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CLEVELAND OHIO CHURCHES AND THEIR PASTORS

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Last Updated 22 May 2009

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ARCHWOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Web Page: http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=AUCOC

- 2800 Archwood near Pearl - Phone: (216) 351-1060

Archwood was founded in 1819 as a Presbyterian Church. It merged with Fourth Evangelical Reformed Church on Woodbridge Ave. There were two groups of ministers. Those for the Evangelical Reformed, and those for the Congregational. The ones below were for the Congregational Church. See Fourth Evengelical for those pastors.

Pastor's Name
From
To

John BALLEN 1856 1867

J.W. HARGRAVE 1878 1882

John H. MERRILL 1882 1889

Thomas EDMUND 1889 1909

Frank E. BIGELOW 1909 1916

Robert BLYTH 1917 1923

Rev. BAXTER 1925

Laurie J. SHARP 1923 1953

Russell DENISON 1953 1961

Orie VanDeVISSE 1961 1962

Paul R. HUNTER 1962 1969

Tom MOLLER 1970's

Helen GREER 1980's

David BARR 1990's

BETHANIEN KIRCHE (BETHANY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST)

- first at Burton (W. 44th) & Storer - later at 3388 W. 41st St. at Storer

Phone: (216) 631-6132

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Wilhelm BEHRENDT	1894	1913
Rev. FOSTER	1917
Rev. Henry E. VOSS	1918	1924
Rev. Donna BROOKS	1998

BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Fulton & Storer

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. T. P. LAMB	1908	1913
Rev. Stephen WILSON	1918	1935

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, CONGREGATIONAL

- Formed 1926. Located first at 1726 Schaaf Road, Brooklyn Hts., OH, 44109

- Currently located at 2005 West Schaaf road, Cleveland, OH 44109

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. R. B. BLYTH	1922
Rev. Kirk M. DEWEY	8 March 1926	Sept 1928
Rev. William I. MULDER	1930	Feb 1930
Rev. N. E. ESCOTT	1930	June 1936
Rev. J. G. APPLETON	1936	1938
Rev. Benjamin BURTT (intern)	1938
Rev. Dr. R. B. BLYTH		Dec 1946
Dr. George PULLMAN	1954
Rev. Kendrick STRONG	1954	1960
Rev. Charles V. LEE	1960	1971
Rev. Louis R. KNOWLES (Asst.)		2 Jun 1962
Rev. Ross BLACKMER	1963	1967
Rev. Clifford R. SAUNDERS	1971
Dr. Rev. Elam WIEST	interim	1989
Rev. Donald NORENBERG	interim	1997
Rev. James R. CLARK	Nov 1990	Aug 1997
Dr. Jacob WAGNER	Aug 1997	May 1999
Rev. Walker William CRAWFORD		present

EIGHTH EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH

- Willowdale & Pearl

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. H.J. RUETENIK	1891	1906
Rev. Jesse H. STRING	1913	1921
Rev. Harry J. ROHRBAUGH	1924

EMMANUEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH

- 2536 W. 14 (Jennings) & Starkweather, northwest corner

Phone: (216) 687-1722

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. L. SCHEUERMANN	1862	1866
Rev. J. K. PONTIUS	1866	1868
Rev. George HASENPFLUG
Rev. G. F. SPRENG	1871	1875
Rev. J. G. THEUER
Rev M. GUHL	1876	1879
Rev. Jacob J. LANG	1883
Rev John D. SEIP	1887
Rev Fredrick MILLER	1891
Rev. Charles F. SCHOEPFLIN	1894
Rev. Jacob J. LANG	1898
Rev. J. E. MOELLER	1902
Rev. Henry WEIGAND	1906
Rev. F. MUELLER	1908
Rev. Martin NEUMEISTER	1913
Rev. G. S. GRATZ	1921
Rev. Walter YAECKER	1924

FIRST EVANGELICAL & REFORMED CHURCH

currently called CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FOURSQUARE CHURCH)

- Penn St. (W. 32nd) & Carroll)

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. W. FORWICK	1872	1883
Rev. J. H. C. ROENTGEN	1887	1902
Rev. F. William LEICH	1906
Rev. John W. BELSER	1913
Rev. Conrad HOFFMAN	1918
Rev. John SOMMERLATTE	1921

FIRST GERMAN CHURCH

Pastor's Name
From
To

Ernest C. BUHRE 1845 1846

Charles C. HELWIG 1846 1847

Benneville BRAUMILLER 1849

Jacob KRAHBEAL 1861 1862

Carl F. HEITMEIER 1868 1869

Gustav BERTRAM 1869 1870

John FICKEN 1871 1873

Christian NACHTREIB 1873 1874

William BORCHERDING 1874 1876

Christian GOLDER 1879

Johann H. SCHIMMELPFENIG 1882 1885

E. WUNDERLICH 1882 1885

Herman HERZER 1885 1888

B. F. BEAL 1912

FIRST M. E. CHURCH

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. C. E. FELTON Jan 1868

Charles L. DeBOW 1930

FIRST CHURCH UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH

Pastor's Name
From
To

E. LICHT 1855 1858

  B. FRILLMAN 1857

H. C. CROMM 1859

  C. F. ECKERT 1860 1862

  G. BAEKER 1862 1864

E. LORENZ 1866 1868

C. STREICH 1868 1871

M. BUSSDICKER 1871

A. KRAUSE 1872 1876

  J. EARNEST 1876 1878

FOURTH EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH

- Woodbridge Ave. & W. 32 St.

