Summary of Closures, Clusters and Mergers

The following is a quick glance at the changes to be implemented throughout the Diocese of Lansing as recommended by the Diocesan Coordinating Commission and approved by Bishop Earl Boyea.

Parish or site closures:
• Sacred Heart, Flint
• Sacred Heart Chapel, Jackson (site only), ministry moving
• St. Agnes, Flint
• St. Leo, Flint
• St. Luke, Flint
• Transfiguration, Ypsilanti

Parish mergers:
• All Saints, St. Agnes, Sacred Heart and St. Luke with St. John Vianney, all from Flint
• St. Leo, Flint with Holy Rosary, Flint
• Blessed Sacrament, Burton with St. John Evangelist, Davison
• Transfiguration, Ypsilanti with St. John the Baptist, Ypsilanti
• St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing with St. John Student Parish, East Lansing
• Holy Cross with St. Mary Cathedral (not immediate)

Parish clusters:
• Christ the King, Flint with St. Matthew, Flint
• Holy Family, Ovid with St. Joseph, St. Johns
• Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian, Leslie with St. James, Mason
• St. Mary, Morrice with St. Isidore, Laingsburg
• St. Joseph, Adrian with St. Mary, Adrian
• St. Joseph, Ypsilanti with Immaculate Conception, Milan
• St. Joseph Shrine, Brooklyn with St. Rita, Clarklake
• St. Mary, Manchester with St. Mary, Chelsea
• St. Michael, Flint with St. Mary, Flint (possibility of merger)
• St. Patrick, Ann Arbor with Christ the King, Ann Arbor
• St. Peter, Blissfield with St. Alphonsus, Deerfield (possibility of merger)

From parish to chapel status:
• Blessed Sacrament, Burton
• St. Dominic, Clinton
• St. Joseph, Jackson
• St. Stanislaus Kostka, Jackson

Catholic schools:
• DuKette School, Flint, closed

Flint parishes close and merge
A number of changes already took place in the Flint region. The parishes of St. Agnes, St. Luke and Sacred Heart have closed, and a new worship community has formed at St. John Vianney Church.  By merging these parishes, a stronger and more vigorous community results, able to serve the Catholic people of Flint with strength in unity.