Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg PA. That's just east of Pittsburgh over in the next county.Citing a dire shortage of priests, the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg will close 14 parishes and merge or partner 28 others, reducing the total from 100 to 85. Just 45 will remain freestanding parishes with a pastor to call their own.
After three years of consultation with more than 9,000 parishioners and clergy, "there is a consensus in this diocese about what we need to do in the future," said Bishop Lawrence Brandt. Catholic Charities will offer free counseling for grief and loss to affected parishioners, he said.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08281/917960-85.stm
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This is not surprising. The RC Greensburg diocese is in worse shape than Pittsburgh. The local parish near me has one full time priest and a part time fella who between them say 5 weekend masses and provide pastoral care (not) for almost 10,000 souls. The number of priest retiring is much greater than the number coming in.
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