about a series of allegations that a priest had engaged in inappropriate behavior with teenage boys, was removed from his position as head of priest personnel, while the archdiocese begins its own investigation. Geoff Drew, the priest who Binzer had protected, had previously faced allegations in other parishes. On August 19, 2019, local authorities arrested Drew and charged him with nine counts of sex abuse. In May 2020, the Vatican accepted Binzer's resignation as auxiliary bishop. Parish consolidation In 2021, the archdiocese began a process of parish consolidation known as "Beacons of Light". Parishes will be grouped into "parish families" overseen by a single pastor. In the long term, each parish family is expected to merge its parishes into a single parish. Reorganization plans are scheduled to be finalized in 2022. Churches Bishops Bishops of Cincinnati Edward Fenwick (1822–1833) John Baptist Purcell (1833–1850), elevated to Archbishop Archbishops of Cincinnati John Baptist Purcell (1850–1883) William Henry Elder (1883–1903; coadjutor archbishop 1880-1883) Henry K. Moeller (1903–1925; coadjutor archbishop 1903) - Joseph Chartrand (Appointed 1925, did not take effect) John Timothy McNicholas (1925–1950) Karl Joseph Alter (1950–1969) Paul Francis Leibold (1969–1972) Joseph Bernardin (1972–1982), appointed Archbishop of Chicago (Cardinal in 1983) Daniel Edward Pilarczyk (1982–2009) Dennis Marion Schnurr (2009–present; coadjutor archbishop 2008-2009) Former auxiliary bishops of Cincinnati Sylvester Horton Rosecrans (1861–1868), appointed Bishop of Columbus Joseph H. Albers (1929–1937), appointed Bishop of Lansing George John Rehring (1937–1950), appointed Bishop of Toledo Clarence George Issenmann (1954–1957), appointed Bishop of Columbus Paul Francis Leibold (1958–1966), appointed Bishop of Evansville and later Archbishop of Cincinnati (see above) Edward Anthony McCarthy (1965–1969), appointed Bishop of Phoenix and later Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of Miami Nicholas Thomas Elko (1970–1985) Daniel Edward Pilarczyk (1974–1982) appointed Archbishop of Cincinnati (see above) James Henry Garland (1984–1992) appointed Bishop of Marquette Carl Kevin Moeddel (1993–2007) Joseph R. Binzer (2011–2020) Other affiliated bishops The following men began their service as priests in Cincinnati before being appointed bishops elsewhere (years in parentheses refer to their years in Cincinnati): John Martin Henni, Bishop and later Archbishop of Milwaukee (1829–1843) Henry Damian Juncker, Bishop of Alton (1834–1857) Joshua Maria Young, Bishop of Erie (1838–1853) John Baptist Lamy, Vicar Apostolic of New Mexico and later Bishop and Archbishop of Santa Fe (1838–1850) James Frederick Bryan Wood, Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop and Archbishop of Philadelphia (1844–1857) John Henry Luers, Bishop of Fort Wayne (1846–1857) Caspar Henry Borgess,