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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

Coordinates: 41°46′05″N 72°41′28″W / 41.76806°N 72.69111°W / 41.76806; -72.69111
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hartfortiensis
Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
Territory Connecticut counties of Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven; and the  New York island Fishers Island, New York
Episcopal conferenceUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ecclesiastical regionRegion I
Ecclesiastical provinceHartford
Deaneries7 Deaneries
Coordinates41°46′05″N 72°41′28″W / 41.76806°N 72.69111°W / 41.76806; -72.69111
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
1,949,519
538,185[1] (27.6%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedNovember 28, 1843
CathedralCathedral of St. Joseph
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopChristopher J. Coyne[2]
Suffragans
Auxiliary BishopsJuan Miguel Betancourt
Vicar GeneralMsgr. James A. Shanley
Episcopal Vicars
  • John P. Melnick
  • John J. Georgia
  • Joseph T. Donnelly
Judicial VicarGeorge S. Mukuka
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
archdioceseofhartford.org

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hartfortiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Connecticut in the United States. It is a metropolitan see.

It was established as the Diocese of Hartford in 1843, when there were only 600 Catholic people in Hartford. In 1953, as the population of Catholics in the region was greatly increasing, it became the Archdiocese of Hartford. In the early 21st century, the archdiocese faced a sexual abuse scandal in which it has paid $50.6 million to settle 146 sexual abuse claims against 32 priests as of January 2019.

The mother church of the Archdiocese of Hartford is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford. It covers Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties. Christopher J. Coyne is the archbishop of Hartford as of May 1, 2024. The rector of the Cathedral is the Very Rev. John Melnick.

History

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1780 to 1843

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Between 1780 and 1781, just before the end of the American Revolution, the first Catholic mass in the future State of Connecticut was celebrated in Lebanon. A reference stated "Mass was first celebrated, continuously and for a long period, within the limits of the State of Connecticut."[3]

In 1789, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Baltimore to cover the entire territory of the new United States.[4] Several years later, in 1808, the Vatican erected the Diocese Boston, covering Connecticut and the rest of New England. Until 1818, Congregationalism was the official religion in the state, receiving taxpayer support. When that status was repealed, it opened the door for the Catholic Church to establish itself in the state.[5]

In the 1820's, Catholic immigrants started arriving in Connecticut to construct the Farmington Canal and Enfield Falls Canal. Bishop Benedict Fenwick of Boston in 1829 purchased an existing Episcopalian church in Hartford to create Holy Trinity, the first Catholic church in the state. By the 1840's, the population in the region had grown sufficiently to move Fenwick to petition the Vatican for a diocese for Connecticut and Rhode Island.[6]: 182 [7]

1843 to 1858

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On November 28, 1843, Pope Gregory XVI erected the Diocese of Hartford, which included both Connecticut and Rhode Island. The pope selected William Tyler of Boston as the first bishop of Hartford.

At the time of its creation, the Diocese of Hartford had only 600 Catholics living in Hartford as opposed to 2,000 in Providence.[8] For that reason, Tyler petitioned the Vatican to move the diocesan see to Providence. Tyler refused a carriage, going everywhere by foot. He arranged for food to be distributed at his house every Monday to the hungry. He personally went out on sick calls in the parish.[9] Tyler recruited clergy from All Hallows College in Ireland, and received financial assistance from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Lyon, France, and the Leopoldine Society in Austria.[10] Tyler died in 1849 after six years in office.[11]

The second bishop of Hartford was Bernard O'Reilly of the Diocese of New York, named by Pope Pius IX in 1850.[12] He worked to secure priests for the diocese, and defended Catholics from the anti-Catholic movements of the era.[13][14] He funded St. Mary's Theological Seminary, located initially in the episcopal residence, and taught the first week of classes. In 1852 he traveled to Europe in an attempt to obtain more priests for the diocese. Among those recruited were a number of students from All Hallows College, Dublin.[15] In January 1856, O'Reilly was lost at sea on board the steamer Pacific. The Diocese of Hartford would be without a bishop for the next two years.

