Vibrant Parish Life
Bishop Richard G. Lennon
Our New Parishes
The following are a list of the new parishes formed in the Cleveland Diocese since 2002 when the Vibrant Parish Life initiative and Reconfiguration process began.
They are in order of their date of opening:
Prince of Peace Parish
Opened: July 1, 2002
Merged Parishes:
Sacred Heart
St. Mary
Location:
1263 Shannon Ave.
Norton
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish
Opened: October 29, 2006
Merged Parishes:
Immaculate Conception
Assumption
Location:
708 Erie St.
Grafton
Holy Spirit Parish
Opened: January 4, 2008
Merged Parishes:
St. Catherine
St. Henry
St. Timothy
Location:
4341 E. 131st St.
Garfield Heights
St. Casimir
Opened: October 25, 2009
Merged Parishes:
St. George
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Location:
Former Our Lady of Perpetual Help
18022 Neff Rd.
Cleveland
St. Malachi Parish
Opened: November 7, 2009
Merged Parishes:
Community of St. Malachi
Location:
St. Malachi
2459 Washington Ave
at West 25th and Detroit Ave.
Cleveland
Visitation of Mary
Opened: November 8, 2009
Merged Parishes:
Annunciation
St. John the Baptist
Location:
Former Annunciation Parish
55 Broad St.
Akron
Our Lady of Hope
Opened: November 22, 2009
Merged Parishes:
St. Mary, Bedford
Holy Trinity, Bedford Heights
St. Pius X, Bedford
Location:
Former St. Pius X Parish
440 Center St.
Bedford
St. John of the Cross
Opened: November 29, 2009
Merged Parishes:
St. Paul
St. Felicitas
Location:
Former St. Felicitas Parish
140 Richmond Rd.
Euclid
Blessed Trinity
Opened: December 6, 2009
Merged Parishes:
St. Martha
Christ the King
Location:
Former St. Martha Parish
300 East Tallmadge Ave.
Akron
Mary Mother of God
Opened: December 20, 2009
Merged Parishes:
Holy Trinity, Lorain
St. Mary, Lorain
Location:
Former St. Mary Parish
Reid Avenue and Eighth Street
Lorain
Sts. Robert and William
Opened: January 3, 2010
Merged Parishes:
St. William
St. Robert
Location:
Former St. William Parish
367 E. 260th St.
Euclid
Communion of Saints
Opened: January 17, 2010
Merged Parishes:
St. Ann
St. Philomena
St. Louis
Christ the King, East Cleveland Location:
Former St. Ann Parish
2175 Coventry Rd.
Cleveland Heights
Our Lady of the Lake
Opened: February 21, 2010
Merged Parishes:
Holy Cross, Euclid
St. Christine, Euclid
Location:
Former Holy Cross Parish
19951 Lake Shore Blvd.
Euclid
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Opened: March 6, 2010
Merged Parishes:
St. Vitus, Lorain
Sts. Cyril & Methodius, Lorain
St. John the Baptist, Lorain
Location:
Former St. John the Baptist
2143 Homewood Dr.
Lorain
Transfiguration
Opened: March 21, 2010
Merged Parishes:
St. Rose, Cleveland
Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Lakewood
Location:
Former Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Parish
12608 Madison Ave.
Lakewood
Mary Queen of Peace
Opened: April 25, 2010
Merged Parishes:
Corpus Christi
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Location:
Former Our Lady of Good Counsel
4423 Pearl Rd.
Cleveland
Mary Queen of the Apostles
Opened: May 23, 2010
Merged Parishes:
Assumption, Brook Park
St. Peter the Apostle Parish,
Brook Park
Location:
Former St. Peter the Apostle
6455 Engle Rd.
Brook Park
Blessed Trinity
Opened: June 6, 2010
Merged Parishes:
Ascension
Annunciation
St. Patrick West Park
Location:
Former Ascension Parish
14040 Puritas Ave.
Cleveland
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Opened: June 20, 2010
Merged Parishes:
St. Margaret Mary
St. Gregory the Great
Location:
Former St. Gregory Parish
1545 South Green Rd.
South Euclid
St. Bernard-St. Mary
Opened: July 4, 2010
Merged Parishes:
St. Mary
St. Bernard
Location:
Former St. Bernard Parish
Broadway and East State Street
Akron
Closed Parishes
The following are a list of the parishes closed during the last 18 months as part of the Diocesan reconfiguration process:
Sacred Heart, Akron
St. Hedwig, Akron
Sts. Cyril & Methodius, Barberton
Blessed Sacrament, Cleveland
Epiphany, Cleveland
Our Lady of Mercy, Cleveland
Sacred Heart, Cleveland
St. Adalbert, Cleveland
St. Barbara, Cleveland
St. Casimir, Cleveland
St. Cecelia, Cleveland
St. Emeric, Cleveland
St. Francis, Cleveland
St. Hyacinth, Cleveland
St. Lawrence, Cleveland
St. Peter, Cleveland
St. Procop, Cleveland
St. Wendelin, Cleveland
Sts. Philip & James, Cleveland
Holy Cross, Elyria
Sacred Heart, Elyria
Conversion of St. Paul, Euclid
St. Hedwig, Lakewood
St. James, Lakewood
St. Joseph, Lorain
St. Ladislaus, Lorain
St. Stanislaus, Lorain
St. Margaret of Hungary, Orange