Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

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.

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 conference	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ecclesiastical region	Region I
Ecclesiastical province	Hartford
Deaneries	7 Deaneries
Coordinates	41°46′05″N 72°41′28″W
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	1,949,519 538,185[1] (27.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	November 28, 1843
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Joseph
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Christopher J. Coyne[2]
Suffragans	Diocese of Bridgeport Diocese of Norwich Diocese of Providence
Auxiliary Bishops	Juan Miguel Betancourt
Vicar General	Msgr. James A. Shanley
Episcopal Vicars	John P. Melnick John J. Georgia Joseph T. Donnelly
Judicial Vicar	George S. Mukuka
Bishops emeritus	Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Peter A. Rosazza Christie Macaluso Leonard Paul Blair
Map
Website
archdioceseofhartford.org

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

1780 to 1843

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bishops of Hartford

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

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

Juan Miguel Betancourt (2018–present)

Former auxiliary bishops of Hartford

• John Gregory Murray (1920–1925), appointed Bishop of Portland and later Archbishop of Saint Paul
• Maurice F. McAuliffe (1925–1934), appointed Bishop of Hartford
• Henry Joseph O'Brien (1940–1945),^[34] appointed Bishop and later Archbishop of Hartford
• John Francis Hackett (1953–1986)
• Joseph Francis Donnelly (1965–1977)
• Peter A. Rosazza (1978–2010)
• Paul S. Loverde (1988–1993), appointed Bishop of Ogdensburg and later Bishop of Arlington
• Christie Macaluso (1997–2017)

Other archdiocesan priests who became bishops

• Thomas Francis Hendricken, appointed Bishop of Providence in 1872
• Bonaventure Broderick, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana in Cuba in 1903
• Thomas Joseph Shahan, appointed Rector of The Catholic University of America, and in 1914 Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore
• Francis Joseph Tief, appointed Bishop of Concordia in 1920
• Joseph Edward McCarthy, appointed Bishop of Portland in Maine in 1932
• Francis Patrick Keough, appointed Bishop of Providence in 1934 and later Archbishop of Baltimore
• Matthew Francis Brady, appointed Bishop of Burlington in 1938 and later Bishop of Manchester
• Patrick Joseph McCormick, appointed Rector of The Catholic University of America twice and later, in 1950, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
• Vincent Joseph Hines, appointed Bishop of Norwich in 1959
• Peter Leo Gerety, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Portland in 1966 and subsequently succeeded to that see, and later Archbishop of Newark