Phone (216) 351-1060

The Fourth Evangelical Reformed Church was formed out of a German speaking Sunday School. It began in 1869, as a mission of the First Evangelical & Reformed Church at Penn St. (W. 32nd) & Carroll. In 1873, Fourth Church was located on Louis (W. 32) south of Clark, and in 1910 moved to Woodbridge Avenue. It merged with Archwood United Church of Christ.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Henry TRAUTMANN	1873	1881
Rev. N. WEIRS	1881	1888
Rev. John F. WINTER	1891	1894
Rev. Martin VITZ	1895	1897
Rev. Ernst W. HENSCHEH	1897	1903
John F. WINTER	1889	1895
Rev. T. Edmund LEWIS	1906
Rev Louis D. BENNER	1906	1908
Rev. Adolph Wm. KRAMPE	1908	1920
Rev. Edward A. KIELSMEYER	1920	1942
Rev. Victor E. WALENTA	1942	1968
Rev. WEISS

FRANKLIN CIRCLE CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) - Later became F RANKLIN STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Lathrop COOLEY	1846	1852
Rev. A. B. GREEN	1853	1855
Rev. Lathrop COOLEY	1856	1857
Rev. James A. GARFIELD	1857	1858
Rev. William ROBISON	1859
Rev. W. D. WINTER	1860	1861
Rev C. C. FOOTE	1863	1864
Rev. B. A. HINSDALE	1865	1866
Rev. C. C. FOOTE	1867
Rev. James CANNON	1868
Rev. S. E. SHEPARD	1869	1871
Rev. Lathrop COOLEY	1872	1873
Rev. Alanson WILCOX	1874	1879
Rev. J. M. ATWATER	1883
Rev. S. L. DARSIE	1887	1891
Rev H. E. ALLEN	1894
Rev. John Wells ALLEN	1898
Rev. William SNIFF	1902
Rev. Ed BAGLEY	1908
Rev. W. F. ROTHENBURGER	1913	1918
Rev. G. Hooker GROOM	1921	1924

FRIEDENS KIRCHE , currently FRIEDENS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

- 3589 Kimmel Rd.

Phone: (216) 641-7822

Founded 1887

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. W. W. ORWIG	1874	1876
Rev. Adam BORNHEIMER	1875	1882
Rev. Heinrich STAEBLER	1891
Rev. Franz OPPERMANN	1894	1898
Rev. J. DINGELDEY	1898
Rev. Charles C. GEBAUER	1902	1913
Rev. John F. TREFZER	1916	1918
Rev. Walter F. BAUMAN	1921
Rev. Adolph EGLI	1924
Rev. Victor VALENTA
Rev. Joyce T. MORRIS	1998

GERMAN CHURCH WESTSIDE

Pastor's Name
From
To

John BALDUFF 1851 1853

George BERG 1856 1867

Gottlieb NACHTREIB 1856 1861

Carl BOZENHART 1861 1863

Carl F. HEITMEIER 1863 1864

John S. SCHNEIDER 1868 1876

Heinrich BUDDENBAUM 1871 1872

Albert NAST 1872 1874

William BORCHERDING 1876 1879

David GRASSELE 1884 1887

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION

2187 West 14th Street (near Fairfield)

(216) 861-0116

Built in 1912, the only place of worship for the Greeks until 1937

Pastor's Name
From
To

John ZOGRATOS 1924 1928 at least

HOLY GHOST BYZANTINE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

2420 West 14th Street at Kenilworth

(216) 861-2177

Pastor's Name
From
To

Emil BUREK 1909 1913

Michael MITRO 1911 1913

Sigsmund BRINSKY 1913

Cornelius ZAPOTOCZKY 1913 1916

Nicholas DUDA 1916 1918

Augustine KOMPORDAY 1918

Joseph P. HANULYA 1908 1953

Demetrius YACKANICH 1926

Michael HREBIN 1949 1950

Stephen LUZETSKY 1950 1951

Myron HORVATH 1951 1952

Paul WASLUS 1952 1953

Raymond MISULICH 1956

John BORODACH 1957 1958

Myron BADNEROSKY 1958 1959

Joseph REPKO present

HOLY NAME CHURCH

On Broadway

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Jacob A. KUHN	July 1863	1867
Rev. John DAUDET	1867	1871
Rev. Joseph GALLAGHER	Jan 1 1871	Jan 30 1886
Rev. John T. CARROLL	Feb 1886	1913
Rev. William A. KANE	1907
Rev. Patcrick J. O'CONNELL	1913	1922
Rev. Dr. William SCULLEN	1922	Mar 25 1943
Rev. Richard P. WALSH	1935
Reb. Edward TULLY	1941
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Charles M. McDONOUGH	May 12, 1943	Oct 2, 1968
Rev. Albert A. KARPER	1953
Rev. John J. KILCOYNE	Oct 20, 1968	Aug 29, 1973
Rev. John C. DALTON	1973	1993
Rev. Vincent MORAGHAN	1993

