List of final parish alignment for Seek the City to Come

The Seek the City to Come plan announced May 22 realigns Catholic parishes throughout Baltimore City and some nearby communities in Baltimore County. Pastoral leadership for each location will be determined in the future. For now, the new parishes will take on the name of the church where it is sited, but the parishioners of the newly formed entity can eventually petition to change that name.

Below are the affected parishes. The “seated parish” indicates the location of the new parish.

Seated at St. Agnes, Catonsville
Merged: St. William of York

Seated at Our Lady of Victory, Arbutus; additional worship site at St. Joseph’s Monastery
Merged: Transfiguration, St. Benedict

Seated at St. Bernardine, additional worship site at St. Peter Claver
Merged: St. Edward, St. Gregory the Great, St. Pius V

Seated at St. Ambrose

Seated at New All Saints
Merged: St. Cecilia, Immaculate Conception (West Baltimore)

Seated at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
Merged: Shrine of the Sacred Heart; St. Pius X, Rodgers Forge; St. Thomas Aquinas; St. Mary of the Assumption, Govans

Seated at Ss. Philip and James

Seated at St. Veronica

Seated at St. Athanasius
Merged: St. Rose of Lima

Seated at Holy Cross, additional worship site at Good Counsel
Merged: St. Mary Star of the Sea

Seated at Basilica of the Assumption
Merged: Corpus Christi

Seated at St. Alphonsus Liguori

Seated at St. Ignatius

Seated at St. Leo the Great
Merged: St. Vincent de Paul, St. Patrick (territory)

Seated at St. Francis Xavier
Merged: St. Ann, St. Wenceslaus, St. Ignatius (territory)

Seated at St. Casimir
Merged: St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Seated at Sacred Heart of Jesus, additional worship site at Holy Rosary

Seated at Our Lady of Fatima
Merged: Our Lady of Pompei

Seated at Our Lady of Hope, Dundalk; additional worship site at St. Rita, Dundalk
Merged: St. Luke, Edgemere, Sacred Heart of Mary

Seated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Essex
Merged: St. Clare, Essex

Seated at St. Michael the Archangel, Overlea; additional worship site at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, Rosedale
Merged: Church of the Annunciation, Rosedale

Seated at St. Matthew, additional worship site at St. Francis of Assisi
Merged: St. Dominic, Shrine of the Little Flower, St. Anthony of Padua, Most Precious Blood, Blessed Sacrament

Seated at Immaculate Heart of Mary
Merged: St. Thomas More

Also see: Final Seek the City plan released; archdiocese will reduce parishes in Baltimore area by half

For more information on the Seek the City plan and a map of affected parishes, visit archbalt.org/seekthecity

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