St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church (Hartford, Connecticut)

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St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church and The Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry
Church of St. Anthony & St. Patrick, Hartford, Connecticut.jpg
Location265 Church Street, Ann Street Historic District, Hartford, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitehttp://www.spsact.org/
History
StatusActive
Founded1829
DedicationSaint Patrick
Saint Anthony of Padua
Architecture
Architectural typeGothic Revival
St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location265 Church St, Hartford, Connecticut
Built1849
ArchitectPatrick C. Keeley
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSAnn Street Historical District
NRHP reference No.83003514
Added to NRHP1984

St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church is a Cathedral-style Church located at 265 Church Street, Hartford, CT. The church is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. It is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in the state of Connecticut.[1]

The main church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in a Multiple Property Submission study of Ann Street Historic District Complexes in 1984.[2]

History[]

The parish that would become Saint Patrick parish was founded to serve influx of Irish immigrants to Hartford in 1829, making the oldest permanent parish in both Hartford and the state of Connecticut as whole. At the time, Connecticut was still part of the part of the Diocese of Boston; the Diocese of Hartford would not be established until 1843. In 1830, the newly erected parish bought the recently vacated old Christ Church Episcopal church building, and moved it to the corner of Talcott Street and Main Streets. This building was consecrated for Catholic worship as Holy Trinity Church (not to be confused with the 1903 Catholic church of the same name on Capitol Avenue in Hartford).[3]

In 1850, construction on the original St. Patrick's Church at the corner of Anne Street[4] and Church Street was built begun by Rev. John Brady. In 1853, the original Holy Trinity Church building caught fire and was destroyed. The 1850's Saint Patrick Church also burnt down in January 1875. Mass was held in Allyn Hall while the church was being rebuilt on same site.[3]

The second Saint Patrick Church was dedicated by Bishop Thomas Galberry on November 19, 1876, and consecrated in November 1885.[5] The 1876 church was seriously damaged by another fire in 1956.[3]

St. Anthony's was the national parish for the Italian community of Hartford. When Rev. Angelo Chicaglione returned to Italy in February 1895, he was succeeded by his assistant, Rev. Edward Flannery.[6] The parish was founded in the 1890's, and moved to Market Street in 1921. The 1921 building was seriously damaged by flooding in 1936 and 1938. In the 1950's, redevelopment eliminated much of the Italian neighborhood served by St. Anthony. Saint Anthony church was closed and sold to the city, and the parish was merged into Saint Patrick in 1958. Following the fire, the newly merged parish rebuilt Saint Patrick-Saint Anthony Church within the walls of the gutted 1876's building.[3]

In 1990, the Franciscan Friars were invited to serve at the parish, and begin an urban outreach ministry.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "History of St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church". Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  2. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83003514_text
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Our History - St. Patrick-St. Anthony Parish". Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Present day Anne Ucello Street
  5. ^ O'Donnell, James H., History of the Diocese of Hartford, D. H. Hurd Company, 1900, p. 208Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ O'Donnell, p. 221.


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