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Archbishop of Boston
Seán Cardinal O'Malley, OFM Cap

Moderator of the Curia and Vicar General
Very Reverend Richard M. Erikson, Ph.D., V.G.

Central Region
Most Reverend Robert Francis Hennessey, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Vicariate I – Right Rev. John J. Ahern, VF - Saint Mary of the Assumption, Brookline
Vicariate II – Very Rev. Thomas S. Foley, VF - Saint Ann, Dorchester
Vicariate III – Very Rev. Wayne L. Belschner, VF - Sacred Heart, East Boston
Vicariate IV – Very Rev. Kevin J. O’Leary, VF - Saint Peter, Cambridge

Merrimack Region
Most Rev. Emilio S. Allué, SDB, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Vicariate I – Very Rev. Paul E. Ritt, VF – Saint John the Evangelist, Chelmsford
Vicariate II – Very Rev. Robert M. Blaney, VF – Saint Francis of Assisi, Dracut
Vicariate III – Very Rev. John W. Delaney, VF – Saint Michael, North Andover
Vicariate IV – Very Rev. James M. Carroll, VF – Saint Mary, Georgetown

North Region
Most Rev. Francis X. Irwin, DD, ACSW, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Vicariate I – Very Rev. John E. Farrell, VF – Our Lady of the Assumption, Lynnfield
Vicariate II – Rev. Msgr. Paul V. Garrity, VF – Saint Mary, Lynn
Vicariate III – Very Rev. Thomas F. Nestor, VF – Saint Eulalia, Winchester
Vicariate IV – Very Rev. Richard J. Mehm, VF – Immaculate Conception, Malden

South Region
Most Reverend John Anthony Dooher, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Vicariate I – Very Rev. John W. O’Brien, VF – Sacred Heart, Quincy
Vicariate II – Very Rev. James E. Rafferty, VF – Saint Paul, Hingham
Vicariate III – Very Rev. Francis J. Cloherty, VF – Our Lady of Lourdes, Brockton
Vicariate IV – Very Rev. Bryan K. Parrish, VF – Saint Mary, Plymouth

West Region
Most Reverend Walter J. Edyvean, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Vicariate I – Very Rev. Michael J. BovaConti, VF – Our Lady of Fatima, Sudbury
Vicariate II – Very Rev. Thomas F. Powers, VF – Saint John the Evangelist, Wellesley
Vicariate III – Rev. Msgr. Francis V. Strahan, VF – Saint Bridget, Framingham
Vicariate IV – Rev. Msgr. Peter V. Conley, VF – Saint Jude, Norfolk

The Most Reverend John P. Boles, D.D., Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Parishes by Region and Vicariate

CENTRAL REGION

CENTRAL REGION – Vicariate I
Dorchester – Holy Family; Hyde Park – Most Precious Blood, Saint Adalbert; Jamaica Plain – Our Lady of Lourdes, Saint Thomas Aquinas; Readville – Saint Anne; Roslindale – Sacred Heart; Roxbury – Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Saint Katharine Drexel, Saint Mary of the Angels, Saint Patrick; West Roxbury – Holy Name, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Theresa of Avila; Brookline – Saint Mary of the Assumption

CENTRAL REGION – Vicariate II
Dorchester – Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Saint Ambrose, Saint Ann, Saint Brendan, Saint Christopher, Saint Gregory, Saint Mark, Saint Matthew, Saint Peter; Mattapan – Saint Angela Merici; South Boston – Gate of Heaven, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Saint Brigid, Saint Peter, Saint Vincent de Paul, Saints Monica and Augustine

CENTRAL REGION – Vicariate III
Boston – Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Saint James the Greater; Back Bay – Saint Cecilia; North End – Saint Leonard of Port Maurice; South End – Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Victories; West End – Saint Joseph; Charlestown – Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Mary; East Boston – Most Holy Redeemer, Our Lady of the Assumption, Sacred Heart, Saint Joseph-Saint Lazarus; Winthrop – Holy Rosary, Saint John the Evangelist

