St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Waterbury Explained

St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish
Location:86 East Farm Street
Waterbury, Connecticut
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.5624°N -73.0283°W
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Founder:Polish immigrants
Dedication:St. Stanislaus Kostka
Closed Date:2017
Consolidated with All Saints Parish
Archdiocese:Hartford
Province:Hartford
Division:Vicariate: Waterbury
Subdivision:Waterbury
Archbishop:Most Rev. Leonard Paul Blair, D.D.
Deacon:Rev. Mr. Thomas J Clifford
Pastor:Rev. Nathaniel C. Labarda

St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish is a former parish in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States, originally designated for Polish immigrants.

Founded on January 30, 1913, it was one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford. In 2017, the parish was merged with Saint Anne Church in the south end to form All Saints Parish. The building was closed for regularly scheduled worship and subsequently sold to a Pentecostal church.

History

On July 7, 1912, Bishop John Joseph Nilan appointed Fr. Ignatius Maciejewski as administrator of a Polish parish in Waterbury. The priest soon celebrated the first parish Mass in the chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, which the Polish immigrants had rented.

St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish was legally founded on January 30, 1913. Land on East Farm Street was purchased from the Immaculate Conception parish for a church. On August 13, 1914, Bishop John Joseph Nilan named Fr. Theodore Zimmerman the first resident pastor.

The gray granite foundation having been laid, the church cornerstone was blessed on September 14, 1914. The first Mass was celebrated in the completed edifice on October 24, 1915. The completed church superstructure was dedicated on September 26, 1926.

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