St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Derby

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St. Michael the Archangel Parish
St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Derby
Coordinates: 41°19′07″N73°04′51″W / 41.31861°N 73.08083°W / 41.31861; -73.08083
Location 75 Derby Avenue
Derby, Connecticut
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website Parish website
History
FoundedJuly 15, 1905 (1905-07-15)
Founder(s) Polish immigrants
Dedication St. Michael the Archangel
DedicatedJuly 4, 1907 (1907-07-04)
Administration
DivisionVicariate: Waterbury
SubdivisionAnsonia-Derby
Province Hartford
Archdiocese Hartford
Parish Congregation of the Mission
Clergy
Archbishop Most 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.

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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.

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