St. Mary Parish, Torrington
Church in Connecticut, United States
St. Mary Parish was a Catholic Church parish in Torrington, Connecticut , in the United States. Founded on October 26, 1919, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford . The parish church, St. Mary of Częstochowa, closed in 2017 and St. Mary parish merged with four other parishes to form St. John Paul the Great Parish.
History
On October 26, 1919, St. Mary Parish was created when Fr. John Kowalski was named first pastor. He celebrated the first Masses for St. Mary in St. Francis chapel. A basement church was completed in 1921 and dedicated on October 5, 1921, by Bishop John Joseph Nilan . The completed church was dedicated on May 30, 1927.
St. Mary parish merged with St. Francis of Assisi, St. Peter, and Sacred Heart parishes in June 2017 to form St. John Paul the Great Parish. St. Mary and Sacred Heart churches were advertised for sale in January 2019.[ 1]
References
Bibliography
The 150th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry . Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.The Official Catholic Directory in USA
External links
Ordinaries Auxiliary bishops 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 St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven 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 St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes
St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury Education
Seminaries
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall , MilfordCanterbury School , New MilfordEast Catholic High School , ManchesterHoly Cross High School , WaterburyNorthwest Catholic High School , West HartfordNotre Dame High School , West HavenSacred Heart Academy , HamdenSacred Heart High School , WaterburySt. Paul Catholic High School , Bristol Priests
