St. Adalbert Parish (Enfield, Connecticut)
St. Adalbert Church | |
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St. Raymond of Penafort Parish | |
Coordinates: 42°00′8.7″N 72°35′46″W / 42.002417°N 72.59611°W | |
Location | 90 Alden Avenue Enfield, Connecticut |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | St. Raymond of Penafort Parish website |
History | |
Founded | January 17, 1915 |
Founder(s) | Polish immigrants |
Dedication | St. Adalbert |
Dedicated | July 8, 1928 |
Administration | |
Parish | St. Raymond of Penafort |
Archdiocese | Hartford |
Province | Hartford |
Division | Vicariate: Hartford |
Subdivision | Enfield |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Most Rev. Leonard Paul Blair, S.T.D. |
Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Christie Macaluso, D.D. |
Priest(s) | Rev. Anthony J Bruno |
Pastor(s) | Rev. Edmund M O`Brien |
St. Adalbert Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Enfield, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1915, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford. In 2017, St. Adalbert was merged with St. Patrick Parish in Enfield to form St. Raymond of Penafort parish. Both church buildings remain open for regularly scheduled worship within the consolidated parish.
History[]
On September 1, 1907, Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney made the priest Paul W. Piechocki responsible for the Polish immigrants. Bishop John Joseph Nilan established St. Adalbert Parish on January 17, 1915. Stanislaus Federkiewicz was named first pastor. The first Mass was offered in the unfinished church basement on Christmas 1915. Nilan dedicated the lower church on May 7, 1916. Finally, the completed St. Adalbert Parish was dedicated by Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe on July 8, 1928.
Bibliography[]
- John P. Gwozdz, A Place of Their Own. A History of Saint Adalbert Church, Enfield, Connecticut, 1915-1990, reviewed in Polish American Studies, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 87–89.
- The 150th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
- The Official Catholic Directory in USA
External links[]
- Roman Catholic parishes of Archdiocese of Hartford
- Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in Connecticut
- Enfield, Connecticut
- Churches in Hartford County, Connecticut
- United States Roman Catholic church stubs