Parishes

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	St. Catherine		Enfield	Hartford	1886	None
West Simsbury –Simsbury	St. Catherine of Siena		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1971	None
Milford	Christ the Redeemer		West Shore Line	New Haven	1966	None
East Hartford	St. Christopher		Manchester	Hartford	1965	None
East Haven	St. Clare		East Shore Line	New Haven	1947	None
Wethersfield	Corpus Christi		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1941	None
Hartford	SS. Cyril and Methodius		Hartford	Hartford	1902	Polish
Southington	St. Dominic		Meriden	New Haven	1971	None
Glastonbury	St. Dunstan		Manchester	Hartford	1971	None
Branford	St. Elizabeth		East Shore Line	New Haven	1966	None
Rocky Hill	St. Elizabeth Seton		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1985	None
Cheshire	Church of the Epiphany		Naugatuck-Cheshire	Waterbury	1967	None
North Haven	St. Frances Cabrini		Hamden-North Haven	New Haven	1967	None
New Haven	St. Francis		New Haven	New Haven	1868	None
Naugatuck	St. Francis of Assisi		Naugatuck-Cheshire	Waterbury	1866	None
New Britain	St. Francis of Assisi		New Britain	Hartford	1941	None
South Windsor	St. Francis of Assisi		Manchester	Hartford	1941	None
Torrington	St. Francis of Assisi		Litchfield	Waterbury	1877	None
New Milford	St. Francis Xavier		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1871	None
Waterbury	St. Francis Xavier		Waterbury	Waterbury	1896	None
Milford	St. Gabriel		West Shore Line	New Haven	1946	None
Windsor	St. Gabriel		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1894	None
Guilford	St. George		East Shore Line	New Haven	1870	None
Windsor	St. Gertrude		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1947	None
Seymour	Good Shepherd		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1967	None
Bristol	St. Gregory the Great		Bristol	Waterbury	1957	None
Union City –Naugatuck	St. Hedwig		Naugatuck-Cheshire	Waterbury	1906	Polish
West Hartford	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	St. Isaac Jogues		Manchester	Hartford	1964	None
Manchester	St. James		Manchester	Hartford	1874	None
Rocky Hill	St. James		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1880	None
New Britain	St. Jerome		New Britain	Hartford	1958	None
Hamden	St. Joan of Arc		Hamden-North Haven	New Haven	1971	None
Marlborough	St. John Fisher		Manchester	Hartford	1972	None
Middlebury	St. John of the Cross		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1904	None
New Haven	St. John the Baptist		New Haven	New Haven	1893	None
New Britain	St. John the Evangelist		New Britain	Hartford	1916	None
Watertown	St. John the Evangelist		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1878	None
West Haven	St. John Vianney		West Shore Line	New Haven	1965	None
Ansonia	St. Joseph		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1925	Polish
Bristol	St. Joseph		Bristol	Waterbury	1864	None
Canaan	St. Joseph		Litchfield	Waterbury	1920	None
Hartford	Cathedral of St. Joseph		Hartford	Hartford	1872	None
Meriden	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	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	St. Jude		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1961	None
Hartford	St. Justin		Hartford	Hartford	1924	None
Meriden	St. Laurent		Meriden	New Haven	1880	French
West Haven	St. Lawrence		West Shore Line	New Haven	1886	None
Hartford	St. Lawrence O'Toole		Hartford	Hartford	1885	None
Waterbury	St. Leo the Great		Waterbury	Waterbury	1974	None
West Haven	St. Louis		West Shore Line	New Haven	1886	French and Territorial
Waterbury	St. Lucy		Waterbury	Waterbury	1926	Italian
Hartford	St. Luke		Hartford	Hartford	1930	None
Madison	St. Margaret		East Shore Line	New Haven	1937	None
Waterbury	St. Margaret		Waterbury	Waterbury	1910	None
South Windsor	St. Margaret Mary		Manchester	Hartford	1961	None
Wolcott	St. Maria Goretti		Waterbury	Waterbury	1973	None
West Hartford	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	St. Mary		East Shore Line	New Haven	1868	None
East Hartford	St. Mary		Manchester	Hartford	1873	None
Lakeville – Salisbury	St. Mary		Litchfield	Waterbury	1874	None
Meriden	St. Mary		Meriden	New Haven	1890	German
Milford	St. Mary		West Shore Line	New Haven	1874	None
New Britain	St. Mary		New Britain	Hartford	1848	None
New Haven	St. Mary Priory		New Haven	New Haven	1832	None
Newington	St. Mary		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1924	None
Simsbury	St. Mary		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1921	None
Torrington	St. Mary		Litchfield	Waterbury	1919	Polish
Union City –Naugatuck)	St. Mary		Naugatuck-Cheshire	Waterbury	1907	None
Unionville –Farmington	St. Mary		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1874	None
Windsor Locks	St. Mary		Enfield	Hartford	1852	None
Oakville –Watertown	St. Mary Magdalen		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1900	None
Plantsville –Southington	Mary Our Queen		Meriden	New Haven	1961	None
Derby	St. Mary the Immaculate Conception		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1851	None
Forestville –Bristol	St. Matthew		Bristol	Waterbury	1891	None
New Britain	St. Maurice		New Britain	Hartford	1946	None
Beacon Falls	St. Michael		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1899	None
Hartford	St. Michael		Hartford	Hartford	1900	None
New Haven	St. Michael		New Haven	New Haven	1889	Italian
Waterbury	St. Michael		Waterbury	Waterbury	1897	None
Derby	St. Michael the Archangel		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1905	Polish
Northford – North Branford	St. Monica		Hamden-North Haven	New Haven	1964	None
Wallingford	Most Holy Trinity		Meriden	New Haven	1869	None
Bethlehem	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	St. Patrick		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1856	None
Enfield	St. Patrick		Enfield	Hartford	1866	None
Farmington	St. Patrick		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1871	None
Roxbury	St. Patrick		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1885	None
Waterbury	St. Patrick		Waterbury	Waterbury	1880	None
Hartford	St. Patrick-St. Anthony		Hartford	Hartford	1829	None
Glastonbury	St. Paul		Manchester	Hartford	1954	None
Kensington – Berlin	St. Paul		New Britain	Hartford	1878	None
West Haven	St. Paul		West Shore Line	New Haven	1916	None
Hartford	St. Peter		Hartford	Hartford	1859	None
New Britain	St. Peter		New Britain	Hartford	1873	German-French
Torrington	St. Peter		Litchfield	Waterbury	1910	Italian
West Hartford	St. Peter Claver		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1966	None
Wallingford	SS. Peter and Paul		Meriden	New Haven	1924	None
Waterbury	SS. Peter and Paul		Waterbury	Waterbury	1920	None
East Windsor	St. Philip		Enfield	Hartford	1959	None
Wolcott	St. Pius X		Waterbury	Waterbury	1955	None
Wallingford	Resurrection		Meriden	New Haven	1963	None
Hamden	St. Rita		Hamden-North Haven	New Haven	1928	Italian
Windsor Locks	St. Robert Bellarmine		Enfield	Hartford	1962	None
East Hartford	St. Rose		Manchester	Hartford	1920	None
Meriden	St. Rose of Lima		Meriden	New Haven	1848	None
New Haven	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	St. Stephen		Hamden-North Haven	New Haven	1953	None
Woodbury	St. Teresa of Avila		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1902	None
Branford	St. Therese		East Shore Line	New Haven	1947	None
Granby	St. Therese		Farmington Valley	Hartford	1958	None
North Haven	St. Therese		Hamden-North Haven	New Haven	1925	None
Southington	St. Thomas		Meriden	New Haven	1860	None
Thomaston	St. Thomas		Suburban Waterbury	Waterbury	1869	None
Cheshire	St. Thomas Becket		Naugatuck-Cheshire	Waterbury	1971	None
Goshen	St. Thomas of Villanova		Litchfield	Waterbury	1880	None
Oxford	St. Thomas the Apostle		Ansonia-Derby	Waterbury	1966	None
West Hartford	St. Thomas the Apostle		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1921	None
West Hartford	St. Timothy		Suburban Hartford	Hartford	1958	None
East Haven	St. Vincent de Paul		East Shore Line	New Haven	1915	None
Naugatuck	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

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

High schools

• Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall – Milford
• Canterbury School – New Milford
• East Catholic High School – Manchester
• Holy Cross High School – Waterbury
• Northwest Catholic High School – West Hartford
• Notre Dame High School – West Haven
• Sacred Heart Academy – Hamden
• St. Paul Catholic High School – Bristol

Seminaries

St. Thomas Seminary – Bloomfield

Media

• The Catholic Transcript magazine
• WJMJ radio

Province of Hartford

Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford

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

See also

• Catholicism portal

• Catholic Church by country
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford
• List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
• List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
• List of Catholic dioceses in the United States

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External links

• Official website