HOLY SPIRIT BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

http://massintransit.com/oh.holysprt-oh-prma/index.html

5500 West 54th Street, Parma, OH

established 1968

Pastor's Name
From
To

Lawrence J. SLAVIK Original Pastor

Rev. Dennis M. HRUBIAK present

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH

- 4129 Superior Ave.

Founded 1856

Phone: (216) 431-5900

Branched off from St. John's Cathedral

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. A. SAUVADET	1865	1871
Rev. T.P. THORPE	1871	1877
Rev. Fr. A. R. SIDLEY	1876	1894
Rev. T. P. THORPE	1898	1902
Rev. Patrick FARRELL	1908
Rev. George F. MURPHY	1913	1924

IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN -

2928 Scranton Road.

Phone: (216) 781-9511

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Henry WESELOH	1852	1925
Rev. HINZ	1890	1956
Rev. Horst HOYER	1957	1998
Rev. Jay LEMANSKI	1998	present

JENNINGS AVENUEMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

- Jennings & SE corner of Starkweather

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Albert VANCAMP	1887
Rev. W. C. ENDLY	1891	1894
Rev. John MITCHELL	1898
Rev. Glezen A. REEDER	1902
Rev. Monroe J. KEYES	1906
Rev. J. B. MC CLAY	1908	1913

NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Pastor's Name

From

Charles Harvey LEMMON

OLD STONE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Previously called The First Presbyterian Church

located on Public Square

Founded September 19, 1820 in the old log court house. The first church building was completed on 26 February 1834. This was the "Old Stone church" that stood until 1853. It was demolished to make way for a new church, which soon burned down, and was immediately replaced by the present church

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Randolph STONE	1820	1822
Rev. William McLEAN	1822	1823
Rev. S. G. BRADSTREET	1823	1830
Rev. Samuel HUTCHINS	1831	1833
Rev. John KEEP	1833	1835
Rev. S.C. AIKEN	1835	1861
Rev. William H. GOODRICH	1858	1875
Rev. Hiram C. HAYDN	1872	1908
Rev. Burt E. HOWARD	1890
Rev. Andrew B. MELDRUM	1908	1921
Rev. W. H. FOULKES	1924

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Pearl and State

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. Luke RATH 1918

Rev. Sebastian KREMER 1921 1924

Rev L. A. HOYING

Alvin H. BURNS 1967

OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Web Page: http://www.slavicvillagehistory.org/lourdes.htm

- Hamm & E. 55th

Phone: (216) 641-2829

In 1882, Father Anton Hynek, then pastor of St. Wenceslaus, bought six lots at the corner of Hamm Ave. & E. 55 and established Our Lady of Lourdes at that location. He was not the pastor there.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Father Stephen FURDEK 1882 1915

Father John T. CARROLL 1902

Father Oldrich ZLAMAL 1915 1955

Father Francis MARUNA 1955 1959

Father Francis HABART 1959 1961

Father John ANDEL 1961 1980

Father Dennis TOMCZYK 1980 1987

Father James J. MASEK 1987 present

OUR LADY OF MERCY

2425 West 11th Street

Phone: (216) 781-8277

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. Francis J. DUBOSH 1924 1927

Rev. John W. KRISPINSKY 1927 1964

Rev. Andrew LAHETA 1964 1988

Rev. Gary GRESKO 1988 1990's

Rev Josehp HILINSKI 1990's present

PENTECOST LUTHERAN LAKEWOOD

This church combined with Saints Peter & Paul Luthern in Lakewood in January 2003 to form Grace Luthern Church (Lakewood)

Pastor's Name
From
To

Pastor Donald M. Hayas Oct 1980 January 2004

PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Web Page: http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=PCC1

- 2592 W. 14 (Jennings) & SW corner of Starkweather

Phone: (216) 861-7388

Pilgrim Church was originally started as a Sunday School in 1854 in Tremont, then called University Heights. It was organized as a church in 1859 and was then known as University Heights Congregational Church. From 1865-1870 it was on W. 14th St. In the 1870's it was known as Heights Congregational, in the 1880's as Jennings Avenue Congregational, and in 1893 a new church was built at 2592 W. 14, and then became known as Pilgrim Congregational Church.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. William H. BREWSTER 1859 1868

