St. Adalbert Parish (Enfield, Connecticut)

St. Adalbert Church
St. Adalbert Church
St. Raymond of Penafort Parish
	St. Adalbert Church
	42°00′8.7″N72°35′46″W / 42.002417°N 72.59611°W
Location	90 Alden Avenue; Enfield, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic (former)
Website	St. Raymond of Penafort Parish website
History
Founded	January 17, 1915
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	St. Adalbert
Dedicated	July 8, 1928
Architecture
Closed	April 21, 2024
Administration
Division	Vicariate: Hartford
Subdivision	Enfield
Province	Hartford
Archdiocese	Hartford
Parish	St. Adalbert (1915-2017) St. Raymond of Penafort (2017-22) St. Jeanne Jugan (2022-24)
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. Sebastian k. Kos

Last updated April 04, 2025

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.

In 2017, St. Adalbert was merged with St. Patrick Parish in Enfield to form St. Raymond of Penafort parish. In 2022, the consolidated St. Raymond parish was merged into townwide parish under the name St. Jeanne Jugan parish.^[1] The St. Adalbert church building was closed to regularly scheduled worship soon after and was closed permanently on April 21, 2024.^[2]

History

On September 1, 1907, Bishop of Hartford, Michael Tierney made the priest Paul W. Piechocki responsible for the Polish immigrants. Bishop John Joseph Nilan established St. Adalbert Parish on January 17, 1915. Stanislaus Federkiewicz was named first pastor. The first Mass was offered in the unfinished church basement on Christmas 1915. 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. St Adalbert Church build has been closed by the Archdiocese of Hartford and the buildings are for sale. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/Church-Complex-Redevelopment-Opportunit/27724332/

↑ Kieran, Sister. "Decree concerning the relegation to profane but not sordid use of Saint Adalbert Church in Enfield, Connecticut". Archdiocese of Hartford. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
↑ Danseyar, Susan. "Enfield and its Polish community bid farewell to St. Adalbert Church: 'We feel like lost lambs'". CT Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

Bibliography

John P. Gwozdz, A Place of Their Own. A History of Saint Adalbert Church, Enfield, Connecticut, 1915-1990, reviewed in Polish American Studies, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 87–89.
The 150th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
The Official Catholic Directory in USA

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[1] Kieran, Sister. "Decree concerning the relegation to profane but not sordid use of Saint Adalbert Church in Enfield, Connecticut". Archdiocese of Hartford. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

[2] Danseyar, Susan. "Enfield and its Polish community bid farewell to St. Adalbert Church: 'We feel like lost lambs'". CT Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

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v t e 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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