<ref name="OMalley-2012-07-18">{{cite news|agency=The Plain Dealer|work=Cleveland.com|last=O'Malley|first=Michael|title=More Catholic churches in Greater Cleveland schedule reopening Masses|location=Cleveland, OH|publisher=Cleveland Live LLC|date=18 July 2012|url=http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2012/07/more_catholic_churches_schedul.html|access-date=1 December 2012|archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CZvzjVhT?url=web/20120720010421/http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2012/07/more_catholic_churches_schedul.html|archive-date=120 DecemberJuly 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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