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St. Louis archdiocese continues planning to reduce 178 parishes to about 100 parishes
August 29, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: In the 1920 census, St. Louis was the sixth-largest city in the nation; it now ranks 70th. The number of diocesan and religious priests in the archdiocese fell from 1,105 in 1966 to 547 in 2020.
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