Deacon James C. Olinger, a deacon of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, died on July 1, 2026, at the age of 84.
Deacon Olinger was ordained September 26, 1998, by Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral. Upon ordination, he was assigned to St. Rita Parish, Dayton, where he served all of his twenty-seven years of ordained ministry. He was granted Senior...