Closed Parishes in the
Dioceses of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The parishes here listed have been 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
Our
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 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,
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. (EMPHASIS
added)
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