Rev. T. K. NOBLE 1869 1872

Rev. William H. WARREN 1873 1875

Rev. Newell M. CALHOUN 1876 1883

Rev. Julian M. STURTEVANT 1887 1891

Rev. Charles S. MILLS 1894 1902

Rev. Dan F. BRADLEY 1906 1930

Rev. Laurinda M. HAFNER 1998

SAINTS PETER & PAUL LUTHERAN IN LAKEWOOD

This church combined with Pentecost Luthern Lakewood in January 2003. to form Grace Lutheran Church (Lakewood)

Pastor's Name
From
To

SAINTS PETER & PAUL UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC

2280 West 7th Street

(216) 861-2176

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev.Wolodymyr DOWHOWYCZ 1902

Rev. Demetrus DOBROTWAR 1913

Rev. Philemon TARNOVSKY 1921

Rev. Eustachyj SYDORIAK 1924

Rev. Leo LEWICKY 1928

Rev Dmytro KRESKO 1947

SCHIFFLEIN CHRISTI INDEPENDANT LUTHERAN CHURCH (Christ's Little Ship)

Web Page: http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SC1

- Superior & Dodge

Schifflein Christi was founded in 1834 as the first evangelical protestant congregation in Cleveland. It was located at Erie St. (E. 9th) & Hamilton until 1876. It then relocated to Superior & Dodge Street. In 1842, some of it's congregation left and went to Zion Church.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. TANKA 1835

Rev. William BUSEY

Rev. Mr. Adolph ALLART - church then at Hamilton and Erie Street 1839 1853

Rev. Theodore STENMEAR

Rev. William SCHMITT

Rev. Frederick PORUSS

Rev. Bemjamin FIETH

Rev. Henry SCHORNSTEN 1877

Rev. Charles MUENCH 1878 1879

Rev. Ferdinand BUESSER 1883

Rev. J. ANDRES 1887 1891

Rev. Frederick R. VONSCHLUEMBACH 1894 1898

Rev. Otto TELLE

Rev. STEINMEYER

Rev. Erich BECKER 1906 1908

Rev. J. S. HUEBSCHMANN 1913 1921

Rev. J. C. HANSEN 1924

SECOND CHURCH (UNITED BRETHERN IN CHRIST) later became St. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

- Elton & Dudley Streets

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. August KRAUSE	1877
Rev. John SICK	1883
Rev. John P. MOSSHAMMER	1887
Rev. A. W. KOPITTKE	1891
Rev. Henry J. FRANK	1894	1898
Rev. John DUNZWEILER	1902
Rev. Emil WAGNER	1908
Rev. J. H. STEPER	1913
Rev. W. H. BUNGE	1918	1924

ST. AUGUSTINE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

- 2486 W. 14 th Street (Jennings Ave.) & Howard St.

(216) 781-5530

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. C. A. GRAMMONSCHETT	1867	1872
Rev. T. W. HIGGINS	1873
Rev. J. P. CARROLL	1874
Rev. W. J. GIBBONS	1874	1879
Rev. Edward MEARS	1875	1877
Rev. W. J. GIBBONS	1877	1879
Rev. Michael MURPHY	1879	1887
Rev. John O'CONNOR	1891	1906
Rev. John J. SCULLIN	1906
Rev. Raymond MYLOTT	1908	1921
Rev. John NOLAN	1924
Rev. Francis COLLINS	1928
Rev. William WALSH
Rev John F. WILSON	1964
Rev. Thomas SEBIAN
Rev. John KRASEN	1970's
Rev. Joseph McNULTY	1977

ST. BRIDGET'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Perry & Woodland

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Father LEIGH	1857	1865
Rev. James MONAGHAN	1865	1872
Rev. B. B. KELLEY	1872	1874
Rev. P. J. McGUIRE	1874	1876
Rev. Wm. McMAHON	1876	1908
Rev. James F. COLLINS	1813	1924

ST. IGNATIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH

- West Blvd. and Lorain Avenue

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Joseph HOERSTMANN	1908	1918
Rev. Thomas HANRAHAN	1921	1924
Rev. Robert J. GLEPKO	1982

ST. JOHANNE'S INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH, currently INDEPENDANT EVANGELICAL CHURCH

- 2907 W. 44 at Interstate 90

Phone: (216) 631-7772

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. H. C. FACK	Oct 15, 1879	July 1880
Reb. A. BAUR	July 1880	Aug 1, 1881
Reb. C. MOENCH	Sept 18, 1881	Apr 1883
Rev. Carl W. WEISS	Jun 17, 1883	Oct 14, 1925
Rev. J. E. KLEIN	Nov 1925	??
Rev. Martin ILSE	1921
Rev. G. F. KUMMER

