St. Joseph Parish
Coordinates: 41°20′24.5″N 73°04′18.6″W / 41.340139°N 73.071833°W / 41.340139; -73.071833
Location	32 Jewett Street Ansonia, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Churchmanship	Polish
Website	Parish website
History
Founded	1925 (1925)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	St. Joseph
Dedicated	September 6, 1926 (1926-09-06)
Administration
Parish	Congregation of the Mission
Archdiocese	Hartford
Province	Hartford
Division	Vicariate: Waterbury
Subdivision	Ansonia-Derby
Clergy
Archbishop	Most Rev. Henry J. Mansell, D.D.
Priest(s)	Rev. Waclaw Hlond C.M.
Pastor(s)	Rev. Marek Sobczak C.M.

St. Joseph Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Ansonia, Connecticut, United States.

Founded in 1925. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

Contents 1 History 2 Pastors 3 School 4 Bibliography 5 External links

[edit] History

In June 1925, Bishop John J. Nilan appointed Vincentian Fr. Aloysius Zielenznik, C.M., as pastor of the new St. Joseph Parish. The priest's first Mass for the Polish congregation was celebrated on July 12, 1925, at a Central St. hall rented from an Italian society. The church was dedicated on September 6, 1926. Ten days later, St. Joseph school opened, staffed by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

The parish had long felt the need of a church bell which would summon the faithful to church services. Their desires to have a church bell were fully realized in 1950 when Divine providence directed Fr. Casimir Kwiatkowski to Winchester, New Hampshire. While passing through the town, Fr. Casimir Kwiatkowski happened to notice a bell for sale in front of some Protestant church. Upon further inquiry, he purchased the hall valued at $3,000 for $495. On the occasion of administering the sacrament of Confirmation in the parish, October 14, 1950, Bishop Henry J. O'Brien, D.D. blessed the century old bell and named it Casimir. The bell was fittingly rung for the first time on November 1, 1950, the day the dogma of the Assumption was solemnly proclaimed in Rome by Pope Pius XII.

[edit] Pastors

• Fr. Aloysius Zielenznik C.M. (1925-1929)
• Fr. Joseph Janowski C.M. (1929-1936)
• Fr. Casimir Kwiatkowski C.M. (1936-)
• ...

[edit] School

• St. Joseph School

[edit] Bibliography

• A short parish history from the 1951 Jubilee Book. St. Joseph Parish - Ansonia CT: the internet Polish Genealogical Source. http://www.ipgs.us/parishhistories/stjosephansonia.html. 
• The Official Catholic Directory in USA

[edit] External links

• St. Joseph - Diocesan information
• St. Joseph - ParishesOnline.com
• Archdiocese of Hartford

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