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Before April 1857, the East of Bridgeport Catholics were attended by the priests of St. James Church, first parish in the city and predecessor of St. Augustine’s. St. James was located at Washington Avenue and Arch Street and had been dedicated July 24, 1843 – 13 years after a missionary priest had first celebrated Mass in Bridgeport and ...
The largest church in the Diocese of Bridgeport is St. Mary's Church in Stamford, built in 1928. Sacred Heart Parish in Georgetown was the home parish for American writers Flannery O'Connor and Robert Fitzgerald from 1949 to 1952 when O'Connor was living in Ridgefield as a boarder with the Fitzgeralds.
St. Andrew Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut) St. Augustine Cathedral (Bridgeport, Connecticut) Saint George Parish (Bridgeport, Connecticut) St. Mary Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut) St. Michael the Archangel's Parish (Bridgeport, Connecticut) St. Patrick's Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut) St. Peter Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut) Sts. Cyril ...
St. Mary's is a cathedral-style church located at 566 Elm Street in Stamford, Connecticut.The church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport.The main building is a Gothic Revival structure, designed by Francis L. S. Mayers and completed about 1928.
The Catholic Church in Fairfield County, 1666-1961. William Mulvey. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-934791-12-0. The Official Catholic Directory in USA "Bridgeport's Ethnic Background--Late 19th Century". St. Joseph’s Parish; CT Bridgeport - St Michael the Archangel- 1899-1974 - PPHC127 (University of Notre Dame, Indiana)
The parish of St. Mary was split several times to form new parishes, as Norwalk's Catholic population grew. The parish of Saint Joseph was formed in 1895. The parish of St. Matthew was split off in 1958, the parish of St. Jerome was split off in 1960, and the parish of St. Philip was created in 1964. [3]
St. Mary of Perpetual Help (Polish: Kościół Matki Bożej Nieustającej Pomocy) - historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called Polish Cathedral style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.
The parish was founded in 1874. [1] In 1875 Rev. M.A. Tierney added a choir gallery to the church. He later purchased land for a new church from James Elphich. During the tenure of Rev. Denis J. Cremin, the cornerstone of St. Mary's Church was laid by Bishop Thomas Galberry of Hartford. [2] The new white frame colonial church was dedicated on ...