St. Adalbert Parish (Enfield, Connecticut)

St. Adalbert Parish
Coordinates: 42°00′8.7″N 72°35′46″W / 42.002417°N 72.59611°W / 42.002417; -72.59611
Location 90 Alden Avenue
Enfield, Connecticut
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website Parish website
History
Founded January 17, 1915 (1915-01-17)
Founder(s) Polish immigrants
Dedication St. Adalbert
Dedicated July 8, 1928 (1928-07-08)
Administration
Archdiocese Hartford
Province Hartford
Division Vicariate: Hartford
Subdivision Enfield
Clergy
Archbishop Most Rev. Leonard Paul Blair, S.T.D.
Bishop(s) Most Rev. Christie Macaluso, D.D.
Priest(s) Rev. Anthony J Bruno
Pastor(s) Rev. Edmund M O`Brien

St. Adalbert Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Enfield, Connecticut, United States.

Founded in 1915. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

History

On September 1, 1907, Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney made Fr. Paul W. Piechocki responsible for the Polish immigrants. Bishop John Joseph Nilan established St. Adalbert Parish on January 17, 1915. Fr. Stanislaus Federkiewicz was named first pastor. The first Mass was offered in the unfinished church basement on Christmas 1915. Bishop John Joseph Nilan dedicated the lower church on May 7, 1916. Finally, the completed St. Adalbert Parish was dedicated by Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe on July 8, 1928.

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