St. Mary Church in Conneaut permanently closed last week, joining the ranks of dozens of Christian churches across Ohio to shutter because of declining attendance.

St. Mary Church was dedicated Sept. 3, 1871 at a cost of more than $200,000. The Gothic-style church was of granite brought from the quarries of Maine and New Hampshire.

LANCASTER - St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first mass said in the city at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Diocese of Columbus Bishop Frederick ...

The first Catholic church in Cleveland was the first to be closed: the last Mass was said at St. Mary's on-the-Flats in Jan. 1886 and the decaying building razed 2 years later. Ohio Historic Records ...