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Diocese of Youngstown announces new Parish collaborations

By Staff report
Catholic Diocese of Youngstown
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David J. Bonnar, Bishop of The Diocese of Youngstown announces a new stage in the diocese’s pastoral planning process for its parishes, which comes after ongoing consultation with the Diocesan Presbyteral Council as well as the Clergy Personnel Board, Diocesan Pastoral Council, the Diocesan Finance Council, and Regional Priest Dean.

Earlier this year, the Diocesan Presbyteral Council met to review the progress of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, which was promulgated by the late Bishop George Murry in 2019 and has continued to be developed since the 2021 installation of Bishop David Bonnar. The regional plan for the six-county Diocese of Youngstown has resulted in structural changes aimed at developing effective ministries and supporting missionary activity. Criteria include the number of parishioners and worshipers, parish finances, population shifts within the region, effective use of buildings and effective use of a limited number of priests and lay ecclesial ministers. As a result of the pastoral plan, almost all of the diocese’s 80 parishes are now part of a collaborative unit or exist as a multi-site parish.

Here are the collaborative parish units for the Diocese of Youngstown

The following parishes will remain distinct but form collaborative parish units:

Mahoning Deanery:

  • Struthers, Christ Our Savior Parish, and Lowellville, Holy Rosary Parish, effective July 1, 2024
  • Poland, Holy Family Parish, and New Middletown, St. Paul Parish, effective May 1, 2024
  • Youngstown, St. Angela Merici Parish and St. Patrick Parish, and Campbell, Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, effective May 1, 2024

Portage Deanery:

  • Kent, Kent State University Parish and St. Patrick Parish, and Ravenna, Immaculate Conception Parish, effective July 1, 2024

Stark Deanery:

  • Canton, Christ the Servant Parish and Little Flower Parish, effective July 1, 2024
  • Canton, St. Michael the Archangel Parish and Canal Fulton, SS. Philip and James Parish, effective July 1, 2024
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