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31 October 2025 (St. Mary's TLM extended)

In 2025, the Diocese of Cleveland granted both St. Mary's in Akron and St. Stephen's in Cleveland and additional two years to say the Tridentine Rite of the Mass. Both churches make up "the two remaining diocesan celebrations of the Latin Mass within the Diocese of Cleveland."

The article also mentions how in the Diocese of Knoxville, they will be ending the Tridentine Rite, as they have announced a transition to the 2002 Roman Missal (a.k.a. the Mass of Paul VI). In the Diocese of Charlotte, the Tridentine Rite was moved, beginning October 2, 2025, to the Chapel of the Little Flower which cannot seat even seat half of all of the people that the parishes could hold. The bishop also made sure to tell people that the chapen is "not a parish, nor is it a parish-like community being formed for those who desire to celebrate the TLM," as he continues encouraging everyone who attended Tridentine masses to attend the Paul VI masses, and to view the chapel as a shrine "that you might visit for Mass on occasion."

Churches in Akron, Ohio, USA

Below are churches doin both the Tridentine Mass (the Traditional Latin Mass) and the Mass of Paul VI (the New Order of the Mass a.k.a. the Novus ordo).

Please be avised: searching for churches in the Akron area that do the Traditional Latin Mass will return outdated results and irrelevant results. St. Paul and St. Sebastians, which search results (and especially inaccurate so-called LLM systems) consistently list as still doing the TLM. Both churches were unable to do so as of November in 2023. Other churches it suggested were parts of sedevacantist groups -- people who believe that the Chair of St. Peter has been vacant ever since a year that not everyone can agree on for some reason -- which I do not plan on linking to from here, as I do not support sedevacantism.

Religious society chapels/churches in Akron/Cleveland (Ohio, USA

St. Peregrine, FSSPX:
3086 West Streetsboro Road, Richfield, OH 44286

Mass times (Tridentine Mass):

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, ICRSS:
9016 Buckeye Rd, Cleveland, OH 44104

Mass times (Tridentine Mass): There are also confessions 30 minutes before each mass.

In the Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio, USA)

St. Mary Parish:
750 S Main St, Akron, OH 44311

Mass times (both Mass of Paul VI and Tridentine Mass):

St. Paul Parish:
1580 Brown St, Akron, OH 44301

Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):

St. Bernard Parish:
44 University Ave, Akron, OH 44308

Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):

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Anton McClure / asm@aperture.akron.oh.us