I received a list of closed Chicago (USA) Catholic parishes from the Archdiocese of Chicago today. I thought it might be of interest to some of you who have Chicago area roots since it has the parish name, location, years of operation, a brief parish history, and where the parish records are located. When the list says "archdiocese archives" it means the Archdiocese of Chicago Archives. http://archives.archchicago.org/ Part 1 of the list follows. Parts 2 and 3 are coming in other emails. Maureen N CLOSED PARISHES part one St. Agnes (Pershing Rd.): 1878-1991; 1991, consolidated into Our Lady of Fatima (38th Pl.); records at Archives All Saints (Wallace St.): 1875-1968, Irish; 1968, consolidated into All Saints/St Anthony (28th Pl.); for a time both churches and schools were kept open; 1973, last mass in St. Anthony; records at All Saints/St. Anthony (28th Pl.) All Saints (State St.): 1906-1989, Lithuanian; closed, records at Archives St. Ambrose (117th St.): see St. Louis de France (117th St.) St. Andrew Mission (Wadsworth): 1850-1949; renamed St. Patrick (Wadsworth); records are at St. Patrick (Wadsworth) Angel Guardian Croatian Catholic Mission (Ridge Ave.): 1972, Croatian; 1998, renamed Blessed Alojzije Cardinal Stetinac Mission St. Ann (Chicago Heights): 1906-1990, German; closed, records at Archives St. Anne (Garfield Blvd.): 1869-1971, Irish; 1865, mission of St. James (then on Prairie Ave. between 26th St. and 27th St.), later attended from Hyde Park; October 17, 1869, priest officiated at a baptism, it was considered to be the founding date of the parish; 1971, consolidated into St. Charles Lwanga (Garfield Blvd.); 1990, St. Charles Lwanga closed; records at Archives St. Anne (Richton): 1850-1949, German; attended from St. James of Strassburg (the nucleus of the present St. James parish in Sauk Village); 1902-1949, mission of St. Liborius Church in Steger (now in Joliet Diocese); 1948, developed into St. Irenaeus (Park Forest); a.k.a. St. Anne Mission Chapel (Richton); records at St. Liborius (Steger) St. Anne (Waukegan): 1841-1843; 1843-1864, renamed St. Mary (Waukegan); 1864, became Immaculate Conception (Waukegan); records at Immaculate Conception (Waukegan); see Immaculate Conception (Waukegan) St. Anne Mission Chapel (Richton): see St. Anne (Richton) Annunciation of the B.V.M. (Wabansia Ave.): 1866-1978; closed, records at Archives St. Anthony of Padua (24th Pl.): 1873, German; 1968, consolidated into All Saints/St. Anthony (28th Pl.); for a time both churches and schools remained open; 1973, last mass at St. Anthony; records at All Saints/St. Anthony (28th Pl.) St. Anthony of Padua (Prairie Ave.): see St. Anthony (Prairie Ave.) Ascension (Harvey): 1895-1985; 1985, consolidated into Ascension/St. Susanna (Harvey); records at Ascension/St. Susanna (Harvey) Ascension of Our Lord (Evanston): 1912-1990, Polish; closed, records at Archives Assumption (Marshfield Ave.): 1901-1990, Croatian; closed, records at Archives Assumption of the B.V.M. (123rd St.): 1903-1990, Polish; Assumption BVM Society begun in 1865; 1903, pastor appointed; consolidated into Assumption BVM/St. Catherine of Genoa (118th St.); records at Archives Assumption of the B.V.M./St. Catherine of Genoa (118th St.): 1990-2002; 1990, consolidated from Assumption of the B.V.M. (123rd St.) and St. Catherine of Genoa (118th St.); records at Archives St. Attracta (Cicero): 1902; 1987, consolidated into St. Attracta/St. Valentine (Cicero); records at Archives St. Attracta/St. Valentine (Cicero): 1987, consolidated from St. Attracta (Cicero) and St. Valentine (Cicero); 1990, closed; records at Archives St. Augustine (Laflin St.): 1881-1990, German; original settlers had been from Bavaria, Trier, Alsace, and West Prussia; 1879, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua (24th Pl. and Canal St.) built frame church at Laflin near 49th St., first mass at St. Augustine not offered until October 2, 1881, first entries made into register; 1882, pastor appointed; closed, records at Archives St. Bartholomew (Waukegan): 1896, Lithuanian; 1991, consolidated into Sts. Joseph and Bartholomew (Waukegan); 1996, renamed Holy Family; records at Holy