Holy Name of Jesus Parish (Stamford, Connecticut)

Holy Name of Jesus Parish is a church in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, founded on July 19, 1903. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Bridgeport. Holy Name of Jesus Church is the second oldest Catholic Church in Stamford.

Holy Name of Jesus Parish
41°02′39.4″N 73°32′33.7″W
Location4 Pulaski Street, Stamford, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websiteholynamestamford.org
History
FoundedJuly 19, 1903 (1903-07-19)
Founder(s)Polish immigrants
DedicationHoly Name of Jesus
ConsecratedAugust 23. 1925
Administration
DioceseBridgeport
ProvinceHartford
Clergy
ArchbishopMost Rev. Leonard Paul Blair
Bishop(s)Most Rev. Frank Joseph Caggiano
Vicar(s)Rev. Fr. Tomasz Przybyl
Pastor(s)Rev. Fr. Pawel Hrebenko

History

The existing church was built in 1925 to plans supplied by architect Henry F. Ludorf of Hartford, Connecticut. On June 6, 1922 the Parish entered the golden age of its history by the assumption of Father. Wladasz as the pastor. The parochial school which had been closed, was re-opened from the Bernadine Sisters from Reading, Pennsylvania. Work on Holy Name of Jesus started on April 5, 1925. The same year, on August 23, Bishop Nilan consecrated the cornerstone of the church. On Easter Sunday, 1927 the mass was celebrated in the lower part of the church because the upper church was not completed. The work was slow, but steady. Following the financial crash of 1929, the Rev. Wladasz trusting in God and his flock, continued work on the Church. On December 25, 1934 the First Holy Mass was celebrated in the upper portion of the church which was completed.

The Pastors of Holy Name of Jesus Rev. Fr. Zdislaw Luczycki (1903 to 1906) Rev. Fr. Ignacy Krusinski (1906 to 1910) Rev. Fr. Jozef Raniszewski (1910 to 1917) Rev. Fr. Ludwik Rusin (1917 to 1922) Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis Wladasz (1922 to 1959) Rev. Fr. Felix Werpechowski (1959 to 1971) Rt. Rev. Msgr. Alphonse Fiedorczyk (1971 to 1985) Rev. Fr. Stanley Koziol (1985 to 1987) Rev. Fr. Sherman Gray (1987 to 2003) Rev. Fr. Stanislaw Stanieszewski C.M. (2003 to 2008) Rev. Fr. Eugene Kotlinski C.M. (2008 to 2012) Rev. Fr. Pawel M. Hrebenko (2012–Present)

Holy Name of Jesus Church was covered in a Multiple Property Submission study of Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes.[1]

References
  1. Jan Cunningham and John Herzan (April 15, 1987). "Multiple Property Study: Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes (Thematic Resources)". National Park Service.

Bibliography
  • Bonarigo, Anthony V. (2004). Holy Name of Jesus Parish centennial album - years 1903-2003. Stamford, Connecticut: Holy Name of Jesus Parish.
  • The 150th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
  • Kruszka, Waclaw (1998). A History of the Poles in America to 1908. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press - Part III: Poles in the Eastern and Southern States.
  • The Official Catholic Directory in USA


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