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Parishes slated for closure
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| City/town | Church | Atten.* | Index | Founded | Notes |
| Arlington | Saint James the Apostle | 543 | 268 | 1914 | |
| Arlington | Saint Jerome | 378 | 322 | 1934 | |
| Bellingham | Assumption | 547 | 295 | 1927 | |
| Belmont | Our Lady of Mercy | 735 | 260 | 1926 | |
| Beverly | Saint Alphonsus | 561 | 317 | 1968 | |
| Beverly | Saint Margaret | 341 | 339 | 1905 | |
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| Brighton | Our Lady of Presentation | 421 | 292 | 1909 | School closing |
| Charlestown | Saint Catherine of Siena | 633 | 255 | 1887 | Spanish Mass |
| East Boston | Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 304 | 279 | 1905 | Italian parish |
| East Boston | Saint Mary Star of the Sea | 529 | 236 | 1864 | School stays open |
| Fenway | Saint Ann | N/A | 312 | 1945 | University parish |
| Hyde Park | Saint Adalbert | 175 | 353 | 1913 | Polish parish |
| Hyde Park | Saint Joseph | N/A | 355 | 1938 | |
| Jamaica Plain | Blessed Sacrament | 752 | 231 | 1891 | School closing |
| Roxbury | Saint Mary of the Angels | N/A | 336 | 1904 | Spanish Mass |
| South Boston | Saint Augustine | N/A | 46 | 1868 | Historic chapel |
| South Boston | Saint Peter | N/A | 297 | 1904 | Lith., school closing |
| South End | Holy Trinity | 243 | 357 | 1844 | German parish, Latin |
| Brockton | Saint Margaret | 1,133 | 144 | 1902 | Portuguese Mass |
| Brookline | Infant Jesus-St. Lawrence | 306 | 347 | 1999 | |
| Cambridge | Blessed Sacrament | 220 | 325 | 1905 | |
| Cambridge | Immaculate Conception | 114 | 353 | 1926 | Haitian Mass |
| Cambridge | Immaculate Conception (Lith) | N/A | 279 | 1910 | Lithuanian parish |
| Dedham | Saint Susanna | 641 | 268 | 1960 | |
| Everett | Saint Therese | 703 | 250 | 1927 | |
| Framingham | Saint Jeremiah | N/A | 292 | 1958 | |
| Gloucester | Sacred Heart | 275 | 257 | 1946 | |
| Gloucester | Saint Peter | 555 | 181 | 1928 | |
| Lexington | Sacred Heart | 609 | 236 | 1931 | |
| Lynn | Saint Michael | 307 | 331 | 1906 | Polish parish |
| Malden | Saint Peter | 364 | 310 | 1972 | Italian parish |
| Marlborough | Saint Mary | N/A | 260 | 1870 | French parish |
| Medford | Sacred Heart | 581 | 264 | 1937 | |
| Medford | Saint James | 442 | 304 | 1919 | |
| Milton | Saint Pius X | 1,767 | 229 | 1954 | |
| Natick | Sacred Heart | N/A | 352 | 1891 | |
| Newton | Mary Immaculate Lourdes | 425 | 319 | 1870 | |
| Newton | Saint Bernard | N/A | 161 | 1876 | |
| Norwood | Saint George | 341 | 264 | 1912 | Lithuanian parish |
| Plymouth | Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha | 405 | 302 | 1982 | |
| Quincy | Star of the Sea | 393 | 322 | 1945 | |
| Revere | Our Lady of Lourdes | 383 | 247 | 1905 | |
| Rockport | Saint Joachim | 390 | 288 | 1849 | |
| Peabody | Saint Thomas the Apostle | 670 | 155 | 1927 | |
| Salem | Saint Joseph | 725 | 179 | 1873 | French, school open |
| Scituate | St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | 804 | 296 | 1960 | |
| Stoughton | Saint James | 742 | 328 | 1962 | |
| Sudbury | Saint Anselm | 377 | 334 | 1963 | Deaf community ctr. |
| Wakefield | Saint Florence | 734 | 138 | 1947 | |
| Waltham | Saint Joseph | N/A | 328 | 1894 | French parish |
| Watertown | Sacred Heart | 497 | 289 | 1893 | |
| Wellesley | Saint James the Great | 560 | 331 | 1947 | |
| Weymouth | Saint Albert the Great | 1,222 | 131 | 1950 | |
| Winchester | Immaculate Conception | 548 | 239 | 1931 | |
| Woburn | Saint Joseph | 308 | 281 | 1906 | |
| PARISH CLOSES church becomes a chapel | |||||
| City/town | Church | Atten.* | Index | Founded | Notes |
| Boston/N. End | Sacred Heart | 358 | 271 | 1888 | Italian parish |
| Lincoln | Saint Joseph | 269 | 348 | 1946 | |
| Marlborough | Saint Ann | N/A | 170 | 1921 | Italian parish |
| Rochester | Saint Rose of Lima | 389 | 350 | 1980 | |
| Stow | Saint Isidore | 499 | 328 | 1961 | |
| MERGING | |||||
| City/town | Church | Atten.* | Index | Founded | Notes |
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| Dorchester | Saint John-Saint Hugh | 379 | 339 | 1901 | Nigerian Mass |
| Dorchester | Saint Margaret | 822 | 151 | 1893 | School merges |
| Dorchester | Saint William | 1,429 | 101 | 1909 | School merges |
| Roxbury | Saint Francis/Saint Philip | N/A | 341 | 1867 | Jesuit-run |
| Brockton | Sacred Heart | 435 | 292 | 1891 | French parish |
| Brockton | Saint Colman of Cloyne | 583 | 185 | 1891 | |
| Concord | Our Lady Help Christians | 944 | 262 | 1907 | |
| Concord | Saint Bernard | 715 | 242 | 1863 | |
| Quincy | Most Blessed Sacrament | 752 | 224 | 1915 | |
| Quincy | Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton | N/A | 220 | 2001 | |
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| Notes: Attendance was determined by a census in October 2003. The index is a rank among all 357 churches in the Boston Archdiocese. It is based on the number of people married, baptized, and funeral Masses. | |||||
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Information from the Archdiocese of Boston Chart by Kathleen Hennrikus, Michael Paulson, James Bennett, and Jim Karaian of the Globe staff | |||||
