Saint Maurice Church (Connecticut)

Saint Maurice Church
Location 358 Glenbrook Rd
Stamford, Connecticut
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s) Polak and Sullivan
Administration
Diocese Bridgeport
Province Hartford
Clergy
Bishop(s) Most Rev. William E. Lori

St Maurice is a Roman Catholic church in Stamford, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

History

Referred to as the Little Church on the Hill, St. Maurice Church is named after Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe who served as the 8th Bishop of Hartford (1934-1944). The Norman-Gothic Revival church was built in 1936 to the designs of the architectural firm of Polak and Sullivan from New Haven, CT.[1]

References

  1. http://www.stmauricegb.org/history.htm St. Maurice Church History

External links

Coordinates: 41°03′58.73″N 73°31′20.01″W / 41.0663139°N 73.5222250°W / 41.0663139; -73.5222250


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