DIOCESE PROPOSAL


February 25, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

DIOCESE PROPOSAL

The proposed plan for the reconfiguration of the Diocese of Youngstown lists single, or stand alone parishes; collaborative units, which are a grouping of two or more parishes in which the parishes retain separate identities but share staff, resources and programming; and merged units, where two or more parishes form a new consolidated parish in which they are urged to as quickly as possible choose one worship site.

Columbiana (County) Deanery

Present number of clergy, 8; proposed number of clergy, 4.

Collaborative units: St. Jude, Columbiana and Our Lady of Lourdes, East Palestine. St. Paul, Salem; St. Patrick, Leetonia.

Merged units

St. George, Lisbon; St. Agatha Mission, West Point; St. John , Summitville; St. Philip Neri, Dungannon; St. Patrick, Salineville.

St. Aloysius and St. Ann, East Liverpool; Immaculate Conception, Wellsville.

Mahoning North and South Deaneries

Present number of clergy, 30; proposed number of clergy, 25, including parochial vicars. Numbers do not include St. Dominic, which is staffed by Dominican priests.

Single units: St. Columba, Youngstown; Holy Rosary, Lowellville; St. Edward, Boardman; St. Brendan, Youngstown; St. Patrick, Youngstown.

Merged units: St. Nicholas and Holy Trinity, Struthers; Immaculate Conception and Sacred Heart, Youngstown; St. Catherine, Lake Milton, and St. James, North Jackson.

Trumbull (County) Deanery

Present number of clergy, 17; proposed number of clergy, 13. Numbers do not include Queen of the Holy Rosary.

Single units: St. William, Champion; St. Robert, Cortland; St. Patrick, Hubbard; St. Mary and St. Joseph, Newton Falls; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Vienna; Blessed Sacrament, Warren; and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Niles.

Collaborative units: St. Stephen, Niles, and St. Mary, Mineral Ridge; St. Rose, Girard, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, McDonald.

Merged units: St. Bernadette, Masury, and St. Vincent de Paul, Vienna; St. James and Sts. Cyril & Methodius, Warren; St. Mary and St. Joseph; St. Pius X and Christ Our King, Warren.

Source: Youngstown Catholic Diocese