St. Joseph Parish, Suffield
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St. Joseph Parish - designated for Polish immigrants
in Suffield, Connecticut
, United States
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appointed Fr. Francis Wladasz as founding pastor of a newly created St. Joseph Parish. The new pastor celebrated the first parochial Mass on Easter Sunday 1916 in the Edwin D. Morgan stable purchased earlier by the St. Joseph Society and by now converted into the first parish church.
On November 9, 1952, Bishop Henry J. O'Brien dedicated modern St. Joseph Church, a Georgian style brick edifice.
Polish American
A Polish American , is a citizen of the United States of Polish descent. There are an estimated 10 million Polish Americans, representing about 3.2% of the population of the United States...
in Suffield, Connecticut
Suffield, Connecticut
Suffield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It had once been within the boundaries of Massachusetts. The town is located in the Connecticut River Valley with the town of Enfield neighboring to the east. In 1900, 3,521 people lived in Suffield; and in 1910, 3,841. As of the...
, United States
United States
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- Founded on March 12, 1916. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New EnglandPolish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England- Resources :# Dolores A. Liptak, "The Bishops of Hartford and the New Immigrants ", U.S. Catholic Historian, Vol. 1, No. 2 , pp. 37-53.# The Official Catholic Directory in USA# # # # # # # # # # # # # #...
in the Archdiocese of HartfordRoman Catholic Archdiocese of HartfordThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford is a particular church of the Latin Rite in Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. The archdiocese includes about 700,000 Catholics, more than 500 priests, 216 parishes and almost 300 deacons. This is roughly one-half the population of...
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History
On March 12, 1916, Bishop John Joseph NilanJohn Joseph Nilan
John Joseph Nilan was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1910 until his death in 1934.-Biography:...
appointed Fr. Francis Wladasz as founding pastor of a newly created St. Joseph Parish. The new pastor celebrated the first parochial Mass on Easter Sunday 1916 in the Edwin D. Morgan stable purchased earlier by the St. Joseph Society and by now converted into the first parish church.
On November 9, 1952, Bishop Henry J. O'Brien dedicated modern St. Joseph Church, a Georgian style brick edifice.