ST. JOHN OF CANTIUS POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH

- 906 College Street at Fairfield & Professor Streets

Phone: (216) 781-9095

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Hippolit ORLOWSKI	1898	1908
Rev. Francis DOPPKE	1908	1917
Rev. Joseph P. KOCINSKI	1917	1932
Rev. Marion ORZECHOWSKI	1932	1939
Rev. Francis B. DUDA	1939	?
Rev Edward GACKOWSKI	?	1956
Rev. Francis A. SZUDAREK	1956	1969
Rev. Ralph A. BODZIONY	1969	1984

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL -

Superior and E. 9th St.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Louis deGOESBRIAND	1847
Rev. Amadeus RAPPE	1848	1870
Rev. J. F. GALLAGHER	1869	1871
Rev. E. HANNIN	1871	1872
Rev. F.M. BOFF	1872	1877
Rev. T.P. THORPE	1877	1894
Rev. George VAHEY	1898
Rev. Patrick FARR	1902
Rev. Thomas F. FAHEY	1908
Rev. Thomas C. O'REILLY	1913	1924

St JOHN NEPOMUCENE CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Fleet & East 50th St.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. F. J. HROCH

1908

1924

St. JOHN THE BAPTIST BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Cleveland, OH

established at St. Joseph Chapel 1898

E23rd & Woodland

http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SJTBBRC

http://www.parma.org/

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. Peter KESHELAK 1900

Victor POPOVICH 1902

Vladimir MOCHANI 1903

Gabriel CHOPNIK 1904

Alexius NOVAK 1905

Nestor VALENSKI 1905

Emil BURIK 1906

Eugene VOCCHI 1909

Eugene PETRASSOVICH 1909

Stephen MAKAR 1914

Peter POPOVICH 1915

Leo NOVITZSKY 1917

J. SCHREMBS 1921

Stephen GULYASSY 1922 1966

Rev. Msgr. Joseph BODNAR 1966

George IVANCHO 1966

Robert JARNOVITZ 1968

Bishop Emil MIHALICH 1969

Rev. Msgr. Eugene CRAMOGA 1969

Rev. Msgr. Nicholas REPKO 1975

Rev. Msgr. Frank KORBET 1979

Robert JARNOVICH 1987

Bishop PATAKI 1991

Bishop Basil M. SCHOTT

Rev. Msgr. Robert YARNOVITZ

St. LUKES CHURCH, formerly the German United Evangelical Church of Brighton

- 4216 Pearl Rd (W. 25th) at Memphis

founded 1853

Phone: (216) 351-4422

St Lukes was the second church in the community of Old Brooklyn. The original movement to found a church was begun by 40 German families in an old school house at the corner of Broadview & Schaaf Roads. By 1853, the congregation was too large to stay in the school house, so they purchased land at the corner of Memphis and Pearl Roads, the site of an ancient Indian Burial ground. The congregation was named the German United Evangelical Church of Brighton. The current church wa built in 1903.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. ALLERD	1842
Rev. STEMPEL	1851
Rev. KEHR
Rev. METZGER
Rev. FISCHER
Rev. STAUSS
Rev. BECKER
Rev. SIMON
Rev. SERSLING
Rev. SCHRAM
Rev. Charles SCHROECK	1865	1876
Rev. C. W. LOCHER	1876	1880
Rev. EBBINGHAUS	1880	1882
Rev. Otto RUSCH	1882	1928
Rev. ZWILLING	1928
Interim minister Rev. WEINGARDNER
Interim minister Rev. KIMMERER
Rev. STURM
Rev. THOMAS
Rev. FRENCH
Rev. TOWNSEND	presently

ST. MALACHI CATHOLIC CHURCH

- 2459 Washington Avenue at Superior

Organized in 1865. The church worshipped at St. Mary's on the Flat's from 1865 - 1868.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. J.P. MALONEY	1865	1879
Rev. T. SMYTH (assistant)
Rev. M.P. KINKEAD(assistant)
Rev. W.J. FITZGERALD(assistant)
Rev. John McHALE	1908	1913
Rev. John F. McINERNEY	1918	1924

St. MARY'S BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

http://www.byzantines.net/stmary-parma

4600 State Road, Cleveland, OH

established 1938

Pastor's Name
From
To

Daniel IVANCHO 1940

Nicholas ELKO 1947

Rev. Msgr. Joseph BODNER 1952

Rev. Stephen KOPLINKA present

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH (ON THE FLATS) later known as ST. MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION

- Columbus & Girard St.