1858 to 1877

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Francis McFarland of New York was named bishop of Hartford by Pius IX in 1858. Due to his declining health, McFarland petitioned the Vatican to divide his diocese. In 1872, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Providence, taking all of the Rhode Island from the Diocese of Hartford. The diocese was reduced to the state of Connecticut and Fisher's Island in New York.[16]

After the division, McFarland purchased the Morgan estate for the construction of a cathedral. He introduced into the diocese the Franciscan Friars, the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, who settled at Winsted, the Christian Brothers, the Sisters of Charity, and the Congregation De Notre Dame. He also built a convent near the cathedral for the Sisters of Mercy.[17] McFarland died in 1874.

1877 to 1945

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Thomas Galberry, an Augustinian friar and former president of Villanova College, was installed as the 4th bishop of Hartford in 1877. Galberry only served for two years before an abrupt death but he was able to lay down the cornerstone of the original cathedral. Galberry was followed by Lawrence S. McMahon. McMahon had served as chaplain with the 28th Massachusetts. Under his leadership of 14 years, 48 parishes as well as 16 school parishes were established. The sixth bishop, Michael Tierney, helped with the creation of five diocesan hospitals.[11]

John Joseph Nilan became the seventh bishop while John Murray became the first auxiliary bishop of Hartford. Murray later became the Archbishop of St. Paul.

1945 to 2000

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In 1945, Pope Pius XII appointed Auxiliary Bishop Henry O'Brien as the ninth bishop of Hartford. The number of Catholics and parishes in Connecticut grew substantially during the post-World War II era.[18] The pope in 1953 elevated the Diocese of Hartford to the Archdiocese of Hartford. The pope also erected the new Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport, taking their territory from the archdiocese, but making them suffragan dioceses of it. O'Brien was named as the first archbishop of Hartford.

The Cathedral of St. Joseph was destroyed by a suspicious fire in 1956. O'Brien immediately began plans to construct a new cathedral on the same site. Ground was broken for the new edifice in 1958 and it was dedicated in 1962.[18] In 1965, he launched a campaign to end employment discrimination by refusing to do business with discriminatory concerns.[19] O'Brien retired in 1968.

In 1968, Bishop John Whealon from the Diocese of Erie was appointed archbishop of Hartford by Pope Paul VI.[20] During his 23-year-long administration, Whealon established a program to train married men to be ordained as deacons, advocated the promotion of women within the structure of the church, and developed a team ministry in which clerical and lay people administer a parish together.[21] In 1986, he appointed Sister Helen M. Feeney to be first woman chancellor of the archdiocese and only the fifth woman chancellor in the country.[22] Whealon also founded the radio station WJMJ in Hartford. He was active on ecumenical issues, and was chair of the Committee on Ecumenism of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and head of ChrisConn, the Christian conference of Connecticut.[21] Whealon died in 1991. The next archbishop of Hartford was Bishop Daniel Cronin from the Diocese of Fall River, named by Pope John Paul II in 1992.

2000 to present

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After Cronin retired as archbishop in 2003, John Paul II that same year named Bishop Henry J. Mansell of the Diocese of Buffalo as his replacement. As of 2007, the archdiocese included about 470,000 Catholics, more than 500 priests, 216 parishes and almost 300 deacons.[23] Mansell retired in 2013.

Mansell was succeeded in 2013 by Bishop Leonard Blair of the Diocese of Toledo, appointed by Pope Francis. In October 2020, Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, was beatified in a ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. McGivney had served as a curate at St. Mary's Church in New Haven in 1882. [24]

In March 2023, a eucharistic miracle allegedly happened during a Mass at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston where McGivney had last served as pastor. An extraordinary minister of Holy Communion was running out of hosts during communion. It was reported that the hosts self-multiplied in the ciborium. The archdiocese forwarded the claim to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican for investigation.[25]

On June 26, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of the Diocese of Burlington as coadjutor archbishop to assist Archbishop Blair until his retirement in 2024. Archbishop Coyne appeared at a press conference at the Pastoral Center in Bloomfield with his three predecessor archbishops.

