Catholic School Closures
And Mergers in the
Phila. Archdiocese
To deal with a drop of enrollment of more than
30 percent in the last 10 years, the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia on Friday announced plans to
close four of its 17 high schools and 45 of its
156 elementary schools in June.
About 21,000 elementary-school students will be
affected by the changes.
Elementary schools
3
Closing
Open, merging with
closed schools
9
Unaffected
N
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
476
correspond to schools
listed in the table below.
MILES
0
48
41
Pope John
Paul II
46
33
Lansdale
Catholic
36
schools, 1 high school
32
39
CHESTER
Closing: 2 elementary
42
35
44
34
40
49
Remaining: 14 elementary
47
schools, 1 high school
CHESTER
COUNTY
Cardinal
O’Hara
202
MONTGOMERY
Closing: 12 elementary
28
18
24
schools
DELAWARE
COUNTY
12
Remaining: 22 elementary
schools, 3 high schools
PHILADELPHIA
Closing: 19 elementary
schools, 2 high schools
Remaining: 39 elementary
schools, 6 high schools
21
1
22
N
58
17
MILES
0
SOURCE: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
76
78
Monsignor
Bonner /
Archbishop
Prendergast
1
71
95
15
55
2
27 19
26 20
60
50
16
70
MARKET ST.
West
Catholic
74
81
67
69
68
Closing
1. Assumption B.V.M. Feasterville
Merging with St. Bede
the Venerable
2. Holy Trinity
Morrisville
Merging with St. John
the Evangelist
3. St. John the Baptist Ottsville
Merging with St. Isidore
4. St. Mark
Bristol
Merging with St. Ephrem
5. St. Michael the
Archangel
Levittown
Merging with Our Lady of Grace
Open; merging with closed schools
6. Our Lady of Grace
7. St. Bede the
Venerable
8. St. Ephrem
9. St. Isidore
10. St. John the
Evangelist
Penndel
Open; merging with closed schools
21. Nativity B.V.M.
22. Our Lady of
Media
Perpetual Help
23. St. Andrew
24. St. Cornelius
Morton
Drexel Hill
Chadds
Ford
Havertown
Aston
25. St. Denis
26. St. Joseph
27. St. Madeline –
St. Rose
Ridley Park
28. St. Thomas
Holland
Bensalem
Quakertown
Montgomery County
Morrisville
29. Conshohocken
Chester County
the Apostle
Glen Mills
Closing
Catholic (1-8)
Conshohocken
Merging with Mother of
Divine Providence
Closing
11. St. Monica
Berwyn
Merging with St. Patrick
12. St. Patrick
Kennett Sq.
Merging with St. Cornelius
Open; merging with closed schools
13. St. Patrick
the Apostle
19. St. Gabriel
Norwood
Merging with St. MadelineSt. Rose
20. St. John Chrysostom Wallingford
Merging with Nativity BVM
Malvern
Delaware County
Closing
14. Annunciation B.V.M. Havertown
Merging with St. Denis
15. Holy Saviour –
Linwood
St. John Fisher
Merging with St. Joseph
16. Our Lady of Fatima Secane
Merging with Our Lady
of Perpetual Help
17. St. Cyril of
East
Alexandria
Lansdowne
Merging with St. Andrew
18. St. Francis de Sales Aston
Merging with St. Thomas
30. Immaculate
Conception B.V.M. Jenkintown
Merging with St. Luke
31. Our Lady Help of
Christians
Abington
Merging with St. David
32. Our Lady of
East
Victory
Norriton
Merging with Epiphany of
Our Lord
33. Sacred Heart
Royersford
Merging with St. Eleanor
34. St. Anthony –
St. Joseph
Ambler
Merging with St. Alphonsus
35. St. Catherine
of Siena
Horsham
Merging with St. Alphonsus
36. St. Maria Goretti
Hatfield
Merging with Corpus Christi
37. St. Philip Neri
E. Greenville
Merging with St. Isidore
Closing
41. Corpus Christi
42. Epiphany of
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
Our Lord
Mother of Divine
Providence
St. Alphonsus
St. David
St. Eleanor
St. Luke the
Evangelist
St. Stanislaus
Visitation B.V.M.
Lansdale
Plymouth
Meeting
King of
Prussia
Maple Glen
Willow Grv.
Collegeville
Glenside
Lansdale
Norristown
Philadelphia/North
Closing
50. Holy Cross
Merging with Our Mother of
Consolation
51. Incarnation of Our Lord
Merging with St. Helena
52. Our Lady of Consolation
Merging with St. Matthew
53. Our Lady of Ransom
Merging with Resurrection of
Our Lord
54. Pope John Paul II Regional
Merging with St. Timothy
55. St. Bridget
Merging with Holy Child
56. St. George
Merging with Our Lady of
Port Richmond
57. St. William
Merging with St. Cecilia
Open; merging with closed schools
58.
59.
60.
61.
Holy Child
Our Lady of Port Richmond
Our Mother of Consolation
Resurrection of Our Lord
75
Roman Catholic
John W. Hallahan
Former
Stella
Maris
School
Open; merging with closed schools
St. Hubert
56
73 79
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
54
59
66
38. St. Rose of Lima
North Wales
Merging with St. Stanislaus
39. St. Teresa of Avila Norristown
Merging with Visitation B.V.M.
40. St. Titus
Norristown
Merging with Epiphany
of Our Lord
95
64
65 52
72
77
95
53
51
80
61
57
63
76
70
62
Little
Flower
Elementary schools affected by the plan
Bucks County
1
Father Judge
14
23
Archbishop
Ryan
4
E.
AV
schools, 1 high school
Remaining: 22 elementary
schools, 2 high schools
25
5
Bishop
McDevitt
76
Archbishop 476
Carroll
ConwellEgan
8
30
WN
TO
AN
RM
GE
DELAWARE
Closing: 7 elementary
11
13
Bishop
Shanahan
1
5
10 2
6
31
276
29
76
1
45
43
schools
95
Archbishop
7
Wood
38
BROAD S
T.
schools, 1 high school
Remaining open
BUCKS
COUNTY
Numbers on the map
Remaining: 15 elementary
Closing
37
Closed Schools
By County
BUCKS
Closing: 5 elementary
High schools
Sts. John Neumann
and Maria Goretti
Closings and
Mergers in
Philadelphia
St. Cecilia
St. Helena
St. Matthew
St. Timothy
Visitation B.V.M.
Philadelphia/South
67. Annunciation B.V.M.
Merging with St. Nicholas
of Tolentine
68. Epiphany of Our Lord
Merging with other schools to
the former Stella Maris School
69. Holy Spirit
Merging with other schools to
the former Stella Maris School
70. Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament
Merging with St. Donato
71. Our Lady of Lourdes
Students can select from Our
Mother of Sorrows/St. Ignatius;
St. Rose of Lima; or Mary,
Mother of Peace
72. Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Merging with other schools to
the former Stella Maris School
73. Sacred Heart of Jesus
Merging with other schools to
the former Stella Maris School
74. St. Gabriel
Merging with St. Thomas
Aquinas
75. St. Laurentius
Merging with St. Peter
the Apostle
76. St. Malachy
Merging with Visitation B.V.M.
77. St. Richard
Merging with other schools to
the former Stella Maris School
Open; merging with closed schools
78.
79.
80.
81.
St. Donato
St. Nicholas of Tolentine
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Thomas Aquinas
JOHN DUCHNESKIE and
CYNTHIA GREER / Staff Artists