St. Bertha Parish, Tuscarora and St. Bartholomew Parish, Brockton, will be consolidated with St. Jerome Parish, Tamaqua, at St. Jerome Church.

SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Tamaqua, is unaffected.

North Schuylkill Deanery Region 2 - McAdoo Area

Immaculate Conception Parish, Kelayres; St. Kunegunda Parish, St. Patrick Parish and St. Mary Parish, McAdoo; St. Michael Parish and St. Bartholomew Parish, Tresckow, will merge and become the new All Saints Parish at the former St. Patrick Church building in McAdoo.

North Schuylkill Deanery Region 3 - Mahanoy City Area

Assumption B.V.M. Parish, St. Canicus Parish, St. Casimir Parish, St. Fidelis Parish, St. Joseph Parish and Sacred Heart Parish, Mahanoy City, and Our Lady of Siluva Parish, Maizeville, will merge and become the new Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish at the former St. Joseph Church building in Mahanoy City.

St. Richard Parish, Barnesville is unaffected.

North Schuylkill Deanery Region IV - Shenandoah Area

Restructuring plans for this region have not yet been announced.

North Schuylkill Deanery Region 5 - Frackville Area

Restructuring plans for this region have not yet been announced.

South Schuylkill Deanery Region 1 - Pottsville Area

Mary, Queen of Peace Parish and St. Joseph Parish, Pottsville, and St. Francis de Sales Parish, Mount Carbon, will be consolidated with St. Patrick Parish, Pottsville, at St. Patrick Church.

St. John the Baptist Parish, Pottsville, and St. Ambrose Parish, Schuylkill Haven are unaffected.

South Schuylkill Deanery Region 2 - Minersville Area

St. Vincent de Paul Parish and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Minersville, and St. Kieran Parish, Heckscherville will merge and become the new St. Michael the Archangel Parish at the former St. Vincent de Paul Church building in Minersville.

St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, St. Francis of Assisi Parish and St. Barbara Parish, Minersville, and St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish, Branchdale, will merge and become the new St. Matthew Parish at the former St. Stanislaus Kostka Church building in Minersville.

South Schuylkill Deanery Region 3 - Saint Clair Area

St. Mary Parish, Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Casimir Parish, SS. Peter and Paul Parish and St. Boniface Parish, Saint Clair, will merge and become the new St. Clare of Assisi Parish at the former St. Mary Church building in Saint Clair.

South Schuylkill Deanery Region 4 - New Philadelphia Area

Holy Family Parish and Sacred Heart Parish, New Philadelphia, and St. Anthony Parish, Cumbola, will merge and become the new Holy Cross Parish at the former Holy Family Church building in New Philadelphia.

St. Stephen Parish, Port Carbon, is unaffected.

South Schuylkill Deanery Region 5 - Tremont Area

Immaculate Conception Parish, Tremont, Sacred Heart Parish, Newtown, and SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Tower City, will merge and become the new Most Blessed Trinity Parish at the former Immaculate Conception Church building in Tremont.

Carbon Deanery Region 1 -  Lansford Area

St. Stanislaus Parish, Summit Hill will be consolidated with St. Joseph Parish, Summit Hill at St. Joseph Church

St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Mary Parish and SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Coaldale, St. Michael Parish, St. Ann Parish, and SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Lansford, will merge and become the new St. Katharine Drexel Parish at the former St. Michael Church building in Lansford.

Restrucuring plans for deanery regions in Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties are listed  below priest re-assignments for Schuylkill County

Pastors assigned to consolidated or merged parishes in Schuylkill County

Rev. Richard C. Brensinger, from Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, Emmaus, to Pastor, All Saints, McAdoo

Rev. Kevin P. Gallagher, from Pastor, St. Mary, St. Boniface and SS. Peter and Paul, Saint Clair, to Pastor, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Mahanoy City

Rev. Msgr. William F. Glosser from Pastor, St. Canicus, St. Fidelis and St. Casimir, Mahanoy City, to Pastor, St. Clare of Assisi, Saint Clair

Rev. Dominic P. Kalata, from Pastor, Annunciation B.V.M. and St. Ann, Frackville, to Pastor, Most Blessed Trinity, Tremont

Rev. Joseph J. Kweder, from Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Cumbola and Sacred Heart and Holy Family, New Philadelphia, to Pastor, Holy Cross, New Philadelphia

Rev. Leo J. Maletz, from Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Minersville, and St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Branchdale, to Pastor, St. Matthew, Minersville

Rev. David W. Karns, from Pastor, St. Joseph and Our Lady of Siluva, Frackville, to Pastor, St. Stephen, Port Carbon

Rev. Joseph T. Whalen, from Chaplain, State Correctional Facility, Frackville, to Pastor, St. Richard, Barnesville

Rev. Msgr. Edward S. Zemanik, from Pastor, St. Patrick, St. Kunegunda, Immaculate Conception, St. Mary, McAdoo, and Immaculate Conception, Kelayres, to Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Easton

Non-Parochial Assignments

Rev. Adam C. Sedar, from Pastor, St. Joseph and St. Mauritus, Ashland and Administrator, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gordon to Pastor, St. Michael the Archangel, Minersville