Reports of sex abuse

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Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Hartford archdiocese

In February 2005, Roman Kramek, a former archdiocesan priest, was deported to Poland after serving nine months in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl who had sought his spiritual counseling in 2002.[26]

In November 2005, the archdiocese paid $22 million to settle sexual abuse claims brought by 43 people against 14 priests, the majority of cases occurring in the 1960s and 1970s.[27] Mansell made a statement regarding the settlement. Of the settlement of the sexual abuse case regarding the 14 priests in the Archdiocese, Mansell was quoted in a New York Times article by William Yardley, stating: "[It is] part of a healing process for the persons whose lives have been severely harmed by the evil of sexual abuse and for the Church itself."[27]

In August 2013, Michael Miller, a Franciscan friar who previously served at St Paul Parish in Kensington, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, publishing an obscenity, and three counts of risk of injury to a minor.[28][29] He was sentenced to 5–20 years in prison.[28][29]

On January 22, 2019, the archdiocese released a list of 48 clergy who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sex while serving in the archdiocese.[30] The archdiocese also revealed that $50.6 million was paid to settle more than 140 claims of sexual abuse.[30] In March 2020, a joint settlement of $7.48 million was issued by both the Archdiocese of Hartford and Hopkins School in New Haven for shielding acts of abuse committed by Glenn Goncalo when he taught at Hopkins between at least 1990 and 1991.[31] Goncalo committed suicide in 1991.[30]

Coat of arms

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The coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Hartford displays a red background at the top of the shield with blue and white waves across the bottom. The shield has a deer and a Paschal banner.

The blue and white waves represent the Connecticut river. The deer, also known as a hart, is crossing the river at a ford; thus hart+ford = Hartford. It is analogue to the coat of arms of Oxford, England. The Paschal banner is a symbol of Jesus Christ. The coat of arms was designed by Pierre de Chaignon Larose for Bishop Nilan (1910–1934).[32]

Bishops

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Bishops of Hartford

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  1. William Tyler (1843–1849)
  2. Bernard O'Reilly (1849–1856)
  3. Francis Patrick McFarland (1858–1875)
  4. Thomas Galberry (1877–1879)
  5. Lawrence S. McMahon (1879–1893)
  6. Michael Tierney (1894–1908)
  7. John J. Nilan (1910–1934)
  8. Maurice F. McAuliffe (1934–1944)
  9. Henry J. O'Brien (1945–1953), elevated to Archbishop

Metropolitan Archbishops of Hartford

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  1. Henry J. O'Brien (1953–1969)
  2. John F. Whealon (1969–1991)
  3. Daniel Anthony Cronin (1992–2003)
  4. Henry J. Mansell (2003–2013)
  5. Leonard P. Blair (2013–2024)
  6. Christopher J. Coyne (2024–present; Coadjutor Archbishop 2023-2024)[33]

Current auxiliary bishop of Hartford

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Juan Miguel Betancourt (2018–present)

Former auxiliary bishops of Hartford

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Other archdiocesan priests who became bishops

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Parishes

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The following is a sortable list of the parishes which are currently functioning in the Archdiocese of Hartford. For example, to see the parishes listed alphabetically by town, click on the box at the top of the "Town" column. This information is taken from the records of the Archdiocese of Hartford as of 2012.[35]

Due to ongoing pastoral planning within the archdiocese, many parish churches have been consolidated and now share a pastor and other clergy and administrative staff.

