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List of closed churches and chapels


Unknown dates
St. Mary - Spencer

1840s to 1890s
1842 - Chapel - Brushville
1860 - St. Luke - Ithaca (became Immaculate Conception parish)
1869 - St. Mary - Greenwood (became St. Mary's parish in Rexville)
1874 - St. Ann - Lummisville
1874 - St. Agnes - Aurora (became St. Patrick parish)
1879 - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Sandy Hill
1883 - St. Mary Chapel - Troupsburg
1884 - Annunciation - Perkinsville (became Sacred Heart of Jesus parish)

1900s
1900?- Chapel - Big Flats
1903 - St. William - Cameron Mills
1905 - St. Simon - Springwater
1906 - St. Mary - Dutch Hill / Hendy Creek

1910s
1910 - All Saints - Fowlerville
1918 or 1928 or 1939 - St. Edward - Auburn

1920s

1930s
1933 - Santa Maria de Mercede - Cuylerville
1933 - St. Mary Greek Catholic church - Corning (became Orthodox church)
1934 - Our Lady of Lebanon - Canandaigua Lake
1937 - St. Patrick Cathedral - Rochester (replaced by St. Patrick church)
1938 - Our Lady of Sorrows - Rochester

1940s

1950s
1956 - St. Feehan - Chili (became St. Pius X parish)

1960s
1961 - Assumption - Mt. Morris
1959/61 - St. Patrick - Dansville
1958/62 - St. George on the Lake - Summerville (replaced by St. Thomas)
1962?- St. Patrick - McLean
1963 - St. Nicholas Ukrainan Catholic church - Rochester NE
1964 - Star of the Sea - Grand View Beach (replaced by St. Mark)
1965 - Immaculate Heart of Mary - Bushnell's Basin (replaced by St. John of Rochester)
1968 - St. David - Newfield (a second Catholic mission would appear here in the late 70s to mid 80s)
1969 - Sacred Heart Academy - Rochester NE

1970s
1970 - St. Anthony Friary - Watkins Glen
1971 - St. John's Atonement Seminary - Montour Falls
1972 - St. Matthias - Atlanta
1972 - St. Blaise - Ballantyne Bridge
1975 - St. Lucy - Rochester
1975 - St. Joseph - Rochester
1975 - Whitefriars Carmelite Monastery - Auburn
1977 - St. John of the Cross Carmelite Monastery - Waverly
1977 - St. Raphael - Piffard
1977/8 - Chapel - Nichols
1978 - St. Patrick Church - Rochester NW (preceded by St. Patrick Cathedral)

1980s
1980 - Sacred Heart - Romulus
1982 - St. Margaret - Conesus Lake
1982 - St. Michael - Livonia Center
1982? - Catholic mission in Newfield (preceded by St. David)
1984 - St. Michael Mission / Divine Word Seminary - Livonia
1985 - St. Michael - Montezuma
1985 - Most Holy Redeemer - Rochester
1985 - St. John Fisher chapel - East Bay
1989 - St. Hilary - Genoa

1990s
1990 - St. Joseph - W Bloomfield
1992 - St. Patrick - Mumford
(1992 - Christ the King Ukrainian - Bath)
1994 - Holy Name - Groveland
1995 - St. Aloysius - Auburn
1997 - St. Theresa - Rochester (St. Bridget moved out of old church into St. Theresa's)
1998 - St. Cecilia - Elmira
1998 - St. John the Baptist - Elmira

2000s
2000 - St. Francis Assisi - Rochester
2001 - St. Patrick - Corning
2001-2003 - St. Joseph - Cayuga
2003 - St. Philip Neri - Rochester
2004 - St. Isaac Joques - Fleming
2004 - St. William - Conesus
2004 - St. Joseph - Livonia
2005 - St. Joachim - Canisteo
2006 - St. Augustine - Rochester
2006 - Our Lady of Good Counsel - Rochester
2006 - Ss. Peter & Paul - Rochester
2006 - St. Bernard - Scipio Center
2007 - St. Anthony - Rochester
2007 - St. Ignatius Loyola - Hornell
2008 - Most Precious Blood - Rochester
2008 - Holy Rosary - Rochester
2008 - Holy Family - Rochester
2008 - St. Francis Xavier - Rochester
2008 - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Rochester
2008 - St. Anthony - Elmira
2009 - St. Pius X - Van Etten
2009 - St. Francis - Catatonk
2009 - St. Andrew - Dundee

2010s
2010 - St. Bridget - Rochester (St. Theresa building sold)
2010 - St. George - Rochester
2010 - Our Lady of Mercy - Greece
2010 - St. Salome - Irondequoit
2011 - St. Mary - Rushville
2011 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Rochester
2011 - St. Andrew - Rochester
2014 - Holy Name of Jesus - Greece
2017 - St. Charles Borromeo - Elmira Heights	
2018 - St. Vincent de Paul - Corning
2018 - Newman Oratory - Brockport
2019 - Immaculate Heart of Mary - Painted Post
2019 - St. Theresa - Stanley
2019 - Good Shepherd - Henrietta

2020s
2020 - Holy Ghost - Gates
2020 - St. Helen - Gates
2020 - St. John - Port Byron
2021 - St. Rose of Lima - Sodus Point
2021 - Our Lady of Lourdes, Elmira
2021 - Ss. Peter & Paul, Elmira
2024 - St. Joseph, Rush


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