Suspension of Masses for COVID-19

In an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and for the health of the faithful, many dioceses have issued decrees to suspend the public celebration of masses. I will seek to summarize the decisions that have been made worldwide as well as recording the dates of the decrees. This post will be continually updated.

Many dioceses have dispensed the faithful from the obligation of attending Sunday masses, but these are not recorded in this post.

Judging from the observed trend, I fear that there will be no public celebration of the Triduum in the most populous places on earth. This would be unprecedented in the history of the Church.

Macau

• (February 5) All liturgies are suspended until February 19. (February 16) All liturgies are suspended until March 6, and all churches must remain closed. (February 28) Some churches can open from March 7, but liturgies are still suspended.

Hong Kong

•  (February 13) All liturgies are suspended from February 15 to 28. (February 25) All liturgies, except funerals and weddings, are suspended until further notice.

Singapore

•  (February 14) All masses are suspended until further notice. (March 5) Masses will resume on March 14. (March 12) All masses are suspended until further notice.

China

•  (February 25) The government orders all churches to close and bans all religious activities.

Netherlands

• (February 28) Sunday masses are suspended. (March 18) All Holy Week and Easter liturgies are suspended.

Italy

• (March 8) All masses are suspended until April 3.

 Slovakia

• (March 10) All masses are suspended until March 23.

Philippines

• Archdiocese of Manila: (March 13) All Sunday masses are suspended for March 13-14. (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 13.
• Ecclesiastical province of Manila: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 13.
• Archdiocese of Capiz: (March 18) All masses are suspended until April 17.

Canada

• Province of Quebec: (March 13) All Sunday masses are suspended but churches could remain open for weekday masses and events such as weddings and funerals, provided there were fewer than 250 people in the church. (March 15) All masses are suspended.
• Archdiocese of Toronto: (March 13) Sunday Masses are suspended at least for the weekend of March 14-15, but churches could remain open for private prayer and Eucharistic adoration. (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Vancouver: (March 13) Masses must limit to 250 people. (March 14) The faithful are dispensed from Sunday obligations. (March 16) Masses must limit to 50 people. (March 20) All masses are suspended from March 21 until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Moncton: (March 13): All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Hamilton: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of St. Catharines: (March 16) Sunday masses are suspended until April 18.
• Diocese of Thunder Bay: (March 16) Sunday masses are suspended until March 29.
• Archdiocese of Halifax: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland: (March 16)  All masses, except funeral and wedding liturgies, are suspended from March 18 until further notice.
• Diocese of Grand Falls: (March 16) All masses are suspended from March 17 until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of St. Paul: (March 16) All masses, except funerals, are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Kingston: (March 17) All masses, except private funerals, are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Saint John: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Charlottetown: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of London: (March 17) All masses are suspended until April 30.
• Archdiocese of Ottawa: (March 17) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Peterborough: (March 17) All masses, except funeral and wedding liturgies, are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of MacKenzie–Fort Smith: (March 17) Sunday masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Edmonton: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Calgary: (March 17) All masses, except funerals, are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Alexandria–Cornwall: (March 17) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Syro-Malankara Eparchy: (March 18) All liturgies are suspended until further notice.

USA

• Archdiocese of Seattle: (March 11) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Chicago: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Boston: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of San Jose: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Santa Fe: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of New York: (March 13) The faithful are urged not to attend masses. (March 14) All Sunday masses are suspended for March 14-15, and churches can remain open for private prayers.
• Archdiocese of San Antonio: (March 13) All Sunday masses are suspended for March 14-15.
• Archdiocese of Newark: (March 13) All Sunday masses are suspended for March 14-15.
• Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Washington: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Denver: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Colorado Springs: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Pueblo: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Anchorage: (March 13) All masses are suspended until March 27.
• Archdiocese of Juneau: (March 13) All masses are suspended until March 27.
• Archdiocese of Santa Fe: (March 13) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Baltimore: (March 14) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Dallas: (March 14) All masses are suspended until March 30.
• Archdiocese of Detroit: (March 14) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Harrisburg: (March 16) All masses are suspended, and all churches are to remain closed.
• Archdiocese of Hartford: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 3.
• Diocese of Allentown: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Brooklyn: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Pittsburgh: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Scranton: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Rockville Centre: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 14.
• Diocese of Trenton: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 3.
• Archdiocese of Louisville: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Archdiocese of Cincinnati: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Columbus: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Youngstown: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Cleveland: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Steubenville: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5.
• Diocese of Toledo: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 5. 
• Diocese of Madison: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 3.
• Archdiocese of Milwaukee: (March 16) All masses are suspended until April 3.
• Archdiocese of New Orleans: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Rochester: (March 16) All masses, except weddings and funerals, are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Syracuse: (March 16) All masses, except weddings and funerals, are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Albany: (March 16) All masses, except weddings and funerals, are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Los Angeles: (March 17) All masses are suspended until March 29.
• Diocese of Arlington: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Burlington: (March 17) All masses are suspended from March 20 until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Mobile: (March 17) All masses are suspended from March 18 until further notice.
• Diocese of Biloxi: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Birmingham: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Ogdensburg: (March 17) All masses, except weddings and funerals, are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Orange: (March 17) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Syro-Malabar eparchy: (March 17) All liturgies are suspended until further notice.
• Syro-Malankara Eparchy: (March 18) All liturgies are suspended until further notice.
• All Ukrainian eparchies: (March 19) All divine liturgies are suspended until further notice.

Spain

• Archdiocese of Barcelona: (March 14) All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Madrid: (March 16) All masses are suspended until further notice. Easter processions are suspended.

Hungary

• (March 17) All masses are suspended from March 21 until further notice.

Australia

• State of Victoria (Melbourne, Ballarat, Sale, Sandhurst): (March 18) All masses are suspended until further notice.

Scotland

• (March 18) All masses are suspended from March 19 until further notice.

England, Wales

• (March 19) All masses are suspended from March 20 until further notice.

Taiwan

• Archdiocese of Taipei: (March 20) All masses are suspended until further notice.

Japan

• Diocese of Fukuoka 福岡: All masses are suspended until March 29.
• Diocese of Hiroshima 広島: All masses are suspended until March 29.
• Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島: Parishes decide whether to suspend mass.
• Diocese of Kyoto 京都: All masses are suspended until April 3.
• Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎: All masses are suspended until March 15.
• Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋: All masses are suspended until March 29.
• Diocese of Naha 那覇: Parishes decide whether to suspend mass.
• Diocese of Niigata 新潟: All masses are suspended until March 31.
• Diocese of Oita 大分: All masses are suspended until March 15.
• Archdiocese of Osaka 大阪: All masses are suspended until March 31.
• Diocese of Saitama さいたま: All masses are suspended until March 29.
• Diocese of Sapporo 札幌: All masses are suspended until April 4.
• Diocese of Sendai 仙台: All masses are suspended until April 3.
• Diocese of Takamatsu 高松: All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京: All masses are suspended until further notice.
• Diocese of Yokohama 横浜: Parishes decide whether to suspend mass.

Is this the fulfillment of the preconditions of the Warning foretold in Garabandal?

"The Virgin said that the Warning would come when conditions were at their worst. It wouldn't be just the persecution of the faithful either because many people will no longer be practising their religion... Before the Warning is to take place, it would look like the communists would have taken over the whole world and it would be very hard to practise the religion, for priests to say Mass or for people to open the doors of the churches."