Immaculate Conception Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in

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. Founded on September 19, 1915. It is one of the

Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England A number of Polish-American Catholic parishes were founded by Polish immigrants in New England, United States from 1887. There are 78 such parishes in 10 dioceses. Fr Franciszek Chalupka was the founder of the first Polish-American parishes in Ne ...

in the

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History

In 1904 the Polish immigrants organized the Guardian Angel Society in an effort to found a Polish parish. In 1906, a committee of the society asked Bishop Michael Tierney for a Polish priest. None was then available. By 1910 Bishop

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sent Fr. John Sullivan to serve the immigrants within St. Thomas Parish. A new Polish Catholic parish was officially approved in September 1915 by Bishop

. Property was secured as a future church site, along with a house to serve as a rectory. On September 19, 1915, Fr. Woroniecki celebrated the first parish Mass at a hall belonging to the Polish Falcons. On July 9, 1916, Bishop

dedicated the basement church of Immaculate Conception Parish. The completed church was finally dedicated on October 28, 1923.

References

Bibliography

* * The Official Catholic Directory in USA

External links

Immaculate Conception - Diocesan information

Immaculate Conception - ParishesOnline.com

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