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Church in Connecticut, United States
St. Hedwig Parish
41°30′10.5″N 73°02′39.8″W / 41.502917°N 73.044389°W / 41.502917; -73.044389
Location32 Golden Hill Street
Union City, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
FoundedFebruary 18, 1906 (1906-02-18)
Founder(s)Polish immigrants
DedicationSt. Hedwig
DedicatedJune 2, 1907 (1907-06-02)
Administration
DivisionVicariate: Waterbury
SubdivisionNaugatuck-Cheshire
ProvinceHartford
ArchdioceseHartford
Clergy
ArchbishopMost Rev. Leonard Paul Blair
Pastor(s)Rev. Edmund K Karwowski
Deacon(s)Rev. Mr Thomas Clifford

St. Hedwig Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Union City, Connecticut, United States.

Founded on February 18, 1906. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

History

On February 14, 1906, Bishop Michael Tierney dispatched Fr. Ignacy Maciejewski as the first Polish pastor in Union City. Fr. Maciejewski celebrated the first parish Mass at Sokolowski Hall on February 18, 1906. By the year's end, a Polish church was built and formally dedicated on June 2, 1907.

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

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
Ordinaries
Bishops
William Tyler
Bernard O'Reilly
Francis Patrick McFarland
Thomas Galberry, O.S.A.
Lawrence S. McMahon
Michael Tierney
John J. Nilan
Maurice F. McAuliffe
Archbishops
Henry J. O'Brien
John Francis Whealon
Daniel Anthony Cronin
Henry J. Mansell
Leonard P. Blair
Coadjutor archbishops
Christopher J. Coyne
Auxiliary bishops
Joseph Francis Donnelly
John Francis Hackett
Paul Loverde
Christie Macaluso
John Gregory Murray
Henry Joseph O'Brien
Peter A. Rosazza
Juan Miguel Betancourt
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, Milford
Canterbury School, New Milford
East Catholic High School, Manchester
Holy Cross High School, Waterbury
Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford
Notre Dame High School, West Haven
Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden
Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury
St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol
Priests
Peter Leo Gerety
Francis Patrick Keough


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