Pastors Remaining in Consolidated Parishes

Rev. James C. Bechtel, from Administrator, St. Jerome, Tamaqua, to Pastor, St. Jerome, Tamaqua, consolidated with St. Bartholomew, Brockton, and St. Bertha, Tuscarora

Rev. Msgr. Edward J. O'Connor, from Pastor, St. Patrick, Pottsville, to Pastor, St. Patrick, Pottsville, consolidated with St. Joseph, St. Francis de Sales, and Mary, Queen of Peace

Priests assigned to non-restructured parishes

Rev. Michael E. Ahrensfield, from Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Tremont, and SS. Peter and Paul, Tower City, to Paster, SS. Peter and Paul, Lehighton

Rev. John W. Bambrick, from Pastor, Mary, Queen of Peace, Pottsville, to Pastor, St. Joseph, St. Mauritius, Ashland; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gordon

Rev. J. Michael Beers, from Special Ministry Outside Diocese to Pastor to St. Joseph, Frackville

Rev. Edward B. Connolly, from Pastor, St. Joseph, Pottsville and St. Francis de Sales, Mount Carbon, to Pastor, St. Joseph and St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville

Rev. Edward J. Essig, from Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Lehighton, to Pastor, Annunciation B.V.M. and St. Ann, Frackville

Rev. Eric J. Gruber, from Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Minersville, and St. Kieran, Heckscherville, to Administrator, St. Lawrence and St. Andrew, Catasauqua

Rev. Christopher L. Wakefield, from Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Easton, to President, Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville and President, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven

Non-parochial assignments/special considerations

Rev. William T. Campion, from Pastor, St. Jerome, Tamaqua, to medical leave

Rev. Ronald V. Jankaitis, from Pastor, St. Casimir, Immaculate Conception, Saint Clair; and Principal, Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville, to medical leave

Rev. Gregory R. Karpyn, from Pastor, St. Joseph and St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, to Pastoral Ministry, Allentown Hospitals and Nursing Homes, and Residence, St. Paul, Allentown

Rev. John J. Pavlosky, from Pastor, SS. Cyril and Methodius, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary of the Assumption, Coaldale, to leave of absence.

Rev. Thomas G. Shanfelt, from Pastor, St. Michael and St. Bartholomew, Tresckow, to Rector, St. Francis Villa, Orwigsburg, and Ministry to Schuylkill County Nursing Homes

Retirements

Rev. Stephen J. Halabura, from Pastor, St. Richard, Barnesville, to Pastor Emeritus, St. Richard, Barnesville

Rev. John J. McNamara, from Pastor, St. Stephen, Port Carbon, to Pastor Emeritus, St. Stephen, Port Carbon

Rev. James J. Morgan, from Chaplain, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville, to retirement

Rev. Msgr. Anthony F. Wassel, from Pastor, St. Joseph, Assumption B.V.M, and Sacred Heart, Mahanoy City, to Pastor Emeritus, St. Joseph, Assumption B.V.M, and Sacred Heart

Carbon Deanery Region 2 - Nesquehoning Area

Immaculate Conception Parish, Sacred Heart Parish and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Nesquehoning, will merge and become the new St. Francis of Assisi Parish at the former Immaculate Conception Church building in Nesquehoning.

Carbon Deanery Region 3 - Weatherly Area

St. Mary Parish, Beaver Meadow and St. Nicholas Parish, Weatherly, will merge and become the new Our Lady of Lourdes Parish at the former St. Nicholas Church building in Weatherly.

Lehigh Deanery Region 2 - Allentown Area

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Allentown, will be consolidated with Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Allentown, at Sacred Heart Church.

St. Stephen of Hungary Parish, Allentown, is unaffected and remains the center for the ministry to the Latin Mass community and the Diocesan Prison Ministry

Lehigh Deanery Region 5 - Northampton Area

Our Lady of Hungary Parish and St. Michael Parish, Northampton, will merge and become the new Queenship of Mary Parish at the former Our Lady of Hungary Church building

Assumption B.V.M. Parish, Northampton, is unaffected.

Annunciation B.V.M. Parish, St. Lawrence Parish, and St. Andrew Parish, Catasauqua, will merge and become the new St. John Neumann Parish at a site and date still to be determined.

Northampton Deanery Region 2 - Bangor Area

St. Roch Parish, West Bangor, will be consolidated with St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Pen Argyl at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Roseto, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Bangor and St. Rocco Parish, Martins Creek, are unaffected.

Northampton Deanery Region 3 - Bethlehem Area

Our Lady of Pompeii Parish, St. John Capistrano Parish, St. Joseph Parish, St. Stanislaus Parish, and SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Bethlehem, will merge and become the new Incarnation of Our Lord Parish at the former SS. Cyril and Methodius Church building.

Holy Ghost Parish, Bethlehem, will also now serve the Catholic community at Lehigh University.

Holy Infancy Parish, Bethlehem, and St. Ursula Parish, Fountain Hill, are unaffected.

Northampton Deanery Region 4 -  Easton Area

St. Bernard Parish, St. Joseph Parish and St. Michael Parish, Easton, will merge and become the new Our Lady of Mercy Parish at the former St. Joseph Church building.

St. Bernard Church will become a public oratory for weekday Masses.

St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Easton, is unaffected.