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Archdiocese of St. John's, Canada

Vatican overrules Canadian bishop’s decision to close parish, again

The Vatican ruled that Archbishop Hundt did not provide a just cause for closing the parish.

Jack Figge
Aug 08, 2025
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For the second time in 15 months the Vatican overturned a Canadian archbishop's decision to close a small parish, thus continuing a three-year dispute between parishioners and the archbishop.

Parishioners at Holy Rosary Parish in Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Newfoundland, announced earlier this week that the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy had once agai…

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