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November 17, 2016

Cash crunch puts 40 per cent of Montreal’s English parishes in jeopardy

Montreal bishop Thomas Dowd, top, says the large number of non-practising English Catholics in the archdiocese is affecting English parishes and up to 14 may be forced to close.

MONTREAL – Montreal’s community of English-speaking practising Catholics has shrunk to the point that 14 of the archdiocese’s 34 parishes could face eventual closure barring an unexpected turnaround in fortunes.

Published in Canada