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The '''South Pastoral Region''' is one of the five pastoral regions of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Archdiocese of Boston]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. It covers [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth County]] and most of [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk County]] in the [[Massachusetts|Commonwealth of Massachusetts]], [[United States|USA]]. The current regional [[auxiliary bishop]] is the [[Most Reverend|Most Rev.]] John Anthony Dooher. The region has 59 [[parish|parishes]], 3 high schools, and many elementary schools, hospitals, and cemeteries. The region is composed of 4 Vicariates.
== Parishes ==
'''Vicariate I'''<br />
The current [[Vicar Forane|Vicar]] is the [[Very Reverend|Very Rev.]] John W. O'Brien, [[Vicar Forane|VF]].
*Holy Trinity, [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]
*Sacred Heart, [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]
*St. Agatha, [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]
*St. Ann, [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]
*St. Bernadette, [[Randolph, Massachusetts|Randolph]]
*St. Clare, [[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]]
*St. Elizabeth, [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]
*St. Francis of Assisi, [[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]]
*St. John the Baptist, [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]
*St. Joseph, [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]
*St. Mary, [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]
*St. Mary, [[Randolph, Massachusetts|Randolph]]
*St. Mary of the Hills, [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]
*St. Pius X, [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]
*St. Thomas More, [[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]]
'''Vicariate II'''<br />
The current [[Vicar Forane|Vicar]] is the [[Very Reverend|Very Rev.]] James E. Rafferty, [[Vicar Forane|VF]].
*Holy Family, [[Rockland, Massachusetts|Rockland]]
*Holy Ghost, [[Whitman, Massachusetts|Whitman]]
*Immaculate Conception, [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]]
*Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, [[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]]
*Sacred Heart, [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]]
*St. Albert the Great, [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]]
*St. Anthony of Padua, [[Cohasset, Massachusetts|Cohasset]]
*St. Bridget, [[Abington, Massachusetts|Abington]]
*St. Francis Xavier, [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]]
*St. Helen Mother of the Emperor Constantine, [[Norwell, Massachusetts|Norwell]]
*St. Jerome, [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]]
*St. Mary of the Assumption-St. Ann, [[Hull, Massachusetts|Hull]]
*St. Mary of the Nativity, [[Scituate, Massachusetts|Scituate]]
*St. Mary of the Sacred Heart, [[Hanover, Massachusetts|Hanover]]
*St. Paul, [[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]]
'''Vicariate III'''<br />
The current [[Vicar Forane|Vicar]] is the [[Very Reverend|Very Rev.]] Francis J. Cloherty, [[Vicar Forane|VF]].
*Christ the King, [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
*Immaculate Conception, [[Stoughton, Massachusetts|Stoughton]]
*Our Lady of Lourdes, [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
*St. Ann, [[West Bridgewater, Massachusetts|West Bridgewater]]
*St. Casimir, [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
*St. Edith Stein, [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
*St. Gerard Majella, [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]]
*St. James, [[Stoughton, Massachusetts|Stoughton]]
*St. John the Evangelist, [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]]
*St. John the Evangelist, [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts|East Bridgewater]]
*St. Joseph, [[Holbrook, Massachusetts|Holbrook]]
*St. Michael, [[Avon, Massachusetts|Avon]]
*St. Patrick, [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
*St. Thomas Aquinas, [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]]
'''Vicariate IV'''<br />
The current [[Vicar Forane|Vicar]] is the [[Very Reverend|Very Rev.]] Brian K. Parrish, [[Vicar Forane|VF]].
*Bl. Takeri Tekakwitha, [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]
*Holy Family, [[Duxbury, Massachusetts|Duxbury]]
*Our Lady of Lourdes, [[Carver, Massachusetts|Carver]]
*Our Lady of the Assumption, [[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]]
*Our Lady of the Lake, [[Halifax, Massachusetts|Halifax]]
*Sacred Heart, [[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]]
*St. Ann by the Sea, [[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]]
*St. Bonaventure, [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]
*St. Christine, [[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]]
*St. Joseph, [[Kingston, Massachusetts|Kingston]]
*St. Joseph the Worker, [[Hanson, Massachusetts|Hanson]]
*Ss. Martha and Mary, [[Lakeville, Massachusetts|Lakeville]]
*St. Mary, [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]
*St. Peter, [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]
*St. Thecla, [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]]
== Universities or Colleges ==
There are no Catholic universities or colleges in this pastoral region.
== High Schools ==
*[[Archbishop Williams High School]], [[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]]
*[[Cardinal Spellman High School (Brockton, Massachusetts)|Cardinal Spellman High School]], [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
*[[Fontbonne Academy]], [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]
== Elementary Schools ==
== Hospitals ==
== Cemeteries ==
== Suppressed Parishes ==
== See 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]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston]]
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