Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford is a diocese of the Latin Church in Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The archdiocese includes about 470,000 Catholics, more than 500 priests, 216 parishes and almost 300 deacons.[1] This is roughly one-half the population of the three counties.

Archdiocese of Hartford

Archidioecesis Hartfortiensis
Location
Country United States
TerritoryCounties of Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Hartford
Deaneries7 Deaneries
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)

470,000 (28%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedNovember 28, 1843
CathedralCathedral of St. Joseph
Patron saintSt. Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopLeonard Paul Blair
Auxiliary BishopsJuan Miguel Betancourt
Vicar GeneralSteven C. Boguslawski, O.P.
Episcopal VicarsJohn P. Melnick, Northern Vicarate, John J. Georgia, Southern Vicarate, Joseph T. Donnelly, Western Vicarate
Judicial VicarGeorge S. Mukuka, J.C.L.
Bishops emeritusDaniel Anthony Cronin
Henry J. Mansell
Peter A. Rosazza
Christie Macaluso
Map
Website
archdioceseofhartford.org
Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford

History

History of Catholics in Connecticut

In 1780-1781, the small town of Lebanon, Connecticut, had the distinction of being the place in which the Catholic "Mass was first celebrated, continuously and for a long period, within the limits of the State of Connecticut."[2] On June 26, 1881, St. Peter's parish, Hartford, celebrated "the centenary of the first Mass in Connecticut." [3]

The present territory of the archdiocese of Hartford was originally part of the Diocese of Boston until Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick of Boston expressed concern that there should be separate dioceses for Connecticut and Rhode Island in keeping with the growing Catholic population in those states.

Diocese

On November 28, 1843, the Diocese of Hartford was established by Pope Gregory XVI with the Reverend Willam Tyler as its first bishop. At the time of its creation, there were 10,000 Catholics in the area. Bishop Tyler was able to petition successfully to move the See of Hartford to Providence, Rhode Island, in order to be nearer to the majority of the Catholics. He attended the Seventh Provincial Council of Baltimore which convened 5 May 1849, but weakened by consumption died the following month, having served for 5 years.[4]

The second bishop, Reverend Bernard O'Reilly, spent his time securing priests for the still young diocese all the while helping to curb the anti-Catholic movements of the time propagated by the Know Nothing Party. To provide for the education of the young, Bishop O'Reilly brought to his diocese the Sisters of Mercy, establishing them in his episcopal city in 1851. In January 1856, O'Reilly was lost at sea on board the steamer Pacific. It wasn't until two years later that the third bishop of the diocese was installed, the Reverend Francis Patrick McFarland, known as the "Civil War Bishop." It was during his time that the Diocese of Providence was created in 1872. Despite ill health, McFarland was able to participate in the First Vatican Council (1869-1870).[4]

The Reverend Thomas Galberry, O.S.A., 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 Reverend 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, Father Michael Tierney, helped with the creation of 5 diocesan hospitals.[4]

Father John Joseph Nilan became the seventh bishop while Father John Murray became the first auxiliary bishop of Hartford. Murray would later become the Archbishop of St. Paul. In 1945, Henry Joseph O'Brien was installed as the ninth bishop of Hartford. During his tenure the diocese became an archdiocese under Pope Pius XII, and thus O'Brien became the first archbishop of Hartford.

Reports of Sex Abuse

There have been a number of trials concerning child abuse. In February 2005, former Archdiocese of Hartford priest Roman Kramek was deported back to his native country of Poland after serving nine months in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl who had sought his spiritual counseling in 2002.[5] In August 2013, Fr. Michael Joseph Miller, who previously served at St Paul's church in New Britain, plead guilty to possession of child pornography, publishing an obscenity, and three counts of risk of injury to a minor.[6][7] He was then sentenced to 5-20 years in prison.[6][7]

On January 22, 2019, the Archdiocese of Hartford released a list of 48 clergy who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sex while serving in the Archdiocese.[8] The Archdiocese also revealed that $50.6 million was paid to settle more than 140 claims of sexual abuse.[8] 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 Archdiocese of Hartford priest Glenn Goncalo when he taught at Hopkins between at least 1990 and 1991.[9] Goncalo committed suicide in 1991 as arraignments were being made for him to surrender to the police.[8]

Coat of arms

The web site of the Archdiocese of Hartford provides the following description of its coat of arms, shown in the information box to the right at the beginning of the article: "The arms of the Archdiocese of Hartford are called canting arms or armes parlantes, which speak or proclaim the name of the bearer. It displays a hart (deer) crossing a ford (hart+ford = Hartford), and is analogue to the ancient arms of the City of Oxford in England which displays an ox crossing a ford in the same manner. The hart bears a Paschal banner, a symbol of Jesus Christ. The wavy silver and blue lines at the base of the shield are the heraldic convention for water and are an allusion to the Connecticut River which flows through the state."

The web site credits Pierre de Chaignon Larose for the design, introduced during Bishop John J. Nilan’s term as the seventh Bishop of Hartford (1910-1934).

