Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the U.S.

Follow Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!

2023 Several churches became part of new parish collaboratives, including St. Agnes and St. Athanasius in Reading joining Christ the King Parish, and St. Mary of the Annunciation and St. Richard of Chichester in Danvers becoming part of Danvers Collaborative.
2022 St. Helen Church in Norwell was closed and sold to the Town of Norwell.
2022 St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Church in Hanover became part of Our Lady of the Angels Parish. St. Thomas More and Sacred Heart Churches became part of Our Lady Queen of Peace Collaborative.
2021 Sts. Martha & Mary Church in Lakeville and Sacred Heart Church in Middleborough became part of St. Isidore Parish. St. John the Evangelist Church in Canton became St. Oscar Romero Parish.
2020 Sacred Heart, St. Ann, and St. Mary Churches in Quincy became part of Divine Mercy Parish.
2019 St. Anthony of Padua Church in Cohasset and St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Hull became part of Christ by the Sea Collaborative.
2018 Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Carver and St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Peter Churches in Plymouth became part of Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish.
2018 Parish of the Transfiguration in Wilmington founded through the merger of St. Dorothy and St. Thomas of Villanova Parishes
2017 Current chapel of Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage was dedicated
2015 Our Lady of Mount Carmel church building was finally sold by the archdiocese.
2015 St. John the Evangelist and St. Paul Churches in Wellesley became part of the St. John - St. Paul Catholic Collaborative.
2014 St. Edward the Confessor and St. Jude Churches became part of the Medfield/Norfolk Collaborative.
2013 St. Antoine Davelui Church was established in Auburndale (Newton) for Korean immigrants.
2013 Immaculate Conception and St. Jerome Churches in Weymouth became part of Catholic Weymouth.
2011 Christ the King, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Edith Stein Churches in Brockton became part of Brockton Collaborative.
2011 St. Mary Magdalen Church in Tyngsborough dedicated
2010 Most Precious Blood and St. Theresa Parishes merged.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.