This church was known as "Our Lady of the Lake". It was the first Roman Catholic Church in the Flats area. Services were held here from 1839 to 1886 after moving from Shakespeare Hall. It was an important church to the large Irish population that lived and worked in the Flats. It later in1853 became known as ST. MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION - Jersey St. & Carroll St.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. John DILLON	??	1837
Rev. P. O'DWYER	1837	1838
Rev. P. McLAUGHLIN	1838	1839
Rev. Maurice HOWARD	1839	1847
Rev. Louis DeGOESBRIAND	1847	1852

RENAMED ST MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Henry LUHR	1853	1856
Rev. Louis KRAMER	1854	1857
Rev. H. OBERMALLER	1857	1861
Rev. HAMMER	1861	1862
Rev. Stephen FALK	1862	1879
Rev. Michael ZOELLER	1883	1887
Rev. John B. NEUSTICH	1891	1894
Rev. Victor SCHEPPACH	1898	1902
Rev. Andrew SMREKAR	1909	1910
Rev. Anthony HARTMANN	1906	1908
Rev. Rudolph MESCHENMOSER	1913	1921
Rev. Augustine M. HACKERT	1924

ST. MICHAELS CATHOLIC CHURCH (GERMAN)

Web Page: http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SMC1

- 3114 Scranton at Clark Ave.

Phone: (216) 861-6297

St. Michaels was founded in 1881. The church on Scranton & Clark was built in 1889. Prior to the establishment of the Church in 1883, Rev Michael Zoeller, who was Pastor of St Mary of the Assumption (the Carroll and Jersey Church) established a Mission at/for St Michael which made Rev Zoeller the first Pastor of St. Michaels (before the Church itself was established for the years 1881-1883).

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. Joseph Mary KOUDELKA 1883 1911

Rev Ludwig HERBERTH July 1895 Nov 1895

Rev George C SCHOENMAN Mar 1886 July 1886

Rev. Dr. Augustine BRIEG 1902 1911

Rev Joseph M PAULUS 1911 1913

Rt Rev Msgr John A SCHAFFELD 1913 1943

Rt Rev Roman F BACHER 1943 1964

Very Rev John F GRUSS 1964 1975

Rev Richard J ZIEGLER 1975

St. MICHAEL'S RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

http://www.oca.org/OCA/pim/oca-mw-brosmc.html

East Mill Road, Broadview Heights, OH

established 1922

Pastor's Name
From
To

Joseph ANTONOFF 1923

Joseph STEPHANKO 1926

Vladimir PRISLOPSKY 1933

Nicholas GOBORA 1971

John MEMORICH 1996

ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Bridge and Fulton Road

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. James V. CONLAN 1869 1877

Rev. E. M. O'CALLAGHAN 1877 1879

Rev T. M. MAHONEY 1883 1887

Rev. Patrick O'BRIEN 1891 1894

Rev James O'LEARY 1898

Rev. Francis T. MORAN 1902 1924

St. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL and REFORMED CHURCH

(earlier was SECOND EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH)

St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church originated in a congregation organized as the Second German Evangelical Church on April 18 1858. Rev. J. M. STEINER was the first pastor. Affiliation with the Evangelical Synod of North America came in 1862. A church was erected on Scovill Ave at East 28th Street. The cornerstone of a new house of worship was laid September 11 1921 at East 127th Street and Woodland Ave.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Pastor John M. STEINER 1858

Rev. GROEMLEIN

Rev. John Charles YOUNG 1872 1881

Rev. John BANK 1872 1875

Rev. Albert ZELLER 1876 1879

Rev. W. H. BUETTNER

Pastor J. H. STEPLER 1906

Rev. Henry F. DETERS 1908

Rev. William H. LEONHARDT 1913

Rev. Adolph SCHMIDT 1918

St. PAUL EVENGELICAL, later UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

- Corner of W. 44 ST. & Bridge Ave

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. H. KRAUSE	1872	1875
Rev. O. C. KLOCKSEIN	1891
Rev. Carl KOCH	1894
Rev. John R. BODMER	1898
Rev. Herman ROGATZKY	1902
Rev. Emil G. BOCH	1906
Rev. Christian BAUMANN	1913
Rev. M. C. MORLOCK	1918
Rev. H. C. BEYER	1921
Rev. John H. HOLTCAMP	1924

St. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH

- 1533 East 17 Street at the corner of Superior.Avenue

Phone: (216) 861-1798

- founded 1853

St. Peters was the first German Roman Catholic parish in Cleveland (1853). The Germanic westsiders claimed that the location was too far on the eastside so they organized their own German church, St Mary of the Assumption at Carroll Avenue and Jersey Street (West 30 St). St Peters continues, St Marys was closed some years ago.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Father Anthony KRASNY 1847 1869

Father John H. LUHR 1853 1868

Rev. Francis WESTERHOLD 1868 1896

Rt. Rev. Msgr Nicholas PFEIL 1897 1935

Rev. George L. KOOB 1936 1940

Rt. Rev George M. DENNERIE 1940 1945

Rev Jerome J. SCHNEIDER 1945 1975

Rev. Richard F. BYRNE 1975

St. PROKOPS CATHOLIC CHURCH

3181 W. 41 st St.

In the year 1872, at the request of the Bohemian Roman Catholics living on the west side, Rev. Bishop GILMOUR granted permission for the erection of a church on Burton Street. The building was completed and dedicated in 1874, by Rev. T.M. BOFF.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Joseph M. KOUDELKA	1874	1883
Rev. Anthony VLCEK	1887	1891
Rev. Wenceslas A. PANUSKA	1898
Rev Peter M. CERVENY	1902	1924

St. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Forman & East 65th Street

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Wolfgangus JANIETZ	1883
Rev. A. F. KOLASZEWSKI	1887	1891
Rev. Benedict ROSINSKI	1894	1902
Rev Theobald KALAMAJA	1908
Rev. Damian KOZEOLIK	1913
Rev. Wenceslas KRZYCKI	1918	1921
Rev. Theobald KALAMAJA	1924

St. STEPHEN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

Froman & East 65th St.

