He has disagreed with church leaders on immigration and the death penalty.
The reorganization plan calls for 27 priests to pastor more than one parish, a 50% jump from the current number of 18.
Closing St. Roch parish is “contrary to the mission of our faith,” one appeal letter reads.
The number of parishes will drop from 178 to 135 as of Aug. 1.
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“All Things New” closes 34 closed parishes and one mission, merges 15 parishes into 5, and reassigns scores of priests.
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Thirty-two parishes and one mission will be “subsumed.” Two parishes will be “suppressed.” And 15 will be merged to form five new parishes.
Many of the parish closures are in north St. Louis city and county, reflecting the geographic shift of Catholics westward.
Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.
St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, who served as Springfield bishop at that time, was named in the lawsuit, as well as members of his former staff.
Cardinal Blase Cupich expressed surprise that the 125 new cases involved some priests he had never heard of.
Of the 178 parishes across St. Louis city and 10 surrounding counties, about 40 are expected to keep their parish boundaries.
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Priests were given suggested prayers for Mass on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, when Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski will announce the “All Things New” plan.
Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski is expected to announce sweeping changes affecting many of the current 178 parishes this month.
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