Sacred Heart Parish (New Britain, Connecticut)

Sacred Heart Parish

Coordinates: 41°40′22.8″N 72°47′19.4″W / 41.673000°N 72.788722°W / 41.673000; -72.788722
Location	158 Broad Street New Britain, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	August 10, 1894 (1894-08-10)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	Sacred Heart
Dedicated	October 4, 1896 (1896-10-04)
Administration
Archdiocese	Hartford
Province	Hartford
Division	Vicariate: Hartford
Subdivision	New Britain
Clergy
Archbishop	Most Rev. Leonard Paul Blair, D.D.
Vicar(s)	Rev. Tomasz Sztuber
Priest(s)	Rev. Stanislaw Dudek
Pastor(s)	Rev. Msgr Daniel J Plocharczyk

Sacred Heart Parish (Polish: Parafia Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w New Britain) - designated for Polish immigrants in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.

Founded on August 10, 1894. It is one of the oldest Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England 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.

Sacred Heart Church - Main altar.jpg

Bibliography

Shea, Jonathan; Proko, Barbara (2005). The Polish Community of New Britain - Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-3765-9.
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.
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	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 Archishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair

Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza

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

Priests	Peter Leo Gerety Francis Patrick Keough

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