Church Law

Located in the Chancery Building
422 Washington Street
PO Box 969
Steubenville, OH 43952-5969
(740) 282-3631 Fax: (740) 282-3327

Father William D. Cross
Judicial Vicar 
Email: wcross@diosteub.org 

Bishop Emeritus Gilbert I. Sheldon 
Judge of the First Instance; Judge of the Second Instance

Father Thomas A. Chillog
Auditor and Defender of the Bond
Email: tchillog@diosteub.org 

Father Daniel Heusel
Defender of the Bond; Ecclesiastical Notary
Email: dheusel@diosteub.org 

Colleen A. Bahen
Director; Notary; Secretary; Ecclesiastical Notary
Email: cbahen@diosteub.org 

The judicial power of reviewing and adjudicating all marriage cases which are alleged as null and void and all other judicial processes under the marriage laws of the Church is the responsibility of the Office of the Tribunal of the Diocese which acts in the name of the Bishop.

JUDGES 
Father James M. Dunfee 
Msgr. Kurt H. Kemo
Father Vincent J. Huber
Msgr. Gene W. Mullett
Bishop Emeritus Gilbert I. Sheldon

DEFENDERS OF THE BOND
Msgr. Gerald E. Calovini
Father Thomas A. Chillog
Father Daniel Heusel