St. Joseph Parish, Rockville

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Country United States Website Parish website Phone +1 860-871-1970		Denomination Roman Catholic Founder(s) Polish immigrants Dedication Saint Joseph

Location 33 West Street Rockville, Connecticut Founded April 26, 1905 (1905-04-26) Address 33 West St, Vernon, CT 06066, USA Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich

St. Joseph Parish - originally established for Polish immigrants in Rockville, Connecticut, United States. St. Joseph church has been a multi-ethnic parish since the 1950s under Fr. Hyacinth Lepak (1949–1975) now being a predominantly American parish community. ( See "History" link at www.stjosephct.org for additional background).

Founded in 1905, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Norwich.

Pastors

Rev. Charles Wotypka (1905–1908)

Rev. Joseph Culkowski (1908–1909)

Rev. Maximilian Soltysek (1909–1917)

Rev. Leon Wierzynski (1917–1918)

Rev. Franciszek Wladasz (1918–1922)

Rev. Stefan Bartkowski (1922–1927)

Rev. Zygmunt Woroniecki (1927–1949)

Rev. Hyacinth Lepak (1949–1975)

Rev. Aloysius Kisluk (1975–1988)

Rev. Joseph Hanks (1988–1994)

Rev. Joseph M. Olczak (1994–2008)

Fr. Krzysztof Wieliczko O.S.P.P.E. (2008–2010)

Fr. Krzysztof Drybka O.S.P.P.E. (2010- current)

References

St. Joseph Parish, Rockville Wikipedia

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