List of Cleveland diocesan closings

Here follows a list, a long list, really two lists: the parish closures before the arrival of Richard Lennon and those after. It has been broken into groups of ten. Before April 2006—25 parishes were closed, 1 suspended; since then —58 have been closed (a nebulous number, perhaps 15 have appeals currently in Rome). In comparison to the previous essay (cf., some closures were mergers), which gave some details of why and wherefore parishes closed, those closed after 2005 were closed almost entire by a lone executive fiat or ukaze. The list abbreviates the parish name, nationality (if any), dates of existence and municipality (if outside of Cleveland proper). It is to be noted, that, the diocese of Cleveland was created in 1847; the first resident priest came in 1835. The diocese was the northern half of Ohio. It now is 8 of 88 counties, and only those parishes of the Roman (or western rite) are considered for this list. Note: last Mass said, and closing date are not always identical. If parish was merged, and stayed open as the resultant worship church: it is not listed. If the merged parish closed: it is listed with the name of origin.


St. Mary on the Flats Irish 1826-48, cathedral 1847-52, chapel of ease to1886
Annunciation French 1868-1916
St. Anthony Italian 1880-1938
St. Columbkille Irish 1871-1957
St. Peter Claver African-American, Akron 1945-1959
St. Martin Slovak 1893-1960
St. Bridget Irish 1857-1961
St. Wenceslaus Czech 1867-1963
St. Mary German 1854-1959, chapel-of-ease to 1968
St. Agatha 1945-1975

St. Edward Irish, African-American 1871-1975
St. Marian Italian 1905-1975
St. Agnes 1893-1980
[Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Vermilion 1979-1981 suspended]
St. Joseph German 1855-1986
Holy Family Czech 1911-1988, chapel-of-ease to1997
St. Peter Lithuanian, Akron 1919-1989
Transfiguration Polish 1943-1992
Nativity BVM Slovak 1903-1993
St. Benedict Slovak 1928-1993
St. Thomas Aquinas 1898-1993

St. Joseph Collinwood‡ 1877-1994
St. Mary of Czestochowa Polish 1914-1996
St. Josaphat Polish 1908-1998
St. Mary Polish, Barberton 1912-2002
Holy Trinity German, African-American 1880-2004
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mural by Romeo Celleghin for St. Andrew Svorad, demolished.

year established•date of last Mass or 'closing Mass'
1894•10 28 06 Assumption of Mary Polish, Grafton, chapel-of-ease to 2010
1945•11 12 06 St. Jude Warrensville Hts.
1911•09 02 07 Holy Trinity Hungarian*, Barberton
1923•10 28 07 St. Wenceslas Czech, Maple Hts.
1946•12 30 07 St. Henry
1898•12 30 07 St. Catherine
1914•05 27 08 St. Philip Neri
1906•06 02 08 St. Andrew Svorad Slovak
1908•10 25 08 St. George Clinton
1910•04 26 09 Holy Cross Polish, Elyria

1944•05 24 09 Epiphany
1905•06 14 09 SS. Cyril & Methodius Slovak, Barberton
1928•06 21 09 Christ the King, East Cleveland
1922•06 28 09 Sacred Heart of Jesus Hungarian, Elyria
1872•08 30 09 St. Procop Czech
1906•09 19 09 St. Hyacinth Polish
1912•09 26 09 St. Hedwig Polish, Akron
1908•09 27 09 St. Stanislaus Polish, Lorain
1890•09 27 09 St. Ladislaus Hungarian, Lorain
1887•10 04 09 St. Francis, German (school continued)

1905•10 04 09 SS. Cyril & Methodius Slovene, Lorain
1895•10 18 09 St. George Lithuanian
1907•10 31 09 St. John the Baptist Slovak Akron
1921•11 01 09 St. Margaret of Hungary Hungarian, Orange
1975•11 07? 09 Community of Saint Malachi†
1891•11 08 09 St. Casimir Polish
1965•11 14 09 Holy Trinity Bedford Hts.
1910•11 15 09 St. Mary Bedford
1860•11 21 09 St. Paul Euclid
1935•11 28 09 Christ the King Croat, Akron (now chapel-of-ease)

1906•12 13 09 Holy Trinity Slovak, Lorain
1922•12 20 09 St. Vitus Croat, Lorain
1950•12 27 09 St. Robert Bellarmine Euclid (weekday Masses before 1 Jan.)
1947•01 09 10 St. Louis Cleveland Heights
1905•01 17 10 St. Hedwig Polish, Lakewood
1915•01 24 10 Sacred Heart of Jesus Hungarian, Akron
1925•02 13 10 St. Christine Euclid
1896•03 07 10 St. Joseph German, Lorain
1899•03 14 10 St. Rose
1903•04 10 10 Blessed Sacrament

1853•04 11 10 St. Peter (last Mass 04 04 10)
1935•04 17 10 Corpus Christi Polish
1915•04 25 10 St. Cecilia
1888•05 02 10 Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish
1950•05 03 10 SS. Philip & James
1905•05 09 10 St. Barbara Polish
1922•05 09 10 Our Lady of Mercy Slovak
1860•05 16 10 Assumption of Mary Brook Park
1903•05 23 10 St. Wendelin Slovak
1924•05 30 10 Annunciation

1848•05 30 10 St. Patrick West Park‡
1883•06 06 10 St. Adalbert Czech-Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament African-American
1948•06 12 10 St. Margaret Mary South Euclid
1901•06 20 10 St. Lawrence Slovene
1936•06 20 10 Our Lady of Mount Carmel—East Italian
1908•06 26 10 St. James Lakewood (Mass celebrated next day)
1887•06 27 10 St. Mary Akron (now chapel-of-ease)
1904•06 30 10 St. Emeric Hungarian
(of the last 58 closures: 33 national parishes + 1 other personal parish + 5 in african-american communities)
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*At origin: African-American was listed Negro, Czech listed as Bohemian, Hungarian listed as Magyar.
†Community of Saint Malachi was an unique personal parish, they formerly worshipped in the parish church of Saint Malachi.
‡Collinwood and West Park have been annexed to Cleveland for about a century, but there were other parishes in Cleveland of the same patronage.
§1975•San Juan Bautista, became La Sagrada Familia 1998
nota bene: Conversion of St. Paul has changed status from parish to shrine.
St. Colman, St. Ignatius and St. Stephen have been given conditional reprieves. Which comes to: $$$
POSTCRIPTUM 30 JANUARY 2013: By Vatican decrees of 1 March 2012, the parishes in Red have been publicly restored.