Archdiocese Announces Closure Of Levittown Church

The Immaculate Conception B.V.M. Church in Levittown will close completely, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Sunday.

Immaculate Conception B.V.M. Parish merged with Queen of the Universe Parish in 2014 as part of the Parish Area Pastoral Planning Initiative. At that time, each parish merged at the location and retained the name of Queen of the Universe.

At that time of the merger, the Immaculate Conception B.V.M. building became a worship site of the newly formed Queen of the Universe Parish and was available for the occasional celebration of Mass as well as funerals and weddings.

The request to close this worship site originated from the pastor of Queen of the Universe Parish after consultation with his parish pastoral and finance councils.

“Both of those advisory bodies supported the request, which was then reviewed by the Archdiocesan Council of Priests and presented to Archbishop Chaput, who, after a careful review of all supporting factors, made the final decision,” the Archdiocese said.