List of parishes by town/city
Town Church Name Parish/Website Deanery Vicariate Founded Original Ethnic Community
Enfield St. Adalbert St. Raymond of Penafort Enfield Hartford 1915 Polish
New Haven St. Aedan Sts. Aedan and Brendan New Haven New Haven 1900 None
Woodmont –Milford St. Agnes Precious Blood West Shore Line New Haven 1906 None
Plantsville –Southington St. Aloysius Official website Meriden New Haven 1961 None
New Britain St. Andrew Holy Apostles New Britain Hartford 1895 Lithuanian
Avon St. Ann St. Ann – Avon Farmington Valley Hartford 1917 None
Bristol St. Ann St. Francis de Sales Bristol Waterbury 1908 French
Milford St. Ann Precious Blood West Shore Line New Haven 1924 None
New Britain St. Ann St. Joachim New Britain Hartford 1938 Italian
Waterbury St. Anne All Saints – Waterbury Waterbury Waterbury 1886 French
Bristol St. Anthony St. Francis de Sales Bristol Waterbury 1920 Italian
New Haven St. Anthony Official website New Haven New Haven 1904 Italian
Prospect St. Anthony Official website Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1943 None
Litchfield St. Anthony of Padua St. Louis de Montfort Litchfield Waterbury 1882 None
Hamden Ascension Christ the Bread of Life Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1964 None
Ansonia Assumption Official website Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1870 None
Manchester Assumption St. James - Manchester Manchester Hartford 1955 None
Woodbridge Assumption Official website West Shore Line New Haven 1924 None
Hartford St. Augustine Official website Hartford Hartford 1902 None
North Branford St. Augustine St. Ambrose East Shore Line New Haven 1941 None
Seymour St. Augustine St. Nicholas Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1866 None
South Glastonbury –Glastonbury St. Augustine SS. Isadore and Maria Manchester Hartford 1877 None
North Haven St. Barnabas St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1922 None
Manchester St. Bartholomew St. Theresa of Calcutta Manchester Hartford 1958 None
New Haven St. Bernadette Official website New Haven New Haven 1938 None
Enfield St. Bernard St. Jeanne Jugan Enfield Hartford 1870 None
Sharon St. Bernard St. Kateri Tekakwitha Litchfield Waterbury 1885 None
Tariffville –Simsbury St. Bernard St. Therese Farmington Valley Hartford 1878 None
Hamden Blessed Sacrament Christ the Bread of Life Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1939 None
Waterbury Blessed Sacrament Official website Waterbury Waterbury 1911 None
New Haven St. Brendan Sts. Aedan and Brendan New Haven New Haven 1913 None
Cheshire St. Bridget Official website Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1871 None
Cornwall Bridge – Sharon St. Bridget St. Kateri Tekakwitha Litchfield Waterbury 1883 None
Manchester St. Bridget St. Theresa of Calcutta Manchester Hartford 1870 None
West Hartford St. Brigid St. Gianna Beretta Molla Suburban Hartford Hartford 1919 None
Terryville –Plymouth St. Casimir Bristol Waterbury 1906 Polish
Broad Brook –East Windsor Catherine|St. Catherine}}] Enfield Hartford 1886 None
West Simsbury –Simsbury Catherine of Siena|St. Catherine of Siena}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1971 None
Milford Christ the Redeemer West Shore Line New Haven 1966 None
East Hartford Christopher|St. Christopher}}] Manchester Hartford 1965 None
East Haven Clare|St. Clare}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1947 None
Wethersfield Corpus Christi Suburban Hartford Hartford 1941 None
Hartford Cyril and Methodius|SS. Cyril and Methodius}}] Hartford Hartford 1902 Polish
Southington Dominic|St. Dominic}}] Meriden New Haven 1971 None
Glastonbury Dunstan|St. Dunstan}}] Manchester Hartford 1971 None
Branford Elizabeth|St. Elizabeth}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1966 None
Rocky Hill Elizabeth Seton|St. Elizabeth Seton}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1985 None
Cheshire Epiphany|Church of the Epiphany}}] Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1967 None
North Haven St. Frances Cabrini Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1967 None
New Haven Francis|St. Francis}}] New Haven New Haven 1868 None
Naugatuck Francis of Assisi|St. Francis of Assisi}}] Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1866 None
New Britain St. Francis of Assisi New Britain Hartford 1941 None
