Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
Saints Cyril and Methodius Parish | |
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Location | 79 Church St Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Founded | 1905 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Joseph A. Jackson |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bridgeport |
Province | Hartford |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Frank J. Caggiano |
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Parish is a Roman Catholic church in Bridgeport, Connecticut, now part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.[1]
History[]
Sts. Cyril and Methodius was the second of two of Bridgeport's Slovak national parishes created out of the parish of St. John Nepomucene Slovak National Church (1891-1991). This elegant Romanesque Revival church dates from shortly after the parish's founding in 1905. The New York City church architect, Joseph A. Jackson, designed the building.
Father Stephen Panik, for whom Father Panik Village was named, had been the church's pastor from the early 1930s until his death in 1953.[2]
The church, itself, was initially established by the St. Joseph Society, with its materials and records integral to the foundations of the St. Stephen's Society and the respectively. [3]
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest[]
Since October 8, 2017, the church has been placed under the pastoral care of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.[4]
They celebrate Mass in accordance with the 1962 Roman Missal in Latin, as is authorized by Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. This is the only Catholic church in Bridgeport that has a regularly scheduled Mass in that form.[5]
References[]
- ^ http://www.bridgeportdiocese.com/index.php/parishes/parish-bridgeport
- ^ "The Last Farewell to Father Panik Village". The New York Times. Accessed 1 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.hsp.org/sites/www.hsp.org/files/migrated/findingaid3045ststephens.pdf
- ^ Chessman, Stuart. "Institute of Christ the King Coming to Bridgeport". The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ Tridentine Mass: Connecticut (Retrieved August 2019)
External links[]
Coordinates: 41°11′08.13″N 73°10′38.45″W / 41.1855917°N 73.1773472°W
- Romanesque Revival church buildings in Connecticut
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1905
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Roman Catholic churches in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
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- Slovak-American history
- 1905 establishments in Connecticut
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