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===Closure controversy===
On {{date|2006-04-04}}, [[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://www.webcitation.org/6CS36GdrM?url=http://clevelandclergyandreligious.com/directory.php?type=3&id=866|archive-date={{date|2012-11-25}}|url-status=live|access-date={{date|2012-11-25}}}}</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">{{
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 {{date|2012-03-07}}. 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={{date|2012-03-07|}}|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={{date|2012-12-01|}}|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6CZuIf90H?url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/7/vatican-overrules-cleveland-bishop-reverses-closin/|archive-date={{date|2012-12-01|}}|url-status=live}}</ref>
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