Family (Waukegan) St. Basil (Garfield Blvd.): 1904, basically Irish and German; 1990, consolidated into St. Basil-Visitation (Garfield Blvd.); records at St. Basil-Visitation (Garfield Blvd.) St. Basil (Parnell Ave.): 1943; mostly Ukrainians; Julian calendar; merged about 1986 into St. Michael (Parnell Ave.) (Julian calendar) St. Bernard (65th St.): 1887; predominantly Irish; 1989, consolidated into St. Benedict the African (Laflin St.); records at Archives Blessed Agnes (Central Park Ave.): 1904, Bohemian, Czech; now St. Agnes of Bohemia St. Boniface (Noble St.): 1864-1990, German; 1862, started as a mission from St. Joseph (Superior St. and Wabash Ave.) it was called "The Little White School House"; 1869, parishioners predominantly Germans who came from Bavaria and the Rhineland; 1873-1893, number of Polish families joined St. Boniface after a dispute with St. Stanislaus Kostka over Holy Trinity; 1895, majority of parishioners were said to be Kashubes (German speaking Poles) from Prussia-dominated Poland; records at Archives St. Brendan (Racine Ave.): 1891-1989, Irish; 1889, began as mission of St. Bernard (66th St. and Stewart Ave.); records at Archives St. Bridget (Archer Ave.): 1850-1990, Irish; 1847, mission of St. Patrick Church (Randolph St. and Des Plaines Ave.); 1850, considered to be founding date to parish but all sacramental records were kept by St. Patrick's for the next four years; January 1, 1854, first entry in the sacramental registers for St. Bridget; records at Archives San Callisto Mission (Lexington St.): 1936-1940; renamed St. Francis Xavier Cabrini; see St. Francis Xavier Cabrini (Lexington St.); records at Archives St. Callistus (Bowler St.): 1919, Italian; 1936, pastor opened San Callisto Center at 729 S. Oakley, mission later reorganized as Mother Cabrini Church in 1940, see St. Francis Xavier Cabrini (Lexington St.); 1936, established branch parish in hall at 900 S. Sacramento Blvd.; 1994, reduced to status of oratory; records at Notre Dame de Chicago (Harrison St.) St. Carthage (73rd St.): 1919-1989; 1919, to relieve overcrowding at St. Columbanus (71st St. and Prairie Ave.) parish started; pioneer parishioners were predominantly Irish with a few African-American families; records at Archives St. Casimir (Whipple St.): 1890-1990, Polish; 1990, consolidated into Our Lady of Tepeyac (Whipple St.); records at Archives St. Casimir (Chicago Heights): 1911-1987, Lithuanian; records at Archives St. Catherine of Genoa (118th St.): 1893-1990; Irish; 1990, consolidated into Assumption BVM/St. Catherine of Genoa (118th St.); records at Archives St. Catherine of Siena (Oak Park): 1899; 1974, consolidated into St. Catherine of Siena/St. Lucy (Oak Park); records at St. Catherine/St. Lucy (Oak Park) St. Cecelia (Wells St.): 1885-1971; Irish; 1971, consolidated into St. Charles Lwanga (Garfield Blvd.); November 19, 1972, last Mass at St. Cecelia; records at Archives St. Charles Borromeo (Hoyne Ave.): 1885-1968; closed, records at Archives St. Charles Lwanga (Garfield Blvd.): 1971-1990, African-American; represents consolidation of national parish of St. George (Wentworth Ave.) with territorial parishes of St. Cecelia (Wells St.) and St. Anne (Garfield Blvd.); used two worship centers, St. Anne and St. Cecelia, until November 19, 1972, with the last mass at St. Cecelia; records at Archives Christ the Redeemer (Fullerton Ave.): 1959-2003, Byelorussian; Byzantine Bielarusian Rite; used St. Rita Chapel at St. Aloysius (LeMoyne St.) for Russian-Byzantine (Eastern Rite) for the Byelorussians until 1955, then moved to the chapel at Josephinum High School until 1959; records at Archives St. Clara (Woodlawn Ave.): 1894, German; once held the National Shrine of the Little Flower but moved to Aylesford IL in the Joliet Diocese; 1969, consolidated into St. Clara/St. Cyril (Woodlawn Ave.); records at Archives St. Clara/St. Cyril (Woodlawn Ave.): 1969, parishes of St. Clara (Woodlawn Ave.) and St. Cyril (Dante Ave.) consolidated; served African-American families; former St. Clara Church serves as the parish church at 64th St. and Woodlawn Ave; 1990, consolidated into St. Gelasius (Woodlawn Ave.); records at Archives