St. Ann Parish is a Roman Catholic church in
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the List of cities in New England by population, fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Loc ...
, part of the
Diocese of Bridgeport
The Diocese of Bridgeport () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the southwestern part of the state of Connecticut in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical provin ...
.
History
Located in the Historic Black Rock section of Bridgeport, this edifice dates from the early 1950s and was designed by noted architect
J. Gerald Phelan who designed the main campus of
Fairfield University
Fairfield University is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2023, the university had about 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 gra ...
along with many other churches, schools, convents and rectories for Catholic clients in Connecticut and elsewhere.
References
External links
St. Ann - Diocesan information
St. Ann - WebsiteDiocese of Bridgeport
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
Ann
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie and Ana.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
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