Bishops

The following are the lists of ordinaries (bishops of the diocese) and auxiliary bishops, and their terms of service. They are followed by other priests of this diocese who became bishops.

Bishops of Hartford

  1. William Tyler (1843–1849)
  2. Bernard O'Reilly (1849–1856)
  3. Francis Patrick McFarland (1858–1875)
  4. Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. (1877–1879)
  5. Lawrence S. McMahon (1879–1894)
  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

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–present)

Current auxiliary bishop of Hartford

Former auxiliary bishops of Hartford

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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.[10] To find mass times and other information about a parish, click on the parish name, which will bring you to the parish website.

Name Town Deanery Vicariate Founded Original Ethnic Community
St. AdalbertEnfieldEnfieldHartford1915Polish
St. AedanNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1900None
St. AgnesWoodmont (Milford)West Shore LineNew Haven1906None
St. AloysiusPlantsville (Southington)MeridenNew Haven1961None
St. AndrewNew BritainNew BritainHartford1895Lithuanian
St. AnnAvonFarmington ValleyHartford1917None
St. AnnBristolBristolWaterbury1908French
St. AnnHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1919Italian
St. AnnMilfordWest Shore LineNew Haven1924None
St. AnnNew BritainNew BritainHartford1938Italian
St. AnneWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1886French
St. Anne-Immaculate ConceptionHartfordHartfordHartford2000Multi-ethnic
St. AnthonyBristolBristolWaterbury1920Italian
St. AnthonyNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1904Italian
St. AnthonyProspectNaugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1943None
St. Anthony of PaduaLitchfieldLitchfieldWaterbury1882None
AscensionHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1964None
AssumptionAnsoniaAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1870None
AssumptionManchesterManchesterHartford1955None
Church of the AssumptionWoodbridgeWest Shore LineNew Haven1924None
St. AugustineHartfordHartfordHartford1902None
St. AugustineNorth BranfordEast Shore LineNew Haven1941None
St. AugustineSeymourAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1866None
St. AugustineSouth Glastonbury (Glastonbury)ManchesterHartford1877None
St. BarnabasNorth HavenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1922None
St. BartholomewManchesterManchesterHartford1958None
St. BernadetteNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1938None
St. BernardEnfieldEnfieldHartford1870None
St. BernardSharonLitchfieldWaterbury1885None
St. BernardTariffville (Simsbury)Farmington ValleyHartford1878None
Blessed SacramentEast HartfordManchesterHartford1948None
Blessed SacramentHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1939None
Blessed SacramentWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1911None
St. BrendanNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1913None
St. BridgetCheshireNaugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1871None
St. BridgetCornwall Bridge (Sharon)LitchfieldWaterbury1883None
St. BridgetManchesterManchesterHartford1870None
St. BrigidWest HartfordSuburban HartfordHartford1919None
St. CasimirTerryville (Plymouth)BristolWaterbury1906Polish
St. CatherineBroad Brook (East Windsor)EnfieldHartford1886None
St. Catherine of SienaWest Simsbury (Simsbury)Farmington ValleyHartford1971None
Christ the RedeemerMilfordWest Shore LineNew Haven1966None
St. ChristopherEast HartfordManchesterHartford1965None
St. ClareEast HavenEast Shore LineNew Haven1947None
Corpus ChristiWethersfieldSuburban HartfordHartford1941None
SS. Cyril and MethodiusHartfordHartfordHartford1902Polish
St. DominicSouthingtonMeridenNew Haven1971None
St. DunstanGlastonburyManchesterHartford1971None
St. ElizabethBranfordEast Shore LineNew Haven1966None
St. Elizabeth SetonRocky HillSuburban HartfordHartford1985None
Church of the EpiphanyCheshireNaugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1967None
St. Frances CabriniNorth HavenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1967None
St. FrancisNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1868None
St. Francis of AssisiNaugatuckNaugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1866None
St. Francis of AssisiNew BritainNew BritainHartford1941None
St. Francis of AssisiSouth WindsorManchesterHartford1941None
St. Francis of AssisiTorringtonLitchfieldWaterbury1877None
St. Francis XavierNew MilfordSuburban WaterburyWaterbury1871None
St. Francis XavierWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1896None
St. GabrielMilfordWest Shore LineNew Haven1946None
St. GabrielWindsorFarmington ValleyHartford1894None
St. GeorgeGuilfordEast Shore LineNew Haven1870None
St. GertrudeWindsorFarmington ValleyHartford1947None
Good ShepherdSeymourAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1967None
St. Gregory the GreatBristolBristolWaterbury1957None
St. HedwigUnion City (Naugatuck)Naugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1906Polish
St. HelenaWest HartfordSuburban HartfordHartford1966None
