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This is a list of current and former churches in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. [1] [2] [3] All church buildings of parishes closed on August 1, 2023 under the All Things New rationalization plan will remain open for prayer. [4]
Pope Pius IX elevated the Diocese of St. Louis to the Archdiocese of St. Louis on July 20, 1847, naming Kenrick as its first archbishop. [3] By 1850, the archdiocese was operating ten parishes in the City of St. Louis. [5] During the American Civil War, Kenrick maintained a neutral position in a strongly divided Missouri.
Rozanski was installed on August 25, 2020, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. [ 13 ] In May 2023, Rozanski announced All Things New, a plan to reduce the number of parishes in the archdiocese from 178 to 134 with closures and mergers. [ 14 ]
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is an independent Catholic church located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.Formerly a parish belonging to the Catholic Church, it was established in 1880 to serve the Polish community in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
The parish became known as Immaculate Conception/St. Henry's and was staffed by the Augustinians. The former St. Henry's Church at Rutger and California Streets was destroyed as a result of two fires in the mid 1990s and had to be torn down. [5] The Catholic population in the area declined over the years and the parish was closed in 2005.
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Bridgeton, Missouri was a Catholic parish in northwestern St. Louis County, located within the Archdiocese of St. Louis.Founded in 1851, the parish population expanded with suburban development at such exhilarating a rate in the 1950s and 1960s that seven new parishes were created in the area.
St. Liborius was established as a German national parish in 1856. [2] The church building is a large Gothic Revival structure covered in red brick. It was designed by New York City architect William Shickel. [3] At one time the central bell tower featured a stone tracery spire. It was removed in the 1960s. [4] The church was completed in 1889.
Part of St. Katharine Drexel Parish St. Ambrose 1012 E 47th St, Chicago Founded in 1904, closed in 2022 [64] St. Anselm 6045 S Michigan Ave, Chicago Founded in 1909, closed in 2022 [65] St. Basil/Visitation 843 W. Garfield Blvd, Chicago St. Benedict the African 340 W 66th St, Chicago St. Elizabeth 50 E 41st St, Chicago