St. Stanislaus Parish (Polish language: Parafia św. Stanisława Kostki w Bristol)was originally built to serve Polish immigrants in Bristol, Connecticut, United States.

It was founded in 1919 and is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

St. Stanislaus Parish (Bristol, Connecticut)

History

On April 21, 1919, Bishop John Joseph Nilan named Fr. George Bartlewski founding pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish. The construction of a basement church, Bishop John Joseph Nilan blessed on September 26, 1920. Auxiliary Bishop John G. Murray dedicated the basement church on May 30, 1921.

St. Stanislaus Parish (Bristol, Connecticut)

In 1954 the basement church was demolished, and Masses were temporarily moved to the school hall as plans were made to complete the church. A new Gothic edifice in brick rose on the site of the original church and was dedicated on May 20, 1956. The architect of the new church was James J. O'Shaughnessy.

St. Stanislaus Parish (Bristol, Connecticut)

The organ at St. Stanislaus Church was built in 1956 by Austin Organs, Inc. It is a two manual instrument with 13 ranks of pipes.

School

St. Stanislaus School

Bibliography

The Official Catholic Directory in USA

External links

St. Stanislaus - Diocesan information

St. Stanislaus - ParishesOnline.com

Archdiocese of Hartford

St. Stanislaus - Discovermass.com

Roman Catholic parishes of Archdiocese of Hartford

Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in Connecticut

Buildings and structures in Bristol, Connecticut

Churches in Hartford County, Connecticut

1919 establishments in Connecticut

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1920

20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States