St. Joseph Parish, Rockville

St. Joseph Parish
St Joseph Church, Rockville Connecticut 1958
Coordinates: 41°52′5.9″N 72°27′50.6″W / 41.868306°N 72.464056°W / 41.868306; -72.464056
Location	33 West Street Rockville, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Parish website
History
Founded	April 26, 1905 (1905-04-26)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	St. Joseph
Administration
Parish	Pauline
Diocese	Norwich
Province	Hartford
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Michael Richard Cote
Vicar(s)	Rev. Dominick Libiszewski, Ass't. Vicar O.S.P.P.E.
Pastor(s)	Pastor, Krzysztof Drybka, O.S.P.P.E.

St. JUoseph Church Rockville Connecticut
interior in January 2011.

St. Joseph Parish - originally established for Polish immigrants in Rockville, Connecticut, United States. St. Joseph church has been a multi-ethnic parish since the 1950s under Fr. Hyacinth Lepak (1949–1975) now being a predominantly American parish community. ( See "History" link at www.stjosephct.org for additional background).

Founded in 1905, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Norwich.

Pastors

Rev. Charles Wotypka (1905–1908)
Rev. Joseph Culkowski (1908–1909)
Rev. Maximilian Soltysek (1909–1917)
Rev. Leon Wierzynski (1917–1918)
Rev. Franciszek Wladasz (1918–1922)
Rev. Stefan Bartkowski (1922–1927)
Rev. Zygmunt Woroniecki (1927–1949)
Rev. Hyacinth Lepak (1949–1975)
Rev. Aloysius Kisluk (1975–1988)
Rev. Joseph Hanks (1988–1994)
Rev. Joseph M. Olczak (1994–2008)
Fr. Krzysztof Wieliczko O.S.P.P.E. (2008–2010)
Fr. Krzysztof Drybka O.S.P.P.E. (2010- current)

Bibliography

Olson, James Stuart (1987). Catholic immigrants in America. St. Mary of Czestochowa Church.
The 150'th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
Geller, Herbert F. Ethnic History Series: European Immigrants and the Catholic Church of Connecticut, 1870-1920. THE SUNDAY POST: Dolores Liptak.
The Official Catholic Directory in USA

External links

Diocese of Norwich

Ordinaries	Bishops Bernard Joseph Flanagan Vincent Joseph Hines Daniel Patrick Reilly Daniel Anthony Hart Michael Richard Cote

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Patrick Parishes Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Quaker Hill St. Joseph Parish, Rockville St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish, Middletown

Education	College and seminary Holy Apostles College and Seminary High schools Academy of the Holy Family, Baltic Marianapolis Preparatory School, Thompson Mercy High School, Middletown Saint Bernard High School, Uncasville Xavier High School, Middletown

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