St. Hedwig Parish, Union City

St. Hedwig Parish
St. Hedwig Parish
	St. Hedwig Parish
	41°30′10.5″N 73°02′39.8″W / 41.502917°N 73.044389°W
Location	32 Golden Hill Street; Union City, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	February 18, 1906
Founder	Polish immigrants
Dedication	St. Hedwig
Dedicated	June 2, 1907
Administration
Division	Vicariate: Waterbury
Subdivision	Naugatuck-Cheshire
Province	Hartford
Archdiocese	Hartford
Clergy
Archbishop	Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne

St. Hedwig Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Union City, Connecticut, United States.

Founded on February 18, 1906. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

History

On February 14, 1906, Bishop Michael Tierney dispatched Fr. Ignacy Maciejewski as the first Polish pastor in Union City. Fr. Maciejewski celebrated the first parish Mass at Sokolowski Hall on February 18, 1906. By the year's end, a Polish church was built and formally dedicated on June 2, 1907.

The parish was linked with nearby St. Mary Parish in 2006. It was announced in April, 2017 that the parish was closing.^[1] The last Mass in the building was held on June 29, 2017 at 6PM.^[2] The building was sold to Bais Yaakov of Waterbury girls high school.^[3]

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

[1] ttps://patch.com/connecticut/naugatuck/st-hedwig-st-mary-churches-will-be-closing

[2] ttps://patch.com/connecticut/naugatuck/final-mass-celebrated-st-hedwig-church-photos

[3] ttps://pay.banquest.com/byw

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Roman Catholic 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 Archbishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Coadjutor archbishops Christopher J. Coyne
Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza Juan Miguel Betancourt
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, 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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