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St. Joseph Parish, Rockville

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Coordinates: 41°52′5.9″N 72°27′50.6″W / 41.868306°N 72.464056°W / 41.868306; -72.464056
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St. Joseph Parish
St Joseph Church, Rockville Connecticut 1958
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41°52′5.9″N 72°27′50.6″W / 41.868306°N 72.464056°W / 41.868306; -72.464056
Location33 West Street
Rockville, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteParish website
History
FoundedApril 26, 1905 (1905-04-26)
Founder(s)Polish immigrants
DedicationSt. Joseph
Administration
ProvinceHartford
DioceseNorwich
ParishPauline
Clergy
Bishop(s)Most Rev. Michael Richard Cote
Vicar(s)Rev. Dominick Libiszewski, Ass't. Vicar O.S.P.P.E.
Pastor(s)Pastor, Krzysztof Drybka, O.S.P.P.E.
St. JUoseph Church Rockville Connecticut
interior in January 2011.

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)

Bibliography

  • Olson, James Stuart (1987). Catholic immigrants in America. St. Mary of Czestochowa Church.
  • The 150'th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry. Webster, Massachusetts: St. Joseph Basilica. September 11, 2005.
  • Geller, Herbert F. Ethnic History Series: European Immigrants and the Catholic Church of Connecticut, 1870-1920. THE SUNDAY POST: Dolores Liptak.
  • The Official Catholic Directory in USA
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