Key Spanish archdiocese to combine parishes amid falling numbers
The Barcelona Archdiocese will combine most parishes into larger pastoral communities, amid falling church attendance and secularization.
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by bcadmin | May 23, 2021 | Barcelona, Cardinal Juan José Omella, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Parish closings, Parish merger, Spain | 0 |
The Barcelona Archdiocese will combine most parishes into larger pastoral communities, amid falling church attendance and secularization.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Archdiocese of Quebec, Canada, canadian bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church closings, Church in the Americas, Church mergers, News, Parish merger, Quebec, Quebec bishops | 0 |
The Archdiocese of Quebec announced its intention to reorganize its parishes to focus on local missionary activities. This move comes as human and material resources continue to diminish.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Archbishop Alan Vigneron, Archdiocese of Detroit, Bishop David Zubik, Catholic Church, Church closings, Church mergers, Diocese of Pittsburgh, News, Parish merger, Uncategorised | 0 |
Heroic trust in the Holy Spirit and a firm resolve to move forward “on mission” are at the heart of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s transition to “families of parishes,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said Nov. 22 in a new pastoral note.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, Archdiocese of Detroit, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Church mergers, News, Parish merger | 0 |
Over the next two years, the Archdiocese of Detroit will transition to a new pastoral and governance model for its 218 parishes called “families of parishes,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron announced May 31, the feast of Pentecost.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2020 | Associated Press, Bishop David Zubik, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Pittsburgh, News, Parish merger | 0 |
PITTSBURGH — The Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced plans to consolidate 61 parishes into 15 new parishes. The mergers, to be completed July 1, will reduce the number of parishes in the diocese of Pittsburgh from 152 to 106. Bishop David Zubik told parishioners in a letter that “This has
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