St. Patrick Church is a Roman Catholic church in

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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

St. Patrick Church is first Catholic church in the North End of Bridgeport. The immense church makes quite an impression on unsuspecting motorists traveling on the Interstate highway close by. The parish was formed from the third division of the parish of St. Augustine's Cathedral.

Building

After the parish's founding, masses were held for many years in a basement church designed by James Murphy or

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. Around 1910, the massive superstructure was added by Dwyer and McMahon of Hartford, CT.http://www.cardcow.com/72814/st-particks-church-bridgeport-connecticut/ early post card depicting St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport CT

References

External links

St. Patrick - Diocesan information

St. Patrick Website (The Cathedral Parish)

Diocese of Bridgeport
James Murphy (architect) buildings Saint Patrick's Church Roman Catholic churches completed in 1910 Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Connecticut-RC-church-stub