CLEVELAND (OH)
National Catholic Reporter
Jun. 27, 2012
By Brian Roewe
Full restoration continues to inch closer for 11 shuttered parishes in Cleveland.
Bishop Richard G. Lennon announced Wednesday afternoon the names of pastors and opening dates for five of the 11 parishes that successfully appealed their closure to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy in early March. A 12th parish required restoration in name only.
The new pastors and assignments are:
•Rev. Gary Chmura, St. Adalbert parish in Cleveland, effective July 2;
•Rev. A. Jonathon Zingales, St. John the Baptist parish in Akron, effective July 2;
•Rev. Eric Orzech, St. Casimir parish in Cleveland, effective July 9;
•Rev. Joseph Hilinski, St. Barbara parish in Cleveland, effective July 16;
•Rev. Joseph Workman, St. James parish in Lakewood, effective July 23.
Assignments for the remaining six parishes are forthcoming, according to a diocesan statement. Each priest will determine the date for the opening Mass at their new parish homes, though a source told NCR the first Mass at St. Barbara is expected to be celebrated July 22 at 11 a.m.
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