St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Chicopee

St. Anthony of Padua Parish
St. Anthony of Padua Parish
42°10′51.4″N72°36′46.6″W / 42.180944°N 72.612944°W / 42.180944; -72.612944
Location	56 Saint Anthony Street Chicopee, Massachusetts
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Parish website
History
Founded	1926 (1926)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	St. Anthony of Padua
Architecture
Closed	Aug 29, 2009
Administration
Division	Region 7
Province	Boston
Diocese	Springfield in Massachusetts

St. Anthony of Padua Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States.

Founded 1926. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts.

On August 29, 2009, it was announced by His Excellency Bishop Timothy McDonnell that the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Mary of the Assumption in the Willimansett section of Chicopee were to be merged with St. Anthony of Padua forming the new territorial parish for the Willimansett Section of Chicopee.

Bibliography

• The 150th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
• Jendrysik, Stephen R. (2005). The Polish Community of Chicopee (MA). Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   0-7385-3892-2.

• The Official Catholic Directory in USA
• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Springfield"  . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

• St. Anthony of Padua - Diocesan information