South Windsor Francis of Assisi|St. Francis of Assisi}}] Manchester Hartford 1941 None
Torrington Francis of Assisi|St. Francis of Assisi}}] Litchfield Waterbury 1877 None
New Milford Francis Xavier|St. Francis Xavier}}] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1871 None
Waterbury Francis Xavier|St. Francis Xavier}}] Waterbury Waterbury 1896 None
Milford Gabriel|St. Gabriel}}] West Shore Line New Haven 1946 None
Windsor Gabriel|St. Gabriel}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1894 None
Guilford George|St. George}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1870 None
Windsor Gertrude|St. Gertrude}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1947 None
Seymour Good Shepherd Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1967 None
Bristol Gregory the Great|St. Gregory the Great}}] Bristol Waterbury 1957 None
Union City –Naugatuck St. Hedwig Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1906 Polish
West Hartford Helena|St. Helena}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1966 None
Meriden Holy Angels Meriden New Haven 1887 None
New Britain Holy Cross New Britain Hartford 1927 Polish
Enfield Holy Family Enfield Hartford 1965 None
Orange Holy Infant West Shore Line New Haven 1952 None
Ansonia Holy Rosary Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1908 Italian
Newington Holy Spirit Suburban Hartford Hartford 1964 None
Hartford Holy Trinity Hartford Hartford 1900 Lithuanian
New Hartford Immaculate Conception Litchfield Waterbury 1869 None
Norfolk Immaculate Conception Litchfield Waterbury 1889 None
Southington Immaculate Conception Meriden New Haven 1915 None
Terryville –Plymouth Immaculate Conception Bristol Waterbury 1882 Irish
Waterbury Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Waterbury Waterbury 1847 None
Harwinton Immaculate Heart of Mary Litchfield Waterbury 1956 None
Wethersfield Incarnation Suburban Hartford Hartford 1963 None
East Hartford Isaac Jogues|St. Isaac Jogues}}] Manchester Hartford 1964 None
Manchester James|St. James}}] Manchester Hartford 1874 None
Rocky Hill James|St. James}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1880 None
New Britain Jerome|St. Jerome}}] New Britain Hartford 1958 None
Hamden Joan of Arc|St. Joan of Arc}}] Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1971 None
Marlborough John Fisher|St. John Fisher}}] Manchester Hartford 1972 None
Middlebury John of the Cross|St. John of the Cross}}][usurped] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1904 None
New Haven John the Baptist|St. John the Baptist}}] New Haven New Haven 1893 None
New Britain John the Evangelist|St. John the Evangelist}}] New Britain Hartford 1916 None
Watertown John the Evangelist|St. John the Evangelist}}] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1878 None
West Haven John Vianney|St. John Vianney}}] West Shore Line New Haven 1965 None
Ansonia Joseph|St. Joseph}}] Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1925 Polish
Bristol Joseph|St. Joseph}}] Bristol Waterbury 1864 None
Canaan St. Joseph Litchfield Waterbury 1920 None
Hartford Cathedral of St. Joseph Hartford Hartford 1872 None
Meriden Joseph|St. Joseph}}] Meriden New Haven 1900 None
New Britain St. Joseph New Britain Hartford 1896 None
New Haven St. Joseph New Haven New Haven 1900 None
Poquonock –Windsor Joseph|St. Joseph}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1874 None
Suffield St. Joseph Enfield Hartford 1916 Polish
Waterbury St. Joseph Waterbury Waterbury 1894 Lithuanian
Winsted –Winchester St. Joseph Litchfield Waterbury 1853 None
Derby Jude|St. Jude}}] Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1961 None
Hartford Justin|St. Justin}}] Hartford Hartford 1924 None
Meriden Laurent|St. Laurent}}] Meriden New Haven 1880 French
West Haven St. Lawrence West Shore Line New Haven 1886 None
Hartford Lawrence O'Toole|St. Lawrence O'Toole}}] Hartford Hartford 1885 None
Waterbury St. Leo the Great Waterbury Waterbury 1974 None
West Haven Louis|St. Louis}}] West Shore Line New Haven 1886 French and Territorial
Waterbury St. Lucy Waterbury Waterbury 1926 Italian
Hartford Luke|St. Luke}}] Hartford Hartford 1930 None
Madison Margaret|St. Margaret}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1937 None
Waterbury St. Margaret Waterbury Waterbury 1910 None
