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May 25, 2004

Parishes to be closed/merged
(updated 6/4/2007)

See current list of closure/merger dates and sacrament record locations.

Arlington
Saint James Parish
Saint Jerome Parish
Bellingham
Assumption Parish
Belmont
Our Lady of Mercy Parish
Beverly
Saint Alphonsus Parish
Saint Margaret Parish (delayed)
Boston
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Jamaica Plain
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, East Boston
Our Lady of the Presentation Parish, Brighton
Holy Trinity Parish, Boston (delayed)
Sacred Heart Parish, North End (church remains open as additional worship site of Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Parish)
Saint Adalbert Parish, Hyde Park (delayed)
Saint Ann Parish, Fenway
Saint Augustine Parish, South Boston
Saint Francis de Sales-Saint Philip Parish, Roxbury/Saint John-Saint Hugh, Roxbury, both suppressed; new parish established: St. Katharine Drexel
Saint Joseph Parish, Hyde Park
St. Margaret Parish, Dorchester/ Saint William Parish, Dorchester both suppressed; new parish established: Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
St. Mary of the Angels, Roxbury – (delayed)
Saint Mary Star of the Sea, East Boston
Saint Peter, South Boston (delayed)
Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Catherine of Siena, and Saint Mary of Charlestown are becoming one parish in Charlestown
Brighton
Saint Gabriel (non-reconfiguration closing)
Brockton
Sacred Heart Parish (merge with Saint Colman)
Saint Colman of Cloyne (merge with Sacred Heart)
Saint Margaret Parish
Brookline
Infant Jesus-Saint Lawrence
Cambridge
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Immaculate Conception Parish
Immaculate Conception Lithuanian Parish
Concord
Qur Lady Help of Christians Parish
Saint Bernard Parish
(both suppressed; new parish, Holy Family, established)
Dedham
Saint Susanna Parish – evaluation in 2008
Everett
Saint Therese Parish
Framingham
Saint Jeremiah Parish
Georgetown
Saint Mary, Georgetown merged with Saint Mary, Rowley to Saint Mary, Georgetown-Rowley
Gloucester/Rockport
Sacred Heart , Saint Peter , Saint Ann parishes in Gloucester, and St. Joachim in Rockport all being suppressed with a new parish being formed. New parish, based in Gloucester, has additional worship site in Rockport.
Groveland - Haverhill
Saint Patrick, Groveland merged with Sacred Hearts, Haverhill (Bradford) to Sacred Hearts Groveland-Bradford
Lawrence
Sacred Heart
Holy Rosary, Saint Peter and Paul, and Holy Trinity suppressed.
New parish established: Corpus Christi at site of Holy Rosary
Merger:
   Saint Mary-Immaculate Conception - NEW parish site
   Saint Mary of the Assumption - NEW worship site:
Lincoln
Saint Joseph Parish (church is additional worship site of Saint Julia, Weston)
Lowell
Saint Louis de France
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
Nuestra Senora del Carmen
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Sacred Heart
Saint Margaret Parish renamed Holy Family Parish
Holy Trinity Polish Parish (delayed)
Lynn
Saint Michael Polish Parish
Maiden
Saint Peter Parish
Marlborough
Saint Ann Parish
Saint Mary Parish
Medford
Sacred Heart Parish
Saint James Parish
Merrimac
Nativity, Merrimac merged with Saint Ann, West Newbury to Holy Redeemer, West Newbury-Merrimac
Milton
Saint Pius-X Parish (delayed)
Natick
Sacred Heart Parish
Newton
Merger: Saint Bernard Parish and Corpus Christi
Saint Philip Neri
Norwood
Saint George Parish
Peabody/Salem
Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish and Fatima Parish working to become one parish
Quincy
Most Blessed Sacrament Parish
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
(both suppressed; new parish, Holy Trinity, established)
Star of the Sea Parish
Revere
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
Rochester
Saint Rose of Lima Parish (church remains as additional worship site of Sacred Heart, Middleborough)
Rockport
Saint Joachim (church remains as additional worship site of Holy Family, Gloucester)
Rowley
Saint Mary, Rowley merged with Saint Mary, Georgetown to Saint Mary, Georgetown-Rowley
Salem
Saint Joseph Parish
Scituate
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish
Stoughton
Our Lady of the Rosary
Sudbury
Saint Anselm Parish - church remains open as a rectorate
Waltham
Saint Joseph Parish
Watertown
Sacred Heart Parish (delayed)
Wellesley
Saint James the Greater Parish
West Newbury
Saint Ann merged with Nativity, Merrimac to Holy Redeemer, West Newbury-Merrimac
Winchester
Immaculate Conception Parish
Woburn
Saint Joseph Parish (delayed)
 

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