St. Adalbert Parish (Enfield, Connecticut)

St. Adalbert Parish
Coordinates: 42°00′8.7″N 72°35′46″W / 42.002417°N 72.59611°W / 42.002417; -72.59611
Location	90 Alden Avenue Enfield, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Parish website
History
Founded	January 17, 1915 (1915-01-17)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	St. Adalbert
Dedicated	July 8, 1928 (1928-07-08)
Administration
Archdiocese	Hartford
Province	Hartford
Division	Vicariate: Hartford
Subdivision	Enfield
Clergy
Archbishop	Most Rev. Leonard Paul Blair, S.T.D.
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Christie Macaluso, D.D.
Priest(s)	Rev. Anthony J Bruno
Pastor(s)	Rev. Edmund M O`Brien

St. Adalbert Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Enfield, Connecticut, United States.

Founded in 1915. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

History

On September 1, 1907, Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney made Fr. Paul W. Piechocki responsible for the Polish immigrants. Bishop John Joseph Nilan established St. Adalbert Parish on January 17, 1915. Fr. Stanislaus Federkiewicz was named first pastor. The first Mass was offered in the unfinished church basement on Christmas 1915. Bishop John Joseph Nilan dedicated the lower church on May 7, 1916. Finally, the completed St. Adalbert Parish was dedicated by Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe on July 8, 1928.

Bibliography

John P. Gwozdz, A Place of Their Own. A History of Saint Adalbert Church, Enfield, Connecticut, 1915-1990, reviewed in Polish American Studies, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 87–89.
The 150'th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
The Official Catholic Directory in USA

External links

Archdiocese of Hartford

Ordinaries	Diocese of Hartford, Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archdiocese of Hartford, Archishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Auxiliary bishops Joseph Francis Donnelly Paul S. Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Peter A. Rosazza Priests who became bishops Most Reverend Joseph F. Donnelly Most Reverend Peter Leo Gerety Most Reverend John F. Hackett Most Reverend Francis P. Keough, R.J. Most Reverend Christie A. Macaluso Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe Most Reverend Henry J. O'Brien Most Reverend Peter A. Rosazza

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph (Hartford, Connecticut) Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Waterbury, Connecticut) Parishes St. Joseph Church (Ansonia, Connecticut) St. Stanislaus Parish (Bristol, Connecticut) St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Derby St. Adalbert Parish (Enfield, Connecticut) SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Parish (Meriden, Connecticut) Holy Cross Parish, New Britain Sacred Heart Parish (New Britain, Connecticut) St. Stanislaus Parish (New Haven, Connecticut) St. Mary Parish (Newington, Connecticut) Immaculate Conception Parish, Southington St. Joseph Parish, Suffield St. Casimir Parish, Terryville St. Mary Parish, Torrington St. Hedwig Parish, Union City SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Wallingford St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Waterbury

Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High Schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol

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