THE CHANGING FACE OF THE DIOCESAN CHURCH
By Sr. Jennifer Votraw,
Director, Office of Planning
In 1998 our diocese had 92 pastors residing in parishes, with 28 parishes sharing a pastor. for a total of 120 parishes, 11 oratories and 26 missions (smaller, incorporated parishes sharing a pastor). After implementing a planning process initiated in 1998 and with extensive consultation and parish/pastor involvement, Bishop Barbarito approved a restructuring plan submitted by the Diocesan Planning Committee in 2003. Now in 2011, Bishop Terry LaValley, who has been part of the Planning Committee since its inception, oversees 62 pastors in 99 parishes. This number includes 122 Church buildings and 26 oratories.
The following is a list of definitions of terms used in reconfigurations:
| Mission: |
small, incorporated parish and sharing a pastor. |
| Oratory: |
Parish dissolved and church site no longer has regular celebration of the Eucharist. Parishioners of that parish may be buried there and a special Mass may be celebrated on that church’s name day. |
| Worship Site: |
Parish has been merged with a neighboring parish, but Church site, as part of the new corporation, remains open for regular celebration of the Eucharist. |
| Linked: |
Two or more parishes sharing a single pastor. |
| Merged: |
Two or more parish corporations becoming part of a new corporation with a name reflecting that new entity. |
Following is a look at the parish changes to date. Please note that some linkages, such as Lyon Mountain and Standish have occurred before this current planning cycle. The Planning process is on-going, and changes will continue as priests retire, etc.
Click here for Current Parish Configurations.
DEANERIES
| ADIRONDACK |
HAMILTON-HERKIMER |
| Bloomingdale (at Saranac Lake) |
Indian Lake |
| m. Gabriels |
m. Blue Mountain Lake |
| Keene (at Lake Placid) |
Inlet (at Old Forge) |
| Lake Clear (at Saranac Lake) |
o. Raquette Lake |
| o. Paul Smiths |
Lake Pleasant (& Wells) |
| Lake Placid (& Keene) |
Long Lake (at Newcomb) |
| Saranac Lake (& Bloomingdale & Lake Clear) |
Newcomb (& Long Lake) |
| Tupper Lake, SA |
Old Forge (& Inlet) |
| w. Tupper Lake, HN |
Wells (at Lake Pleasant) |
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| CLINTON |
JEFFERSON |
| Altona (& Sciota) |
Adams |
| o. Jericho |
m. Henderson |
| AuSable Forks |
Alexandria Bay |
| w. Black Brook |
w. Redwood |
| m. Wilmington |
Black River (& Deferiet) |
| Cadyville |
Brownville (& Sackets Harbor) |
| Champlain |
Cape Vincent |
| Chazy |
w.
Chaumont |
| Coopersville (at Rouses Point) |
w.
Rosiere |
| Dannemora (& Redford) |
Carthage (& Copenhagen) |
| Ellenburg (at Lyon Mountain) |
Clayton (& LaFargeville) |
| o. Churubusco |
Deferiet (at Black River) |
| Keeseville, SJ |
Evans Mills |
| w. Keeseville, IC |
m. Theresa |
| Lyon Mountain ( & Ellenburg) |
m. Philadelphia |
| o. Standish |
o. Antwerp |
| Mooers (at Mooers Forks) |
LaFargeville (at Clayton) |
| Mooers Forks (& Mooers) |
Sackets Harbor (at Brownville) |
| Morrisonville |
Watertown, HF |
| w. Treadwells Mill |
Watertown, SH |
| Peru |
Watertown, SA (& SP) |
| o. West Peru |
Watertown, SP (at SA) |
| Plattsburgh, OLV |
|
| Plattsburgh, SJ |
LEWIS |
| w. Plattsburgh, Newman |
Constableville (& West Leyden & Port Leyden) |
| o. Cumberland Head |
Copenhagen (at Carthage) |
| Plattsburgh, SP |
Croghan |
| Redford (at Dannemora) |
o. Belfort |
| Rouses Point (& Coopersville) |
o. New Bremen |
| Sciota (at Altona) |
Glenfield (at Lowville) |
| West Chazy |
o. Greig |
| |
Harrisville (at Star Lake) |
| ESSEX |
o. Natural Bridge |
| Crown Point (at Ticonderoga) |
o. Lake Bonaparte |
| Elizabethtown (& Westport) |
Houseville (at Lowville) |
| Olmstedville (at Schroon Lake) |
Lowville (& Glenfield & Houseville) |
| o. Irishtown |
Port Leyden (at Constableville) |
| Port Henry |
m. Lyons Falls |
| w. Mineville |
West Leyden (at Constableville) |
| Schroon Lake (& Olmstedville) |
o. Fish Creek |
| o. North Hudson |
|
| Ticonderoga (& Crown Point) |
ST. LAWRENCE |
| Westport (at Elizabethtown) |
Ogdensburg, Cathedral |
| Willsboro |
Ogdensburg, ND |
| w. Essex |
Brasher Falls (& North Lawrence) |
| |
Canton |
| FRANKLIN |
o.
Pyrites |
| Bombay (at Hogansburg) |
o. DeKalb Junction |
| Brushton (& North Bangor) |
Colton (at Potsdam) |
| Chasm Falls (at Malone ND) |
o. South Colton |
| o. Lake Titus |
o. Parishville |
| o. Owls Head |
Edwards (at Gouverneur) |
| Chateaugay |
Gouverneur (& Edwards) |
| w. Burke |
Heuvelton (& Lisbon) |
| Constable |
Hopkinton (at St. Regis Falls) |
| w. Westville |
Lisbon (at Heuvelton) |
| o. Trout River |
Madrid (at Waddington) |
| Fort Covington (at Hogansburg) |
Massena, SH |
| Hogansburg (& Bombay & Fort Covington) |
w. Louisville |
| Malone, ND (& SJB & SJ & Chasm Falls) |
Massena, SM |
| Malone, SJB (at Malone ND) |
w. Massena SJ |
| Malone, SJ (at Malone ND) |
Morristown |
| North Bangor (at Brushton) |
w. Hammond |
| St. Regis Falls (& Hopkinton) |
w. Rossie |
| o. Santa Clara |
Norfolk (&Raymondville) |
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North Lawrence (at Brasher Falls) |
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Norwood |
| |
Potsdam (& Colton) |
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Raymondville (at Norfolk) |
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Star Lake (& Harrisville) |
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o. Fine |
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o. Newton Falls |
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Waddington (& Madrid) |
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