Sacred Heart Parish ( pl, Parafia Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w New Britain) - designated for
Polish immigrants in
New Britain, Connecticut,
United States
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: Founded on August 10, 1894. It is one of the oldest
Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England
Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes - founded by Polish immigrants in New England, United States from 1887. There are 78 Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in 10 dioceses.
Fr. Franciszek Chalupka was the founder of the first Polish-Ameri ...
in the
Archdiocese of Hartford.
History
On August 10, 1894, the New Britain Polish Catholic community became a mission of the Archdiocese's oldest Polish Catholic parish,
St. Stanislaus Parish, Meriden. The mission phase ended on September 10, 1895, when Fr.
Lucyan Bójnowski was appointed pastor in New Britain. Initially, the Polish-born priest's new parish was named St. Casimir the King, but this name was officially changed in 1896 to honor the Sacred Heart. The original Sacred Heart Church, located on Orange St., was dedicated by Bishop
Michael Tierney on October 4, 1896.
A new much larger church was designed by architect
George P. B. Alderman of Holyoke, MA shortly after the construction of the first church.
Bibliography
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* Dolores Liptak, review of Daniel S. Buczek, ''People of God: A Centennial History of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, New Britain, Connecticut'' (1998), in ''Catholic Historical Review'' 85:2 (1999), pp. 324–325.
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* The Official Catholic Directory in USA
External links
Sacred Heart - Diocesan informationSacred Heart - ParishesOnline.comArchdiocese of Hartford
Roman Catholic parishes of Archdiocese of Hartford
Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in Connecticut
Buildings and structures in New Britain, Connecticut
Churches in Hartford County, Connecticut
Polish Cathedral style architecture
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