Two dozen of the Toledo Catholic Diocese’s 157 parishes are recommended for closure as part of a realignment study designed to consolidate parishes with too few members and assign a dwindling number of priests to no more than two parishes at a time (See Diocesan statistics below).
Bishop Leonard P. Blair will announce the names of parishes involved in the recommended changes in September after a series of meetings with clergy and members of the diocese, church leaders announced yesterday. The bishop will then meet with each affected parish to explain the situation, hear feedback, and announce his final decision on the changes in March, 2005.
When I was speaking in Toledo a couple of months ago, the chancery employees had just received word days before that a dozen or so diocesan positions were going to be cut. Tough times.
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