St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Derby

Church in Connecticut, United States

41°19′07″N 73°04′51″W / 41.31861°N 73.08083°W / 41.31861; -73.08083Location75 Derby Avenue
Derby, ConnecticutCountryUnited StatesDenominationRoman CatholicWebsiteParish websiteHistoryFoundedJuly 15, 1905 (1905-07-15)Founder(s)Polish immigrantsDedicationSt. Michael the ArchangelDedicatedJuly 4, 1907 (1907-07-04)AdministrationDivisionVicariate: WaterburySubdivisionAnsonia-DerbyProvinceHartfordArchdioceseHartfordParishCongregation of the MissionClergyArchbishopMost Rev. Leonard Paul Blair, S.T.D.Bishop(s)Most Rev. Christie Macaluso, D.D.Vicar(s)Fr. Marek Sobczak C.M.Pastor(s)Fr. A. Rafal Kopystynski, C.M.

St. Michael the Archangel Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Derby, Connecticut, United States.

Founded in 1905. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

History

Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney established St. Michael the Archangel Parish on July 15, 1905. Fr. Stanislaus Konieczny C.M., of the Vincentian Fathers, was appointed founding pastor. Durrschmidt Hall on lower Main St. was rented for Masses, the first of which was celebrated on August 20, 1905. A new church was dedicated on July 4, 1907, by Fr. John Synnott, who represented Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney. The architect was Joseph A. Jackson of Waterbury CT.

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

St. Michael the Archangel - Diocesan information
Archdiocese of Hartford
St. Michael the Archangel - Discovermass.com

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

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