PARISHES AND SCHOOLS RECOMMENDED FOR REALIGNMENT
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is recommending closing 31
parishes and 14 schools, as well as opening five new parishes and several new
churches. Some missions would close.
PARISHES
New Parishes to be Established
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South Shore
St. Paul, Bullville (Mission becoming a parish)
Our Lady of the Lake Mission
Stormville Area
Our Lady of the Assumption Mission
Vicariate
Staten Island
Orange County
Orange County
Dutchess County
Orange County
New Churches for Existing Parishes
(Getting new church buildings)
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St. John Nam (relocate)
St. John Neuman
St. Joseph, Croton Falls
Holy Spirit, Cortlandt Manor
St. Lawrence O’Toole, Brewster
St. Margaret, Pearl River
St. Gregory Barbarigo, Garnerville
St. Peter (relocate to Holy Rosary)
St. Anthony
Northeast Bronx
Staten Island
Northern Westchester
Northern Westchester
Northern Westchester
Rockland County
Rockland County
Dutchess County
Dutchess County
Parishes to Close
1. Nativity Church
2. Mary Help of Christians
3. Our Lady Queen of Angels
4. St. Rita of Cascia
5. St. Dominic
6. St. Mary
7. St. Paul
8. St. John the Baptist de LaSalle
9. Our Lady of the Rosary
10. St. Margaret of Hungary
South Manhattan
South Manhattan
East Manhattan
South Bronx
East Bronx
Northeast Bronx
Staten Island
Staten Island
Yonkers
Yonkers
11. Holy Cross, Tarrytown
12. St. Stanislaus, Hastings
13. St. Mary, Newburgh
14. Most Sacred Heart, Port Jervis
15. St. John the Baptist, Poughkeepsie
Central Westchester
Central Westchester
Orange County
Orange County
Dutchess County
Parishes to Become Missions or Chapels
Vicariate
(Territorial Parish in parentheses)
These parishes are recommended for closing, but their churches will become missions
attached to another parish, or a smaller chapel will be established in place of a closing
church. Missions and chapels can have services but are not full-fledged parishes, with a
priest, parish council and other services.
1. St. Brigid** (St. Stanislaus) (Chapel)
2. St. Veronica ** (OL of Guadalupe)
3. Sacred Heart of Jesus ** (St. Stephen) (Chapel)
4. St. Vincent de Paul (nearby parish) (Chapel)
5. Guardian Angel (St. Columba)
6. Our Lady of Esperanza (St. Rose of Lima)
7. Resurrection ** (St. Charles Borromeo)
8. St. Augustine (No parish listed) (Chapel)
9. St. Francis of Assisi ** (Sacred Heart)
10. St. Anthony ** (St. Frances of Rome)
11. St. Francis of Assisi (St. Frances of Rome)
12. Assumption, Tuckahoe ** (Immaculate Con.)
13. St. Stanislaus, Pine Island (St. Joseph, Florida)
14. St. Francis of Assisi, Newburgh (Sacred Heart)
15. St. Francis de Sales, Phoenicia (St. John)
16. St. Thomas Aquinas, Forestburg (St. Peter)
South Manhattan
South Manhattan
East Manhattan
West Manhattan
West Manhattan
North Manhattan
Central Harlem
South Bronx
South Bronx
Northeast Bronx
Northeast Bronx
Central Westchester
Orange County
Orange County
Dutchess County
Sullivan County
** Parish has already been functioning as a mission but canonical process has not
yet taken place
Missions Closing
Vicariate
(Territorial parish in parentheses)
These missions will close and be absorbed into the existing parish.
1. St. Benedict the Moor (Sacred Heart of Jesus)
2. St. Michael, Goldens Bridge
(St. Joseph, Croton Falls)
3. St. John, North Salem (St. Joseph, Croton Falls)
4. St. Edward Mission, Florida
(St. Stephen, Warwick)
West Manhattan
Northern Westchester
Northern Westchester
Orange County
5. Blessed Sacrament Mission, Fort Montgomery
(Sacred Heart, Highland Falls)
6. Our Lady of Lourdes, Allaben
(St. Francis de Sales, Phoenicia)
7. Our Lady of LaSalette, Boiceville
(St. Francis de Sales, Phoenicia)
8. St. Augustine Chapel, West Shokan
(St. John, West Hurley)
Merging
1. St. Joseph-Monroe and St. James
2. Presentation, Port Ewen and Sacred Heart
Mission, Esopus
Orange County
Ulster County
Ulster County
Ulster County
South Manhattan
Ulster County
SCHOOLS
Closing
Vicariate
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St. Joseph-Greenwich Village (reopen as academy)South Manhattan
Mary Help of Christians
South Manhattan
Our Lady of Sorrows
South Manhattan
Our Lady Queen of Angels
East Manhattan
St. Catherine of Genoa
North Manhattan
Resurrection
Central Harlem
Our Lady of Solace
East Bronx
(Create Archdiocesan Catechetical Center)
8. St. Anthony
Northeast Bronx
9. St. Mary Star of the Sea
Northeast Bronx
10. St. Martin of Tours
Northwest Bronx
11. St. Paul
Staten Island
12. St. Denis
Yonkers
13. St. John the Evangelist, White Plains
Central Westchester
14. St. Joseph, Florida
Orange County
Merging
1. Guardian Angel-St. Columba
2. St. Peter, Regina Coeli
West Manhattan
Dutchess County