Founded by Rev. H FALK, by dividing St. Mary's Parish in 1869

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Casmir REICHLIN	1869	1913
Rev. J. R. FORRER	1898

St. THEODOSIUS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX

Web Page:http://www.oca.org/OCA/pim/oca-mw-clestk.html

Also http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=STROC

- 733 Starkweather Avenue - Cleveland, Ohio

Phone: (216) 861-5363

- Organized 1896

Contact Ellyn Fill for lookups in the "50th Year Golden Jubilee Book of St. Theodosius 1896-1946" at [email protected]

Pastor's Name

From

Reverend John NEDZELNITSKY	1896
Very Rev. Jason R. KAPPANADZE	1902	1907
Very Rev Vasili VASILIEFF	1908
Rev. CHEPELEFF	1909
Rev. Wasily LISENKOVSKY	1910	1921
Rev. PETROWSKY
Rev. Alexander KUKELEVSKY
Very Rev. Jason R. KAPPANADZE	1924	1946 ?
Currently Rev Kappanadze's grandson is Pastor of Church

St. WENCESLAUS BOHEMIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Burwell & Broadway Streets

Phone: (216) 475-2477

St. Wenceslaus was established in 1867 as a Bohemian Catholic Church. It's cornerstone was laid in October of 1867, at 5250 Arch Street (E. 35th) & Burwell. In 1886 it was relocated to E. 37th and Broadway.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Father Anthony KRASNY 1867 1869

Rev. A. KRESING 1867 1869

Rev. George BERANEK 1869

Rev. John REVIS 1873

Father Anton HYNEK 1873 1918

Rev. Joseph W. KOUDELKA 1921 1924

St. WENDELIN CATHOLIC CHURCH

2281 Columbus Avenue

(216) 861-1141

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Joseph M. KOUDELKA	1903	1904
Rev. J. P. KUNES	1904	1904
Rev. Thomas WILK	1904	1905
Rev. Oldrich ZLAMAL	1905	1909
Rev. Augustin TOMASEK	1909	1957
Rev. F. J. DUBOSH	1918
Rev. Edward STANKO	1957	1963
Rev. John KRAYNIK	1963	1973
Rev. Richard ONDREYKA	1974
Rev. Jerome LAJACK	1977

TREMONT BAPTIST CHURCH

- Tremont & College Streets

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Frederick BUERRMANN	1902
Rev. J.F. GASSER	1906
Rev. John F. MONSCHE	1908

TRINITY EPISCOPAL

- Superior and E. 6th St.

Organized on 9 November 1816. In 1820, the parish was located in Brooklyn, but about 1822 it was moved back to Cleveland.

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Roger SEARLE	1817	1825
Rev. CHASE	1818	1825
Rev. Silas C. FREEMAN	1825	1830
Rev. Mr. MCELROY	1830	1832
Rev. W. N. LYSTER	1838
Rev. David BURGER	1839
Rev. Richard BURY	1840	1846
Rev. S. WINDSOR	1846	1853
Rev. James A. BOLLES	1854	1860
Rev. Thomas A. STARKEY	1860	1870
Rev. Charles BRECK	1870	1873
Rev. W.E. MCLAREN	1873	1875
Rev. John W. BROWN	1875	1879
Rev. Y. P. MORGAN	1883	1891
Rev. Charles D. WILLIAMS	1894	1902

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

- West 30th and Lorain Streets

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. I. C. W. LINDEMAN	1853	1864
Rev. F. WYNEKEN	1864	1877
Rev. J. H. NIEMAN	1877	1908
Rev. Franz PIEPER	1913	1924
Rev. R. P. MEIBOHN	1949

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

- 3525 W. 25 at Dover

founded 1911

Phone - (216) 351-7667

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. F. H. GRAEPER	1918
Rev. August KITTERER	1927	1928
Rev. Elam WEIST
Rev. BUCEY
Rev. George EBERHARD
Rev. James LUMSDEN
Rev. Carl P. WALLACE	1998

UNITED GERMAN EVENGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCH later became UNION EVENGELICAL GERMAN CHURCH, then WEST SIDE EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH (Now is West Side United Church of Christ)

