St. Louis Archdiocese to close 24 parishes, 10 schools

Published: 2005-03-01

ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of St. Louis has announced a parish consolidation plan that will result in the closing of 24 parishes and 10 elementary schools. The closings follow an 18-month planning process that included consultation and several drafts of the plan from a committee of lay people and priests in two of the archdiocese's 10 deaneries. One is the South City Deanery, in the southern half of the city of St. Louis, and the other is the Northeast County Deanery, an older suburban area in St. Louis County. The Northeast County Deanery's 25 parishes are being consolidated into 11, and its 15 elementary schools merged into nine, under the plan approved by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis. The consolidation plan for South City Deanery will result in the closing of 10 of its 35 parishes and four of its 18 elementary schools.

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