Lima Central Catholic High School is located in Lima

Lima, Ohio

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Ohio

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. LCC, short for Lima Central Catholic, is a private, parochial school with the capacity to hold over six-hundred and fifty students. Enrollment has remained around four-hundred students for a number of years. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo

Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo

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History

The current school building was built in 1960. Before then, the school was housed in two of the elementary schools St. Rose and St. Gerard as two different high schools. In 1959, with the collaboration of St. Rose, St. Gerard, St. John's and St. Charles elementary schools, Bishop George J. Rehring began construction of the current school building.

In 1960, the school opened its doors in the new building with Fr. Herr as its first principal. In 1962, two wings were added to the building. Fr. Herr, who received the title of Monsignor in 1963, held the position of principal until the 1980s and was succeeded by Daniel Rupert until 1997. In 1998, Fr. Dennis Hardigan became the pastor/president of LCC. Under his guidance, a new Science and Technology Center was built in 2002 and a new Athletic and Convocation Center in 2003. In 2004, Fr. Todd Dominique was named pastor/president. In 2006, Mr. Richard Mitterholzer was named the new principal. Mr. Mitterholzer resigned from his position in 2011. Mr. Walter Klimaski was named the new President of Lima Central Catholic during the summer of 2011.

Grade Schools

Lima Central Catholic is fed in by three Catholic city grade schools. St. Rose, St. Gerard and St. Charles. Each grade school consists of grades Pre-8th. The three grade schools come together to make the Junior High Lima Central Catholic Athletic teams, which compete in the Northwest Conference.

Mission

The school prides itself in its Catholic identity. Its mission statement goes as follows: Lima Central Catholic will work with God's grace, the Church, and our families to form our students into thinkers, doers and saints in order to become tomorrow's servant leaders.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
   - 2002,2003,2005
• Boys Baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
   - 1951*

* Won by St. Rose High School prior to consolidation into Lima Central Catholic. St. Rose is now an elementary school only.

• Boys Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
   - 2010
• Girls Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  - 2007