- 3800 Bridge Ave. at W. 38 (Kentucky St.), NE corner

Phone: (216) 631-3423

United German Church founded 1853

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. Phillip STEMPEL	1853	1875
Rev. H. C. FACK	1875	1879
Rev. William ANGELBERGER	1880	1894
Rev. C.W. BERNHARDI	1894	1923
Rev. Walker K. KLEIN	1924	1960
Rev. Carlton WEBER, associate
Rev. Carl W. BERGER	1960	1970
Rev. Homer KOEPKE, associate
Dr. Orie J. VANDE VISSE, interim
Dr. Roy L. PRIEM	1970	1978
Rev. Fred VAILL, interim
Rev. Dr. John TERRY	1979	1984
Rev. George BENSON, interim
Rev. Irving CAMERER, interm
Rev. John WAGNER	1986	1993
Rev. Richard WIERWILLE, interim
Rev. Dr. Charles H. HOSUTT III	1995	present

ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

- 2716 W. 14th (Jennings) at Branch

Phone: (216) 861-2371

Pastor's Name

From

Rev. A. BAUER	1867	1868
Rev. Gust BROCHERT	1868	1871
Rev. O.W. SCHETTLER	1871	1878
Rev. A. KLEIN	1878	1883
Rev. Theophil LEONHARDT	1883	1913
Rev. T. THOMAS	1914	1916
Rev. B.F. WULFMAN	1916	1921
Rev. O.E. WITTLINGER	1922	1950
Rev. C.E. KIEWIT	1951	1965
Rev. B.B. HANSCOM	1965	1971
Kenneth J. RANKIN	1971	1982
William SHAKLEFORD	1982	1983
Norman THRESHER	1984	1990
Rev. S. ROSENSTEIN	1991	1991
Norman THRESHER	1991	1995
Beulah KNIERIEM	1995	1995
Rev. S. ROSENSTEIN	1995	-present

ZION EVALGELICAL LUTHERN

Web page: http://www.zioncleveland.org

- Superior, then Hamilton Ave., then Bolivar & Erie, then Prospect Ave. & E. 30th St.

Phone: (216) 861-2179 - More info

Zion was originally opened on 14 April1843 as the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Services were held from 1843-1848 at Concert Hall on Superior. It was incorporated on 17 March 1847. In 1848, the church was located at York St. (Hamilton St.) west of E. 9th St. Sometime between 1845 and 1851, the church became known as Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 1856 it was relocated to Bolivar & E. 9th. In 1901 Zion was located at Prospect Ave. & Sterling (E. 30th). In 1908, it weas at Superior and E. 36th St.

Pastor's Name
From
To

Rev. David SCHUH 1843 1844

Rev. August SCHMIDT 1845 1851

Rev. Schefflein CHRISTI 1851

Rev. Henry C. SCHWAN 1851 1881

Rev. Carl Manthey ZORN 1881 1908

Rev. Ernest W. YAECKER 1906 1908

Rev. Theo F. SCHURDEL 1911 1938

Rev. C. T. SCHUKNECHT 1938 1980

Rev. Robert F. ROLF ? ?

Rev. Martin LUTZ ? ?

Rev Ralph WOEHRMANN ? ?

Rve. Richard MCKAIN ? ?

Rev. Arvid Peter SPRUNG ? ?

Rev Edward ZACHARIAS ? ?

Rev. John MILLIGAN ? 2002

To go to an alphabelical list of pastors click here

JUSTICE'S OF THE PEACE

THE FOLLOWING JP'S WERE FROM 1861-1881

Bedford - Leverett TARBELL, James C. CLEVELAND.

Brecksville - Charles B. RICH, John COATES.

Brooklyn -- Felix NICOLA, Charles H. BABCOCK.

Chagrin Falls - Sheldon L. WILKINSON, Alanson KNOX.

Cleveland - Edward HESSENMUELLER, George H. BEHNAM, George B. TIBBITS, Wells PORTER, Julias H. BROWN, J. S. ALLEN, John R. FITZGERALD.

Dover - Charles H. HALL, L. H. JOHNSON.

East Cleveland - James WILDS, Edwin FULLER, R. R. HAWKINS (1916).

Euclid - Hiram McILRATH, M. N. WALWORTH.

Independence - William GREEN, 2d, Alfred FISHER.

Mayfield - A. P. AKINS, J. JONES.

Middleburgh - Jeremiah FULLER, James WALLACE.

Newburgh - Alexander TOPPING, Jairus G. RUGGLES.

Olmstead - William S. CARPENTER, Charles L. UNDERHILL.

Orange - William STONEMAN, Francis PIKE.

Parma - Asa EMERSON, Philip HENIGER.

Rockport - John BARNUM, Louis WANGELIN.

Royalton - William TOUSELY, Joseph SMITH.

Solon - Sidney B. SMITH, James WEBSTER.

Strongsville - Lester MILES, Montreville STONE.

Warrensville - Joshua C. COLE, William P. CAIN.

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