Archdiocese of Detroit
Closed / Merged Parishes
The dates are when parishes opened and closed/merged.| All Saints Parish (Memphis) | 1950 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Philip Neri, Columbus, and Holy Rosary Mission, Smiths Creek, to form Holy Family Parish, Memphis. Records at Holy Family.) | |
| Anawim Community Parish (Detroit) | 1971 - 1974 |
| Annunciation/Our Lady of Sorrows Parish (Detroit) | 1906 - 2006 |
| (Parish Records at Good Shepherd) | |
| Ascension Parish (Warren) | 1926 - 2007 |
| (Merged into St. Clement, Center Line. Records at St. Clement.) | |
| Assumption BVM Parish (Detroit) | 1911 - 1989 |
| Cardinal Leger Community Parish (Detroit) | 1968 - 1981 |
| Corpus Christi Parish (Detroit) | 1923 - 1989 |
| Emmaus Community Parish (Detroit) | 1971 - 1982 |
| Epiphany Parish (Detroit) | 1924 - 1989 |
| Guardian Angels Parish (Detroit) | 1927 - 2006 |
| Holy Cross Parish (Marine City) | 1825 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Mark to form Our Lady on the River, Marine City. Records at Our Lady on the River.) | |
| Holy Ghost Parish (Detroit) | 1939 - 1989 |
| Holy Innocents Parish (Roseville) | 1953 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with St. Barnabas Parish. Sacramental records remain at Holy Innocents, Roseville.) | |
| Holy Name of Jesus Parish (Detroit) | 1919 - 1990 |
| Holy Rosary Mission (Columbus) | 1900 - 2007 |
| (Mission merged with All Saints, Memphis and St. Philip Neri, Columbus to form Holy Family Parish, Memphis. Sacramental Records at Holy Family Parish - All Saints Church, Memphis) | |
| Immaculate Conception Parish (Detroit) | 1919 - 1981 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (Detroit) | 1948 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with St. Gerard, Detroit, to form Corpus Christi, Detroit. Records at Corpus Christi.) | |
| Martyrs of Uganda Parish (Detroit) | 1989 - 2006 |
| Mother of Consolation Parish (Detroit) | 1943 - 1989 |
| Mother of Our Savior Parish (Detroit) | 1959 - 1989 |
| Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parish (Detroit) | 1927 - 2003 |
| (Parish merged with St. Suzanne, Detroit. Records at St. Suzanne) | |
| Our Lady Help of Christians Parish (Detroit) | 1923 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with Transfiguration. Records at Transfiguration, Detroit.) | |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Port Huron) | 1954 - 2007 |
| (Mission merged with St. Stephen, Port Huron, and St. Joseph, Port Huron, to form Holy Trinity Parish, Port Huron. Records at Holy Trinity.) | |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish (Detroit) | 1920 - 1957 |
| Our Lady of Help Parish (Detroit) | 1867 - 1968 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (Recife, PE) | 1959 - 2006 |
| (Archdiocese of Olinda cares for the mission) | |
| Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish (Detroit) | 1927 - 2008 |
| Our Lady of Sorrows Parish (Detroit) | 1884 - 2000 |
| (Parish Records at Good Shepherd, Detroit.) | |
| Our Lady of the Hills Parish (Troy) | 1974 - 1978 |
| Our Lady Queen of Hope Parish (Detroit) | 1965 - 1989 |
| Patronage of St. Joseph Parish (Detroit) | 1923 - 1989 |
| Precious Blood Parish (Detroit) | 1929 - 2005 |
| (Parish merged with St. Francis de Sales, Detroit, to form St. Peter Claver, Detroit. Records at St. Peter Claver.) | |
| Resurrection Parish (Detroit) | 1920 - 1989 |
| Santa Maria Parish (Detroit) | 1919 - 1973 |
| SS. Kevin & Norbert Parish (Inkster) | 1951 - 2004 |
| St. Agatha Parish (Redford) | 1948 - 2005 |
| St. Agnes Parish (Detroit) | 1914 - 1989 |
| St. Albertus Parish (Detroit) | 1872 - 1990 |
| St. Andrew Parish (Detroit) | 1920 - 2008 |
| (Parish merged with Our Lady Queen of Angels, Detroit. Records at Our Lady Queen of Angels.) | |
| St. Anthony Parish (Detroit) | 1857 - 2006 |
| (Parish Records at Good Shepherd, Detroit.) | |
| St. Augustine Parish (Detroit) | 1920 - 1989 |
| St. Barnabas Parish (Eastpointe) | 1955 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with Holy Innocents Parish. Records remain at St. Barnabas Parish.) | |
| St. Bartholomew Parish (Detroit) | 1925 - 2008 |
| (Parish merged with St. Rita, Detroit. Records at St. Bartholomew - St. Rita.) | |
| St. Beatrice Parish (Southfield) | 1966 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Bede, St. Ives, and St. Michael - all Southfield - to form Church of the Transfiguration, Southfield. Records at Church of the Transfiguration.) | |
