St. Hedwig Parish, Union City Explained


St. Hedwig Parish
Location:32 Golden Hill Street
Union City, Connecticut
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.5029°N -73.0444°W
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Founder:Polish immigrants
Dedication:St. Hedwig
Archdiocese:Hartford
Province:Hartford
Division:Vicariate: Waterbury
Subdivision:Naugatuck-Cheshire
Archbishop:Most Rev. Leonard Paul Blair
Deacon:Rev. Mr Thomas Clifford
Pastor:Rev. Edmund K Karwowski

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.

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