South Windsor Margaret Mary|St. Margaret Mary}}] Manchester Hartford 1961 None
Wolcott St. Maria Goretti Waterbury Waterbury 1973 None
West Hartford Mark the Evangelist|St. Mark the Evangelist}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1942 None
Enfield St. Martha Enfield Hartford 1961 None
New Haven St. Martin de Porres New Haven New Haven 1942 None
Branford Mary|St. Mary}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1868 None
East Hartford Mary|St. Mary}}] Manchester Hartford 1873 None
Lakeville – Salisbury Mary|St. Mary}}] Litchfield Waterbury 1874 None
Meriden Mary|St. Mary}}] Meriden New Haven 1890 German
Milford Mary|St. Mary}}] West Shore Line New Haven 1874 None
New Britain Mary|St. Mary}}] New Britain Hartford 1848 None
New Haven Mary|St. Mary Priory}}] New Haven New Haven 1832 None
Newington St. Mary Suburban Hartford Hartford 1924 None
Simsbury Mary|St. Mary}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1921 None
Torrington Mary|St. Mary}}] Litchfield Waterbury 1919 Polish
Union City –Naugatuck) Mary|St. Mary}}] Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1907 None
Unionville –Farmington Mary|St. Mary}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1874 None
Windsor Locks Mary|St. Mary}}] Enfield Hartford 1852 None
Oakville –Watertown Mary Magdalen|St. Mary Magdalen}}] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1900 None
Plantsville –Southington Mary Our Queen Meriden New Haven 1961 None
Derby Mary the Immaculate Conception|St. Mary the Immaculate Conception}}] Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1851 None
Forestville –Bristol Matthew|St. Matthew}}] Bristol Waterbury 1891 None
New Britain Maurice|St. Maurice}}] New Britain Hartford 1946 None
Beacon Falls Michael|St. Michael}}] Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1899 None
Hartford Michael|St. Michael}}] Hartford Hartford 1900 None
New Haven Michael|St. Michael}}] New Haven New Haven 1889 Italian
Waterbury Michael|St. Michael}}] Waterbury Waterbury 1897 None
Derby Michael the Archangel|St. Michael the Archangel}}] Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1905 Polish
Northford – North Branford Monica|St. Monica}}] Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1964 None
Wallingford Most Holy Trinity Meriden New Haven 1869 None
Bethlehem Nativity|Church of the Nativity}}] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1916 None
Hartford Our Lady of Fatima Hartford Hartford 1958 Portuguese
Waterbury Our Lady of Fatima Waterbury Waterbury 1971 Portuguese
Yalesville –Wallingford Our Lady of Fatima Meriden New Haven 1956 None
Bantam Our Lady of Grace Litchfield Waterbury 1970 None
Waterbury Our Lady of Loreto Waterbury Waterbury 1971 Portuguese
Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Waterbury Waterbury 1899 Italian
Plainville Our Lady of Mercy Bristol Waterbury 1881 None
Hamden Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1869 None
Meriden Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Meriden New Haven 1894 Italian
Waterbury Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Waterbury Waterbury 1923 Italian
East Hartford Our Lady of Peace Manchester Hartford 1971 None
Washington Depot – Washington Our Lady of Perpetual Help Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1893 None
East Haven Our Lady of Pompeii East Shore Line New Haven 1941 None
Hartford Our Lady of Sorrows Hartford Hartford 1895 None
New Milford Our Lady of the Lakes Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1990 None
West Haven Our Lady of Victory West Shore Line New Haven 1935 None
Collinsville – Canton Patrick|St. Patrick}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1856 None
Enfield Patrick|St. Patrick}}] Enfield Hartford 1866 None
Farmington Patrick|St. Patrick}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1871 None
Roxbury St. Patrick Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1885 None
Waterbury St. Patrick Waterbury Waterbury 1880 None
Hartford Patrick-Anthony|St. Patrick-St. Anthony}}] Hartford Hartford 1829 None
Glastonbury Paul|St. Paul}}] Manchester Hartford 1954 None
Kensington – Berlin Paul|St. Paul}}] New Britain Hartford 1878 None
West Haven Paul|St. Paul}}] West Shore Line New Haven 1916 None
Hartford Peter|St. Peter}}] Hartford Hartford 1859 None