CENTRAL REGION – Vicariate IV
Allston – Saint Anthony of Padua; Brighton – Saint Columbkille, Saint Gabriel; Cambridge – Immaculate Conception, Sacred Heart, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Mary of the Annunciation, Saint Paul, Saint Peter; Somerville – Saint Ann, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Genoa, Saint Clement, Saint Joseph

MERRIMACK REGION

MERRIMACK REGION – Vicariate I
Ayer – Saint Mary; Billerica – Saint Andrew, Saint Mary, Saint Theresa of Lisieux; Chelmsford – Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Mary; Groton – Sacred Heart-Saint James; Littleton – Saint Anne; Pepperell – Saint Joseph; Shirley – Saint Anthony of Padua; Townsend – Saint John the Evangelist; Westford – Saint Catherine of Alexandria

MERRIMACK REGION – Vicariate II
Dracut – Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Marguerite D’Youville; Lowell – Holy Family, Holy Trinity, Immaculate Conception, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Margaret, Saint Michael, Saint Patrick, Saint Rita; Tewksbury – Saint William; Tyngsborough – Saint Mary Magdalen

MERRIMACK REGION – Vicariate III
Andover – Saint Augustine, Saint Robert Bellarmine; Lawrence – Corpus Christi, Saint Mary of the Assumption, Saint Patrick; Methuen – Our Lady of Good Counsel, Saint Lucy, Saint Monica; North Andover – Saint Michael; Wilmington – Saint Dorothy, Saint Thomas of Villanova

MERRIMACK REGION – Vicariate IV
Amesbury – Holy Family; Georgetown – Saint Mary; Groveland – Saint Patrick; Haverhill – All Saints, Sacred Hearts, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist; Ipswich – Our Lady of Hope; Merrimac – Nativity; Newburyport – Immaculate Conception; Rowley – Saint Mary; Salisbury – Star of the Sea; Topsfield – Saint Rose of Lima; West Newbury – Saint Ann

NORTH REGION

NORTH REGION – Vicariate I
Beverly – Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Margaret, Saint Mary Star of the Sea; Danvers – Saint Mary of the Annunciation, Saint Richard of Chichester; Essex – Saint John the Baptist; Gloucester – Holy Family, Our Lady of Good Voyage; Hamilton – Saint Paul; Lynnfield – Our Lady of the Assumption, Saint Maria Goretti; Manchester-by-the-Sea – Sacred Heart; Middleton – Saint Agnes; Saugus – Blessed Sacrament, Saint Margaret

NORTH REGION – Vicariate II
Lynn – Holy Family, Sacred Heart, Saint Joseph, Saint Mary, Saint Michael, Saint Pius Fifth; Marblehead – Our Lady Star of the Sea; Nahant – Saint Thomas Aquinas; Peabody – Our Lady of Fatima, Saint Adelaide, Saint Ann, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Thomas the Apostle; Salem – Immaculate Conception, Saint Anne, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist; Swampscott – Saint John the Evangelist

NORTH REGION – Vicariate III
Melrose – Incarnation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Saint Mary of the Annunciation; North Reading – Saint Theresa of Lisieux; Reading – Saint Agnes, Saint Athanasius; Stoneham – Saint Patrick; Wakefield – Most Blessed Sacrament, Saint Florence, Saint Joseph; Winchester – Saint Eulalia, Saint Mary; Woburn – Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Barbara, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Joseph

NORTH REGION – Vicariate IV
Arlington – Saint Agnes, Saint Camillus; Chelsea – Our Lady of Grace, Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Stanislaus; Everett – Immaculate Conception, Saint Anthony of Padua; Malden – Immaculate Conception, Sacred Hearts, Saint Joseph; Medford – Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Joseph, Saint Raphael; Revere – Immaculate Conception, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Mary of the Assumption

