St. Hedwig Parish, Union City
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St. Hedwig Parish | |
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41°30′10.5″N 73°02′39.8″W / 41.502917°N 73.044389°W | |
Location | 32 Golden Hill Street Union City, Connecticut |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Founded | February 18, 1906 |
Founder(s) | Polish immigrants |
Dedication | St. Hedwig |
Dedicated | June 2, 1907 |
Administration | |
Division | Vicariate: Waterbury |
Subdivision | Naugatuck-Cheshire |
Province | Hartford |
Archdiocese | Hartford |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Most 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
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