Closed Parishes in the Dioceses of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

 

The parishes here listed were closed by the late Bishop Dattilo.  Almost all were debt free and financially well endowed.  The closings were opposed by the parishioners.  The churches were sold very cheaply to both Protestant and Infidel organizations and the monies confiscated by the diocese.

 

Assumption of the BVM                 Kulpmont, PA

Assumption of the BVM                   Steelton, PA

Assumption of the BVM                    Shamokin, PA

Assumption of the BVM                    Mount Joy, PA

Holy Cross                                  Mount Carmel, PA

Lady of Perpetual Help                  Marion, PA

Our Mother of Consolation         Mount Carmel, PA

Sacred Heart of Jesus                      Harrisburg, PA

Ss. Cyril & Methodius                       Lebanon, PA

St. Ann                                                     Steelton, PA

St. Anthony of Padua               Coal Township, PA

St. Casimir                                          Kulpmont, PA

St. Edward                                         Shamokin, PA

St. Gertrude                                         Lebanon, PA

St. Gregory the Great                          Lebanon, PA

St. Ignatius                                              Centralia, PA

St. James                                                Steelton, PA

St. John The Evangelist                      Steelton, PA

St. Joseph                               Mount Carmel, PA

St. Joseph                                       Shamokin, PA

St. Joseph                                     Locust Gap, PA

St. Lawrence (not sold)                     Harrisburg, PA

St. Michael The Archangel               Shamokin, PA

St. Peter                                   Mount Carmel, PA

St. Peter                                            Steelton, PA

St. Stanislaus Kosta                              Steelton, PA

St. Stephen Promartyr                 Coal Township, PA

St. Thomas More                      Northumberland, PA

 

The Code of Canon Law
Canon 1222


§1 If a church CANNOT IN ANY WAY BE USED for divine worship and there
is NO POSSIBILITY OF ITS BEING RESTORED, the diocesan Bishop may allow
it to be used for some secular but not unbecoming purpose.

§2 Where other GRAVE REASONS suggest that a particular church should
no longer be used for divine worship, the diocesan Bishop may allow it
to be used for a secular but not unbecoming purpose. Before doing so,
he MUST CONSULT THE COUNCIL OF PRIESTS; he must also have the CONSENT
OF THOSE WHO COULD LAWFULLY CLAIM RIGHTS over that church, and BE SURE
THAT THE GOOD OF SOULS WOULD NOT BE HARMED by the transfer.

 

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