SCOTLAND
Falkirk Herald
by Chris McCall
c.mccall@falkirkherald.co.uk
Published on the 23 February 2015
The number of Roman Catholic churches and priests serving the Falkirk district could be reduced amid falling congregation numbers.
The Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, which covers most of central Scotland, with the exception of Glasgow and Lanarkshire, plans to reduce the number of parishes it administers from more than 100 to 30.
The reforms were revealed in a letter from Archbishop Leo Cushley to the deans of the archdiocese, asking them to begin discussion on how best to organise resources at a local level.
A spokesman for the church told The Falkirk Herald that plans were at an early stage and no final decisions had been made.
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