Country United States Founder(s) Polish immigrants Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair | Denomination Roman Catholic Dedication St. Stanislaus Kostka | |
Location 86 East Farm Street
Waterbury, Connecticut Founded January 30, 1913 (1913-01-30) Province Hartford County, Connecticut Similar St Stanislaus Parish, St Adalbert Parish, St Joseph Church, St Michael the Archange, Holy Cross Parish - New Britain | ||
St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States.
History
On July 7, 1912, Bishop John Joseph Nilan appointed Fr. Ignatius Maciejewski as administrator of a Polish parish in Waterbury. The priest soon celebrated the first parish Mass in the chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, which the Polish immigrants had rented.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish became legally founded on January 30, 1913. Land on East Farm Street was purchased from the Immaculate Conception parish for a church. On August 13, 1914, Bishop John Joseph Nilan named Fr. Theodore Zimmerman first resident pastor.
The gray granite foundation having been laid, the church cornerstone was blessed on September 14, 1914. The first Mass was celebrated in the completed edifice on October 24, 1915. The completed church superstructure was dedicated on September 26, 1926.