ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PARISHES Founded

Ashland, St. Joseph (Irish)                       1856
Ashland, St. Mauritius (German)                   1856
Branchdale, St. Mary Star of the Sea              1886
Brockton, St. Bartholomew                         1846
Coaldale, St. John the Baptist (Lithuanian)       1914
Coaldale, St. Mary of the Assumption              1892
Coaldale, SS. Cyril and Methodius (Slovak)        1920
Cumbola, St. Anthony of Padua (Polish)            1907
Frackville, Annunciation B.V.M. (Lithuanian)      1917
Frackville, St. Ann (Polish)                      1924
Frackville, St. Joseph (Irish)                    1909
Girardville, St. Vincent de Paul (Lithuanian)     1907
Girardville, St. Joseph (Irish)                   1870
Gordon, Our Lady of Good Counsel                  1922
Heckscherville, St Kieran (Irish)                 1858
Kelayres, Immaculate Conception (Italian)         1899
Lost Creek, St. Mary Magdalen                     1879
Mahanoy City, St. Casimir (Polish)                1893
Mahanoy City, Sacred Heart (Italian)              1907
Mahanoy City, St. Joseph (Lithuanian)             1888
Mahanoy City, St. Fidelis (German)                1863
Mahanoy City, Assumption B.V.M. (Slovak)          1892
Mahanoy City, St. Canicus (Irish)                 1862
Maizeville, Our Lady Of Siluva (Lithuanian)       1907
  (Formerly St. Louis)
McAdoo, St. Stephen (Hungarian)                   1900
McAdoo, St. Mary (Slovak)                         1893
McAdoo, St. Kunegunda (Polish)                    1893
McAdoo, St. Patrick                               1869
Minersville, St. Francis of Assisi (Lithuanian)   1895
Minersville, St. Barbara (St. Barbara)            1913
Minersville, St. Stanislaus Kostka (Polish)       1905
Minersville, St. Vincent de Paul (Irish)          1842
Minersville, Our Lady of Mount Carmel (German)    1855
Mount Carbon, St. Francis de Sales                1922
New Philadelphia, Holy Family                     1866
New Philadelphia, Sacred Heart (Lithuanian)       1895
Newtown, Sacred Heart                             1896
Park Crest, St. Richard                           1950
  (Founded as mission to St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, June 2, 1947)
Port Carbon, St. Stephen (Irish)                  1847
Pottsville, St. John the Baptist (German)         1841
Pottsville, St. Patrick (Irish)                   1827
Pottsville, St. Joseph (Italian)                  1905
Pottsville, Mary Queen of Peace                   1920
Ringtown, St. Mary                                1923
Saint Clair, St. Boniface (German)                1853
Saint Clair, St. Mary (Irish)                     1864
Saint Clair, St. Casimir (Lithuanian)             1912
Saint Clair, SS. Peter and Paul (Polish)          1918
Saint Clair, Immaculate Conception (Slovak)       1905
Schuylkill Haven, St. Ambrose                     1851
Shenandoah, St. Casimir (Polish)                  1872
Shenandoah, St. Stanislaus (Polish)               1894
Shenandoah, St. Stephen (Slovak)                  1899
Shenandoah, St. George (Lithuanian)               1891
Shenandoah, Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Italian)    1914
Shenandoah, Annunication (Irish)                  1870
Sheppton, St. Joseph                              1894
Tamaqua, SS. Peter and Paul (Lithuanian)          1911
Tamaqua, St. Jerome (Irish)                       1833
Tower City, SS. Peter and Paul                    1896
Tremont, Immaculate Conception (Irish)            1853
Tuscarora, St. Bertha (formerly St. Raphael)      1922


Missions and closed churches
Buck Run, Most Blessed Sacrament                  1915
  (Mission of St. Kieran's, Heckschersville)
Deer Lake, St. Kunegunda                          1955
  (Mission of St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven)
Ellengowan, St. Aidan                             1919 - 1948
  (Records at Church of the Annunication, Shenandoah)
Fountain Springs, St. Helen                       1923
  (Mission of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gordon)
Lavelle, St. Elizabeth                            1932
  (Mission of St. Mauritius, Ashland)
Mahanoy Plane, Holy Rosary                        1872 - 1988
  (Records at St. Joseph's, Ashland)
McAdoo, St. Casimir (Lithuanian)
  (Formerly a mission of St Patrick, McAdoo)
Middleport, Immaculate Heart of Mary              1948
 (Mission of Sacred Heart, New Philadelphia)
Pottsville, St. John Neumann                      1950
  (Mission of St. Patrick's, Pottsville - formerly
   St. Theresa of Avila)
Seek, St. Patrick                                 1908
  (Mission of St. Jerome, Tamaqua)
Shenandoah, Holy Family                           1870 - 1934
  (Records at Church of the Annunication, Shenandoah)