SOUTH REGION

SOUTH REGION – Vicariate I
Braintree – Saint Clare, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Thomas More; Milton – Saint Agatha, Saint Elizabeth, Saint Mary of the Hills, Saint Pius Tenth; Quincy – Holy Trinity, Sacred Heart, Saint Ann, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Joseph, Saint Mary; Randolph – Saint Bernadette, Saint Mary

SOUTH REGION – Vicariate II
Abington – Saint Bridget; Cohasset – Saint Anthony of Padua; Hanover – Saint Mary of the Sacred Heart; Hingham –Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Saint Paul; Hull – Saint Mary of the Assumption-Saint Ann; Norwell – Saint Helen Mother of the Emperor Constantine; Rockland – Holy Family; Scituate – Saint Mary of the Nativity; Weymouth – Immaculate Conception, Sacred Heart, Saint Albert the Great, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Jerome; Whitman – Holy Ghost

SOUTH REGION – Vicariate III
Avon – Saint Michael; Bridgewater – Saint Thomas Aquinas; Brockton – Christ the King, Our Lady of Lourdes, Saint Casimir, Saint Edith Stein, Saint Patrick; Canton – Saint Gerard Majella; Saint John the Evangelist; East Bridgewater – Saint John the Evangelist; Holbrook – Saint Joseph; Stoughton – Immaculate Conception; Saint James; West Bridgewater – Saint Ann

SOUTH REGION – Vicariate IV
Carver – Our Lady of Lourdes; Duxbury – Holy Family; Halifax – Our Lady of the Lake; Hanson – Saint Joseph the Worker; Kingston – Saint Joseph; Lakeville – Saints Martha and Mary; Marshfield – Our Lady of the Assumption, Saint Ann by the Sea, Saint Christine; Middleborough – Sacred Heart; Pembroke – Saint Thecla; Plymouth – Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Mary, Saint Peter

WEST REGION

WEST REGION - Vicariate I
Acton – Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Bedford – Saint Michael; Burlington – Saint Malachy, Saint Margaret; Carlisle – Saint Irene; Concord – Holy Family; Hudson – Saint Michael; Lexington – Sacred Heart, Saint Brigid ; Marlborough – Immaculate Conception, Saint Matthias; Maynard – Saint Bridget; Stow – Saint Isidore; Sudbury – Our Lady of Fatima; Wayland – Saint Ann, Saint Zepherin; Weston – Saint Julia

WEST REGION – Vicariate II
Belmont – Saint Joseph, Saint Luke; Newton – Corpus Christi, Mary Immaculate of Lourdes, Our Lady Help of Christians, Sacred Heart, Saint Bernard, Saint Ignatius Loyola, Saint Philip Neri; Waltham – Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted, Sacred Heart, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Jude, Saint Mary; Watertown – Sacred Heart, Saint Patrick; Wellesley – Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Paul

WEST REGION – Vicariate III
Ashland – Saint Cecilia; Dedham – Saint Mary, Saint Susanna; Dover – Most Precious Blood; Framingham – Saint Bridget, Saint George, Saint Stephen, Saint Tarcisius; Holliston – Saint Mary; Hopkinton – Saint John the Evangelist; Millis – Saint Thomas the Apostle; Natick – Saint Linus, Saint Patrick; Needham – Saint Bartholomew, Saint Joseph; Sherborn – Saint Theresa of Lisieux; Westwood – Saint Denis, Saint Margaret Mary

WEST REGION – Vicariate IV
Bellingham – Saint Blaise, Saint Brendan; Foxborough – Saint Mary; Franklin – Saint Mary; Medfield - Saint Edward the Confessor; Medway – Saint Joseph; Norfolk – Saint Jude; Norwood – Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Timothy; Plainville – Saint Martha; Sharon – Our Lady of Sorrows; Walpole – Blessed Sacrament, Saint Mary; Wrentham – Saint Mary

 

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