Detroit — St. Patrick Parish in Detroit will be suppressed and its boundaries redistributed to neighboring parishes, according to a decree issued May 8 by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron. The decree was announced to parishioners and will take effect May 25.

According to the decree, St. Patrick Parish had seen a loss of nearly two-thirds of its parishioners since 2000 and had continued to experience financial operating deficits. As of late 2014, the parish had fewer than 70 registered households.

There are no immediate plans to sell the church building itself, which is at 58 Parsons St. in Detroit’s Midtown.

St. Patrick Parish had been clustered with St. Aloysius Parish in downtown Detroit. Fr. Loren Connell, OFM, is pastor of both parishes.

St. Patrick Parish began in 1862 as a home for Irish immigrants moving north from the city’s Corktown district. The parish’s name was changed to SS. Peter and Paul in 1890, then reverted to its original name in 1938. The current church building was constructed in the 1920s.

The St. Patrick Senior Center, which operates at the same address, will not be affected.