The Diocese of Toledo is not a century old and yet for well over forty years of its history, the cathedral or chair of its bishops has sat in this, Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, as a sign of the presence of the shepherd-servant of Christ’s people in northwestern Ohio. The Cathedral, a masterpiece of art and a monument of immigrant faith, most recently experienced a new birth as the mother church of Toledo in its renewal and renovation according to the directives of the Second Vatican Council. In 1979, Bishop John Donovan, our fifth shepherd, re-dedicated the altar (now brought forward to the people) amid a grateful throng who prayed, praised, and applauded with great gusto on the evening of September 18, opening a fresh chapter in diocesan history. As the mother church of the over 131 parishes of our diocese, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, leads the way as a twentieth century, renovated house of worship, while remaining an American-Medieval Cathedral of Spanish Plateresque style—an album of art; a sacred site; a story of faith in stone, paint, precious metal, glass, and wood.