NEW ORLEANS AREA CATHOLIC CHURCH CLOSINGS / MERGERS
(Information from a news conference held 4-9-2008.)
Chapel in the Old Ursuline Convent in the French Quarter (formerly St. Mary's Italian Church), will close and merge with St. Louis Cathedral. The merged parish will still bear the name of St. Louis Cathedral.
St. Frances Cabrini and St. Raphael the Archangel parishes will be closed to create a new parish The new parish will worship in the St.Raphael Church building, but a new name will be chosen by the end of the year.
St. Raymond parish will close and merge with St. Leo the Great parish.
Epiphany parish will close and merge with Corpus Christi Parish.
St. Francis de Sales parish will close and merge with Holy Ghost parish.
Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Monica parishes will close and merge with St. Matthias parish.
St. Brigid will close and merge with Mary, Queen of Vietnam.
Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Simon Peter parishes will close and merge with St. Maria Goretti parish.
Incarnate Word will close and merge with Mater Dolorosa parish.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish will close and merge with St. Anthony of Padua parish.
St. Maurice parish will close and merge with St. David parish.
Blessed Sacrament parish will close and merge with St. Joan of Arc parish.
Our Lady of Good Counsel and St. Henry parishes will close and merge with St. Stephen parish.
St. Thomas the Apostle at the University of New Orleans will be reduced to acampus ministry center.
St. Thomas More at Tulane University, will be reduced to a campus ministry center.
Nativity of Our Lord and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parishes will be closed to create a new parish by June 30, 2009. Parishioners will choose a new name and decide where to worship.
St. Lawrence the Martyr will close and merge with Our Lady of Divine Providence. St. Lawrence church be used as a site for celebration of Latin Mass in Metairie.
St. Anthony Parish in Gretna will become a mission of Holy Name of Mary parish in Algiers.
St. Julian Eymard parish in Algiers will close and merge with Holy Name of Mary parish.
Infant Jesus of Prague parish will become a mission of St. Martha parish.
Holy Guardian Angels parish will become a mission of Our Lady of Prompt Succor parish in Westwego.
St. Pius X parish in Crown Point will become a mission of St. Anthony parish in Lafitte.
Our Lady of the Angels parish in Waggaman and St. Bonaventure parish in Avondale will share a pastor.
Prince of Peace, St. Louise de Marillac, St. Mark and St. Robert Bellarmine parishes will close and merge with Our Lady of Prompt Succor Parish in Chalmette.
San Pedro Pescador parish will close and merge with St. Bernard parish.
Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Violet will reopen when its church is repaired, as will St. Bernard church parish in St. Bernard. They will share a pastor.
St. Thomas parish, in Pointe a la Hache, will reopen .
Our Lady of Good Harbor parish in Buras will close and merge with St. Patrick parish in Port Sulphur.
St. Anthony parish in Luling and St. Mark parish in Ama will share a pastor.
St. Gertrude parish in Des Allemands and St. John the Baptist parish in Paradis will share a pastor.