South Pastoral Region

The South Pastoral Region is one of the five pastoral regions of the Archdiocese of Boston in the Roman Catholic Church. It covers Plymouth County and most of Norfolk County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. The current regional auxiliary bishop is John Anthony Dooher. The region has 59 parishes, 3 high schools, many elementary schools, 1 hospital, and at least 3 cemeteries. The region is composed of 4 Vicariates.

Parishes

Vicariate I
The current Vicar is John W. O'Brien.
*Holy Trinity, Quincy
*Sacred Heart, Quincy
*St. Agatha, Milton
*St. Ann, Quincy
*St. Bernadette, Randolph
*St. Clare, Braintree
*St. Elizabeth, Milton
*St. Francis of Assisi, Braintree
*St. John the Baptist, Quincy
*St. Joseph, Quincy
*St. Mary, Quincy
*St. Mary, Randolph
*St. Mary of the Hills, Milton
*St. Pius X, Milton
*St. Thomas More, Braintree

Vicariate II
The current Vicar is James E. Rafferty.
*Holy Family, Rockland
*Holy Ghost, Whitman
*Immaculate Conception, Weymouth
*Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Hingham
*Sacred Heart, Weymouth
*St. Albert the Great, Weymouth
*St. Anthony of Padua, Cohasset
*St. Bridget, Abington
*St. Francis Xavier, Weymouth
*St. Helen Mother of the Emperor Constantine, Norwell
*St. Jerome, Weymouth
*St. Mary of the Assumption-St. Ann, Hull
*St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate
*St. Mary of the Sacred Heart, Hanover
*St. Paul, Hingham

Vicariate III
The current Vicar is Francis J. Cloherty.
*Christ the King, Brockton
*Immaculate Conception, Stoughton
*Our Lady of Lourdes, Brockton
*St. Ann, West Bridgewater
*St. Casimir, Brockton
*St. Edith Stein, Brockton
*St. Gerard Majella, Canton
*St. James, Stoughton
*St. John the Evangelist, Canton
*St. John the Evangelist, East Bridgewater
*St. Joseph, Holbrook
*St. Michael, Avon
*St. Patrick, Brockton
*St. Thomas Aquinas, Bridgewater

Vicariate IV
The current Vicar is Brian K. Parrish.
*Bl. Takeri Tekakwitha, Plymouth
*Holy Family, Duxbury
*Our Lady of Lourdes, Carver
*Our Lady of the Assumption, Marshfield
*Our Lady of the Lake, Halifax
*Sacred Heart, Middleborough
*St. Ann by the Sea, Marshfield
*St. Bonaventure, Plymouth
*St. Christine, Marshfield
*St. Joseph, Kingston
*St. Joseph the Worker, Hanson
*Ss. Martha and Mary, Lakeville
*St. Mary, Plymouth
*St. Peter, Plymouth
*St. Thecla, Pembroke

Universities or colleges

There are no Catholic universities or colleges in this pastoral region.

High schools

*Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree
*Cardinal Spellman High School, Brockton
*Fontbonne Academy, Milton

Elementary schools

Hospitals

*Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton

Cemeteries

*Calvary Cemetery, Brockton
*St. Mary Cemetery, Randolph
*St. Paul Cemetery, Hingham

Suppressed parishes

ee also

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
*Central Pastoral Region
*Merrimack Pastoral Region
*North Pastoral Region
*West Pastoral Region

External links

* [http://www.rcab.org/ Archdiocese of Boston]