to replace the original St. Joseph's was laid on Aug. 1, 1905. That church cost $34,000 to build and is still in use. Another early settlement of Catholics in the Diocese was in Columbiana County, in the community of Dungannon. Here is where the first bishop of Ohio, Bishop McFaddon, had the first mass in the area. The mission was first settled on St. Pauls. Today the original log cabin where he had mass still stands on the land of the oldest parish of St. Philip Neri. Today, under the direction of Fr. Steven Wassie, St. Philip Neri is used for the Saturday Vigil mass as Father Wassie overseas not only St. Philip Neri Parish, but St. George in Lisbon, St. Johns in Summitville, and St. Agatha Mission in West Point. Diocese history Pope Pius XII created the Diocese of Youngstown from territory formerly part of the Diocese of Cleveland in 1943. The new administrative construct consisted of six northeastern counties of Ohio, namely Ashtabula, Columbiana, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, and Trumbull. Bishop James A. McFadden (former auxiliary bishop of Cleveland) became the first bishop and chose St. Columba Church on Wood Street in downtown Youngstown as his Cathedral. The new diocese covered with 110 parishes, three Catholic-run hospitals, 54 elementary schools, one junior high school, and three Catholic high schools. When Bishop McFadden died on November 16, 1952, Emmet M. Walsh succeeded him. Walsh had been named Coadjutor Bishop and was formerly the Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina. In 1954, St. Columba Cathedral was destroyed by a fire and Bishop Walsh undertook the task of building a new cathedral, which he dedicated in 1958. St. Patrick Church on the south side of Youngstown served as Pro-Cathedral until the new St. Columba's was ready. In 1962, when Pope John XXIII convened the Vatican Council II, Bishop Walsh and Auxiliary Bishop James W. Malone attended. Upon the illness of Bishop Walsh, Bishop Malone was named Apostolic Administrator; after Bishop Walsh died on March 16, 1968, Bishop Malone became Bishop of Youngstown on May 2, 1968, a position he held for 28 years. In 1996, Bishop Malone retired and Bishop Thomas J. Tobin was named his successor and installed as Bishop of Youngstown on February 2, 1996. On March 31, 2005, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Tobin as Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island. On 30 January 2007, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop