Open and Closed Parishes
- Closed Parish List – The list contains all parishes, churches, and chapels that have closed or changed status from 1883 to the present.
- Interactive Map of all parishes within the Archdiocese of St. Louis since 1956 – The map pinpoints the locations of open and closed parishes and provides basic information on years, ethnicities, and status changes.
- Interactive Map of African American Catholic parishes, schools, and institutions, 1832-1951
- The map pinpoints the locations of segregated parishes, schools and institutions, and provides basic information on each place.
- African American Parishes and Institutions in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1832-1951 – The handout includes a list of all segregated parishes, missions, schools of religion, schools, and charitable institutions within the archdiocese. Also included is the contact information for religious order archives that have additional resources on historically Black Catholic institutions in St. Louis.
- African American Parishes and Institutions
Archival Collections on Parishes
The archives maintains the “Chancery Parish Files” which document the surface interactions between each parish and the archdiocese (bishop & chancellor), and usually contains correspondence, photographs, and parish histories. The bulk of the files begin in the 1940s. The archives takes in the records of closed parishes, which include correspondence, photographs, bulletins, school information, and other record types. The extent of materials varies greatly across parishes.
Please contact us for other parishes’ collections.