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Changes in Greensburg Catholic Diocese parishes
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In a major realignment, parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg will close, merge or share pastors.
The following are the parishes that will close, with the parishes that will absorb them:
• All Saints, Arnold, with St. Joseph, New Kensington, as successor parish
• St. Boniface, Penn, with Sacred Heart, Jeannette, successor
• St. Mary, Our Lady of the Snows, Parker, with St. Patrick, Brady's Bend, successor
• St. Bede, Bovard, with Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg, successor
• St. Mary, Forbes Road, with St. Bartholomew, Crabtree, successor
• Holy Spirit, Fayette City, with St. Sebastian, Belle Vernon, successor
• St. Timothy, Smithton, with St. Anne, Rostraver, successor
• St. Charles Borromeo, Sutersville, with Holy Family, West Newton, successor
• Forty Martyrs, Trauger, with St. Florian, United, successor
• St. Stanislaus, Calumet, with St. Florian, United, successor
• Holy Trinity, Connellsville, with Immaculate Conception, Connellsville, successor
• St. Vincent de Paul, Leisenring, with St. Aloysius, Dunbar, successor
• St. James, Maxwell, with St. Peter, Brownsville, successor
St. Albert, Palmer, with St. Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Leckrone, successor
The following parishes will be merged:
• St. Francis, Coral, and St. Louis, Lucernemines, merged to become Our Lady of the Assumption
The following parishes will share clergy:
• St. Joseph, New Kensington, and St. Mary of Czestochowa, New Kensington
• St. James, Apollo, and Our Lady, Queen of Peace, East Vandergrift
• Ascension, Jeannette, and Sacred Heart, Jeannette
• St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Kittanning, and St. Mary, Yatesboro
• St. Lawrence, Cadogan, and Christ, Prince of Peace, Ford City
• St. Ambrose, Avonmore, St. Matthew, Saltsburg, and St. Sylvester, Slickville
• St. Benedict, Marguerite, and St. Bruno, South Greensburg
• St. John the Baptist, Perryopolis, and St. Hedwig, Smock
• St. John, Connellsville, St. Rita, Connellsville, and Immaculate Conception, Connellsville
• St. Raymond, Donegal, and St. Boniface, Chestnut Ridge
• St. Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Leckrone, and All Saints, Masontown
• St. Peter, Brownsville, and St. Cecilia, Grindstone
First Published October 6, 2008 3:24 pm