| St. Bede Parish (Southfield) | 1954 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Beatrice, St. Ives, and St. Michael - all Southfield - to form Church of the Transfiguration, Southfield. Records at Church of the Transfiguration.) | |
| St. Benedict the Moor Parish (Detroit) | 1928 - 1976 |
| St. Bernadette Parish (Dearborn) | 1943 - 1998 |
| St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish (Detroit) | 1849 - 1990 |
| St. Boniface Parish (Detroit) | 1866 - 1989 |
| St. Brendan Parish (Detroit) | 1954 - 2006 |
| St. Brigid Parish (Detroit) | 1924 - 1989 |
| St. Camillus Parish (Eloise) | 1941 - 1984 |
| St. Casimir Parish (Detroit) | 1882 - 1989 |
| St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish (Algonac) | 1894 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with Holy Cross, Marine City, and St. Mark, Harsens Island, to form Our Lady on the River, Marine City. Records at Our Lady on the River.) | |
| St. Catherine of Siena Parish (Detroit) | 2005 - 2009 |
| St. Catherine Parish (Detroit) | 1912 - 1990 |
| St. Christine Parish (Detroit) | 1954 - 2005 |
| St. Claude Parish (Clinton Township) | 1965 - 2007 |
| (Inquiries or record information regarding St. Claude Parish should be directed to the St. Thecla Parish) | |
| St. Conrad Parish (Melvindale) | 1966 - 2008 |
| (Parish merged with St. Mary Magdalen, Melvindale. Records at St. Mary Magdalen.) | |
| St. Cyril of Jerusalem Parish (Taylor) | 1953 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Paschal Baylon, Taylor to form Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Taylor. Records at Our Lady of the Angels.) | |
| St. David of Wales Parish (Detroit) | 1921 - 1990 |
| St. Dominic Parish (Detroit) | 1926 - 2005 |
| St. Dorothy Parish (Center Line) | 1960 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Warren, to form St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Warren. Records at St. Teresa of Avila.) | |
| St. Edward Parish (Detroit) | 1927 - 1990 |
| St. Eugene Parish (Detroit) | 1954 - 1989 |
| St. Francis de Sales Parish (Detroit) | 1927 - 2005 |
| (Parish merged with Precious Blood, Detroit, to form St. Peter Claver, Detroit. Records at St. Peter Claver.) | |
| St. Francis of Assisi Parish (Ray) | 1968 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged and is now called St. Francis of Assisi/St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish. Records at merged parish.) | |
| St. Gemma Parish (Detroit) | 1947 - 2005 |
| St. George Parish (Detroit) | 1908 - 1965 |
| St. Gerard Parish (Detroit) | 1950 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with Immaculate Heart of Mary, Detroit, to form Corpus Christi, Detroit. Records at Corpus Christi.) | |
| St. Germaine Parish (St. Clair Shores) | 1957 - 2009 |
| (Parish merged with St. Gertrude to form Our Lady of Hope. Records at Our Lady of Hope.) | |
| St. Gertrude Parish (St. Clair Shores) | 1826 - 2009 |
| (Parish merged with St. Germaine to forme Our Lady of Hope. Records at Our Lady of Hope.) | |
| St. Helena Parish (Wyandotte) | 1925 - 2008 |
| St. Hugh Parish (Southgate) | 1966 - 2009 |
| (Merged into St. Francis Cabrini. Records at St. Francis Cabrini.) | |
| St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish (Detroit) | 1948 - 1989 |
| St. Ives Parish (Southfield) | 1964 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Beatrice, St. Bede, and St. Michael - all Southfield - to form Church of the Transfiguration, Southfield. Records at Church of the Transfiguration.) | |
| St. Jerome Parish (Detroit) | 1954 - 1996 |
| (Parish closed and is now St. Lucy Croatian in Troy. Records at St. Lucy.) | |
| St. Joachim Parish (Detroit) | 1885 - 1989 |
| St. John Berchmans/St. Juliana Parish (Detroit) | 1932 - 2004 |
| St. John Cantius Parish (Detroit) | 1902 - 2007 |
| St. John Nepomucene Parish (Detroit) | 1908 - 1974 |
| St. John the Evangelist Parish (Detroit) | 1892 - 1981 |
| St. John Vianney Parish (Highland Park) | 1926 - 1978 |
| St. Joseph Parish (Pontiac) | 1923 - 2009 |
| (Parish merged with St. Vincent de Paul and St. Michael to form St. Vincent de Paul. Records at St. Vincent de Paul) | |
| St. Joseph Parish (Port Huron) | 1890 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Stephen, Port Huron, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Port Huron, to form Holy Trinity Parish, Port Huron. Records at Holy Trinity.) | |
| St. Lawrence Parish (Detroit) | 1922 - 1989 |
| St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish (Warren) | 1950 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Dorothy Parish, Warren, to form St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Warren. Records at St. Teresa of Avila.) | |
