MEADVILLE – Meadville's three Roman Catholic parishes will merge into a new one, effective June 26.
The Catholic Diocese of Erie announced that St. Agatha, St. Brigid and St. Mary of Grace parishes will form The Epiphany of the Lord Parish. The new parish will be housed at St. Agatha Church, 353 Pine St., Meadville.
St. Brigid, 383 Arch St., and St. Mary of Grace, 1085 Water St., will become secondary churches of the new parish, officials said. Masses will not be celebrated at the two churches on Sundays or for holy days but they will be open occasionally for public or private worship, officials said.