St. Joseph Parish is a parish designated for
Polish immigrants in
Suffield, Connecticut ,
United States . It was founded on March 12, 1916. It is one of the
Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the
Archdiocese of Hartford .
History
On March 12, 1916, Bishop John Joseph Nilan appointed Fr. Francis Wladasz as founding pastor of the newly created St. Joseph Parish . The new pastor celebrated the first parochial Mass on Easter Sunday of 1916 in the Edwin D. Morgan stable, purchased earlier by the St. Joseph Society and converted into a church.
On November 9, 1952, Bishop Henry J. O'Brien dedicated modern St. Joseph Church with a Georgian style brick edifice.
Bibliography
The 150th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry . Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.The Official Catholic Directory in USA
External links
Ordinaries Auxiliary bishops Churches
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes
St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes
St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury Education
Seminaries
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall , MilfordCanterbury School , New MilfordEast Catholic High School , ManchesterHoly Cross High School , WaterburyNorthwest Catholic High School , West HartfordNotre Dame High School , West HavenSacred Heart Academy , HamdenSacred Heart High School , WaterburySt. Paul Catholic High School , Bristol Priests
