I am a Catholic of the Diocese of Steubenville, of the Parish of Ironton, Ohio. What isn't spoken of here is that the attendance at Mass in my Parish, which is on the extrene SE part of the Diocese is very good, at least where it was back in the 1980's. We had nine join our Parish at Easter Vigil (I did so in 1987).
I'm grateful to find this information albeit 7 months late (I didn't discover The Pillar until last week). The Archbishop of Seattle recently revealed the next detail of his sweeping plan for the Archdiocese: Closing about 2/3 of the Archdiocese's parish churches and missions by 2027. There are 174 parishes now, he plans to consolidate that to 53. I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, and looking for information on this kind of Church merger/consolidation/downsizing is a challenge. Thank you for providing the data in this article.
Just a geographical note, it is the Cascade Range that divides the Archdiocese of Portland and the Diocese of Baker in Oregon, not the Coast Range, as written in the article. The Oregon Coast Range is wholly within the Archdiocese of Portland.
There's an error in regards to the Diocese of Monterey California. In the 'US Catholic dioceses by number of Catholics' graphic, it states that the Diocese of Monterey has zero active diocesan priests. I'm pretty sure that's erroneous.
I am a Catholic of the Diocese of Steubenville, of the Parish of Ironton, Ohio. What isn't spoken of here is that the attendance at Mass in my Parish, which is on the extrene SE part of the Diocese is very good, at least where it was back in the 1980's. We had nine join our Parish at Easter Vigil (I did so in 1987).
I'm grateful to find this information albeit 7 months late (I didn't discover The Pillar until last week). The Archbishop of Seattle recently revealed the next detail of his sweeping plan for the Archdiocese: Closing about 2/3 of the Archdiocese's parish churches and missions by 2027. There are 174 parishes now, he plans to consolidate that to 53. I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, and looking for information on this kind of Church merger/consolidation/downsizing is a challenge. Thank you for providing the data in this article.
Just a geographical note, it is the Cascade Range that divides the Archdiocese of Portland and the Diocese of Baker in Oregon, not the Coast Range, as written in the article. The Oregon Coast Range is wholly within the Archdiocese of Portland.
There's an error in regards to the Diocese of Monterey California. In the 'US Catholic dioceses by number of Catholics' graphic, it states that the Diocese of Monterey has zero active diocesan priests. I'm pretty sure that's erroneous.