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St Lawrence Parish is located in the Huntington section of Shelton and, with over 3,000 registered families, is one of the largest parishes in the Diocese. The modern church was constructed shortly after the parish was formed in 1955. The architect was J. Gerald Phelan. A recent renovation doubled the size of the church and added a parish center.
On February 11, 1955, the Most Reverend Lawrence J. Shehan, the first Bishop of Bridgeport, canonically established a new Parish, to be located in the “Nichols” section of Trumbull, territory which until then had been part of the Parish of Saint Charles Borromeo in Bridgeport.
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During the 1970s, he oversaw the renovation of St. Augustine Cathedral and its re-dedication in 1979. [21] He established two nursing homes: Pope John Paul II Health Care Center in Danbury and St. Camillus Health Care Center in Stamford [21] The Catholic population in the diocese increased from 286,000 to 300,000. [21]
The area served by the church was home to 120 Catholic families in 1938. This church is a replica of a country church in Normandy, France and is located in the Lordship section of Stratford.
Walter Curtis died from pneumonia at St. Joseph Manor in Trumbull, Connecticut, on October 18, 1997, at age 84. [ 2 ] In October 2019, former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Robert Holzberg released the results of his investigation, commissioned by Bridgeport Bishop Frank Caggiano , into the diocese's handling of accusations of sexual abuse by ...
Cyril and Methodius was the second of two of Bridgeport's Slovak national parishes created out of the parish of St. John Nepomucene Slovak National Church (1891–1991). This elegant Romanesque Revival church dates from shortly after the parish's founding in 1905.
In 1907, the present St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church was built on what is now known today as Pulaski Street. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The architect for the church was George P. B. Alderman of Holyoke, Massachusetts who also designed Sacred Heart Church, New Britain, CT .