Detroit archdiocese is maintaining more buildings and sites than it can sustain, archbishop says

By Anne Snabes, asnabes@detroitnews.com

Amid a decrease in priests and parishioners, the Archdiocese of Detroit is “feeling the strain” of maintaining more buildings, sites and ministries than it can sustain, said Archbishop Edward Weisenburger on Monday.

Each parish in the archdiocese will host two listening sessions in the spring after Weisenburger announced to Detroit’s Catholic community over the weekend that the organization would enter a two-year restructuring process. The archdiocese has also created a website that will provide information and updates on the restructuring process.

At a press conference Monday afternoon at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Weisenburger said the archdiocese doesn’t know how many parishes might merge or how many buildings may close. The a