New Britain Peter|St. Peter}}] New Britain Hartford 1873 German-French
Torrington Peter|St. Peter}}] Litchfield Waterbury 1910 Italian
West Hartford Peter Claver|St. Peter Claver}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1966 None
Wallingford SS. Peter and Paul Meriden New Haven 1924 None
Waterbury Peter and Paul|SS. Peter and Paul}}] Waterbury Waterbury 1920 None
East Windsor Philip|St. Philip}}] Enfield Hartford 1959 None
Wolcott Pius X|St. Pius X}}] Waterbury Waterbury 1955 None
Wallingford Resurrection Meriden New Haven 1963 None
Hamden Rita|St. Rita}}] Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1928 Italian
Windsor Locks Robert Bellarmine|St. Robert Bellarmine}}] Enfield Hartford 1962 None
East Hartford Rose|St. Rose}}] Manchester Hartford 1920 None
Meriden Rose of Lima|St. Rose of Lima}}] Meriden New Haven 1848 None
New Haven Rose of Lima|St. Rose of Lima}}] New Haven New Haven 1907 None
Bloomfield Sacred Heart Farmington Valley Hartford 1878 None
East Berlin – (Berlin Sacred Heart New Britain Hartford 1896 None
Hartford Sacred Heart Hartford Hartford 1872 Spanish
Kent Sacred Heart Litchfield Waterbury 1970 None
New Britain Sacred Heart New Britain Hartford 1894 Polish
New Haven Sacred Heart New Haven New Haven 1876 None
Southbury Sacred Heart Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1884 None
Suffield Sacred Heart Enfield Hartford 1884 None
Torrington Sacred Heart Litchfield Waterbury 1910 Slovak
Wethersfield Sacred Heart Suburban Hartford Hartford 1876 None
Waterbury Sacred Heart-Sagrado Corazon Waterbury Waterbury 1885 None
Bristol St. Stanislaus Bristol Waterbury 1919 Polish
Meriden St. Stanislaus Meriden New Haven 1891 Polish
New Haven St. Stanislaus New Haven New Haven 1901 Polish
Waterbury – Union City St. Stanislaus Kostka Waterbury Waterbury 1913 Polish
Hamden Stephen|St. Stephen}}] Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1953 None
Woodbury Teresa of Avila|St. Teresa of Avila}}] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1902 None
Branford Therese|St. Therese}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1947 None
Granby Therese|St. Therese}}] Farmington Valley Hartford 1958 None
North Haven Therese|St. Therese}}] Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1925 None
Southington Thomas|St. Thomas}}][usurped] Meriden New Haven 1860 None
Thomaston Thomas|St. Thomas}}] Suburban Waterbury Waterbury 1869 None
Cheshire Thomas Becket|St. Thomas Becket}}] Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1971 None
Goshen Thomas of Villanova|St. Thomas of Villanova}}] Litchfield Waterbury 1880 None
Oxford Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle}}] Ansonia-Derby Waterbury 1966 None
West Hartford Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1921 None
West Hartford Timothy|St. Timothy}}] Suburban Hartford Hartford 1958 None
East Haven Vincent de Paul|St. Vincent de Paul}}] East Shore Line New Haven 1915 None
Naugatuck Vincent Ferrer|St. Vincent Ferrer}}] Naugatuck-Cheshire Waterbury 1975 None

Former Churches

Town Church Name Parish/Website Deanery Vicariate Founded Original Ethnic Community
Hamden St. Ann[Note 1] Hamden-North Haven New Haven 1919 Italian
Hartford St. Anne-Immaculate Conception (closed 2017)[Note 2] Hartford Hartford 2000 Multi-ethnic
East Hartford Blessed Sacrament (closed 2017) Manchester Hartford 1948 None
  1. ^ St. Ann, Ascension, and Blessed Sacrament parishes in Hamden merged to form Christ the Bread of Life (Official website)
  2. ^ Saint Anne church closed in 2017; Immaculate Conception previous closed in 2000. Records kept in Saint Augustine, Hartford.

Education

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Main article: List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

High schools

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Seminaries

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St. Thomas Seminary – Bloomfield

Media

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Province of Hartford

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Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford
See: List of Catholic bishops in the United States#Province of Hartford

See also

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References

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