| St. Margaret Mary Parish (Detroit) | 1920 - 1982 |
| St. Mark Parish (Harsens Island) | 1897 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Catherine of Alexandria, Algonac, and Holy Cross, Marine City, to form Our Lady on the River, Marine City. Records at Our Lady on the River.) | |
| St. Martin of Tours Parish (Detroit) | 1923 - 1989 |
| St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish (Macomb Township) | 1996 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with St. Francis of Assisi to form St. Francis of Assisi/St. Maximillian Kolbe. Records at merged parish.) | |
| St. Michael Parish (Pontiac) | 1919 - 2009 |
| (Parish merged with St. Joseph and St. Vincent de Paul to form St. Vincent de Paul Parish. Records at St. Vincent de Paul.) | |
| St. Michael Parish (Southfield) | 1930 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Beatrice, St. Bede, and St. Ives - all Southfield - to form Church of the Transfiguration, Southfield. Records at Church of the Transfiguration.) | |
| St. Monica Parish (Detroit) | 1924 - 1989 |
| St. Paschal Baylon Parish (Taylor) | 1956 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Taylor to form Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Taylor. Records at Our Lady of the Angels.) | |
| St. Patrick Mission (North Branch) | 1896 - 2007 |
| (Records at SS. Peter and Paul, North Branch.) | |
| St. Paul Parish (Maltese) | 1920 - 1961 |
| St. Peter Claver Parish (Detroit) | 1911 - 1938 |
| (Records at Sacred Heart, Detroit) | |
| St. Peter Lithuanian Parish (Detroit) | 1921 - 1995 |
| St. Philip Neri Parish (Detroit) | 1927 - 1989 |
| St. Philip Neri Parish (Columbus) | 1850 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with All Saints, Memphis and Holy Rosary, Smiths Creek to form Holy Family Parish, Memphis. Sacramental Records at Holy Family Parish - All Saints Church, Memphis) | |
| St. Rita Parish (Detroit) | 1924 - 2008 |
| (Parish merged with St. Bartholomew, Detroit. Records at St. Bartholomew - St. Rita.) | |
| St. Rose of Lima Parish (Detroit) | 1919 - 1989 |
| St. Stanislaus Parish (Detroit) | 1898 - 1989 |
| St. Stephen Parish (Port Huron) | 1851 - 2007 |
| (Parish merged with St. Joseph, Port Huron and Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Port Huron to form Holy Trinity Parish, Port Huron. Records at Holy Trinity.) | |
| St. Theresa of Avila Parish (Detroit) | 1915 - 1989 |
| St. Thomas the Apostle Parish (Detroit) | 1914 - 1989 |
| St. Valerie of Ravenna Parish (Clinton Township) | 1958 - 2009 |
| (Parish merged with St. Louis in Clinton Township. Records at St. Louis) | |
| St. Vincent de Paul Parish (Pontiac) | 1851 - 2009 |
| (Parish merged with St. Joseph and St. Michael to form St. Vincent de Paul. Records at St. Vincent de Paul.) | |
| St. Vincent Parish (Detroit) | 1866 - 1965 |
| St. Wenceslaus Parish (Detroit) | 1870 - 1962 |
| Transfiguration Parish (Detroit) | 1925 - 2006 |
| (Parish merged with Our Lady Help of Christians. Records remain at Transfiguration, Detroit.) | |
| Vida Nueva Community Parish (Utica) | 1972 - 1982 |
| Visitation Parish (Detroit) | 1920 - 1989 |
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Wow.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite a lot of parishes closing!!!
Many from Detroit, MI.
ReplyDeletePopulation decrease from about 1.5 million in the 70's to maybe 500,000 or less in 25 years due to many factors--unions, high taxes (so corporate headquarters and manufacturing moves out), and more.
Detroit has vacant lots, acres, and stretches--in some places--for miles. The city government is considering moving "business farms" to take over the acres, raise crops, and give proceeds to city.
Half of the public schools will be shut next year. Remaining class sizes of 60+.
She once was a beautiful city.
It's only a matter of time until all you heretics return to the One True Holy and Apostolic Church.
ReplyDeleteWere you alluding to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church or the Presbyterian Church in America?
ReplyDeleteGuffaw! That's a knee-slapper, Steve!
ReplyDeleteGrace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. That's where Glenn Peoples praches.
ReplyDeleteWell, if the church where Glenn preaches is "One True Holy and Apostolic Church," then I'll transfer my membership to the One True Holy and Schismatic Church.
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