Holy AngelsMeridenMeridenNew Haven1887None
Holy CrossNew BritainNew BritainHartford1927Polish
Holy FamilyEnfieldEnfieldHartford1965None
Holy InfantOrangeWest Shore LineNew Haven1952None
Holy RosaryAnsoniaAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1908Italian
Holy SpiritNewingtonSuburban HartfordHartford1964None
Holy TrinityHartfordHartfordHartford1900Lithuanian
Immaculate ConceptionNew HartfordLitchfieldWaterbury1869None
Immaculate ConceptionNorfolkLitchfieldWaterbury1889None
Immaculate ConceptionSouthingtonMeridenNew Haven1915None
Immaculate ConceptionTerryville (Plymouth)BristolWaterbury1882Irish
Basilica of the Immaculate ConceptionWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1847None
Immaculate Heart of MaryHarwintonLitchfieldWaterbury1956None
IncarnationWethersfieldSuburban HartfordHartford1963None
St. Isaac JoguesEast HartfordManchesterHartford1964None
St. JamesManchesterManchesterHartford1874None
St. JamesRocky HillSuburban HartfordHartford1880None
St. JeromeNew BritainNew BritainHartford1958None
St. Joan of ArcHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1971None
St. John FisherMarlboroughManchesterHartford1972None
St. John of the CrossMiddleburySuburban WaterburyWaterbury1904None
St. John the BaptistNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1893None
St. John the EvangelistNew BritainNew BritainHartford1916None
St. John the EvangelistWatertownSuburban WaterburyWaterbury1878None
St. John VianneyWest HavenWest Shore LineNew Haven1965None
St. JosephAnsoniaAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1925Polish
St. JosephBristolBristolWaterbury1864None
St. JosephCanaanLitchfieldWaterbury1920None
Cathedral of St. JosephHartfordHartfordHartford1872None
St. JosephMeridenMeridenNew Haven1900None
St. JosephNew BritainNew BritainHartford1896None
St. JosephNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1900None
St. JosephPoquonock (Windsor)Farmington ValleyHartford1874None
St. JosephSuffieldEnfieldHartford1916Polish
St. JosephWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1894Lithuanian
St. JosephWinsted (Winchester)LitchfieldWaterbury1853None
St. JudeDerbyAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1961None
St. JustinHartfordHartfordHartford1924None
St. LaurentMeridenMeridenNew Haven1880French
St. LawrenceWest HavenWest Shore LineNew Haven1886None
St. Lawrence O'TooleHartfordHartfordHartford1885None
St. Leo the GreatWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1974None
St. LouisWest HavenWest Shore LineNew Haven1886French and Territorial
St. LucyWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1926Italian
St. LukeHartfordHartfordHartford1930None
St. MargaretMadisonEast Shore LineNew Haven1937None
St. MargaretWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1910None
St. Margaret MarySouth WindsorManchesterHartford1961None
St. Maria GorettiWolcottWaterburyWaterbury1973None
St. Mark the EvangelistWest HartfordSuburban HartfordHartford1942None
St. MarthaEnfieldEnfieldHartford1961None
St. Martin de PorresNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1942None
St. MaryBranfordEast Shore LineNew Haven1868None
St. MaryEast HartfordManchesterHartford1873None
St. MaryLakeville (Salisbury)LitchfieldWaterbury1874None
St. MaryMeridenMeridenNew Haven1890German
St. MaryMilfordWest Shore LineNew Haven1874None
St. MaryNew BritainNew BritainHartford1848None
St. Mary PrioryNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1832None
St. MaryNewingtonSuburban HartfordHartford1924None
St. MarySimsburyFarmington ValleyHartford1921None
St. MaryTorringtonLitchfieldWaterbury1919Polish
St. MaryUnion City (Naugatuck)Naugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1907None
St. MaryUnionville (Farmington)Farmington ValleyHartford1874None
St. MaryWindsor LocksEnfieldHartford1852None
St. Mary MagdalenOakville (Watertown)Suburban WaterburyWaterbury1900None
Mary Our QueenPlantsville (Southington)MeridenNew Haven1961None
St. Mary the Immaculate ConceptionDerbyAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1851None
St. MatthewForestville (Bristol)BristolWaterbury1891None
St. MauriceNew BritainNew BritainHartford1946None
St. MichaelBeacon FallsAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1899None
St. MichaelHartfordHartfordHartford1900None
St. MichaelNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1889Italian
St. MichaelWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1897None
St. Michael the ArchangelDerbyAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1905Polish
St. MonicaNorthford (North Branford)Hamden-North HavenNew Haven1964None
Most Holy TrinityWallingfordMeridenNew Haven1869None
Church of the NativityBethlehemSuburban WaterburyWaterbury1916None
Our Lady of FatimaHartfordHartfordHartford1958Portuguese
Our Lady of FatimaWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1971Portuguese
Our Lady of FatimaYalesville (Wallingford)MeridenNew Haven1956None
Our Lady of GraceBantamLitchfieldWaterbury1970None
Our Lady of LoretoWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1971Portuguese
Our Lady of LourdesWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1899Italian
Our Lady of MercyPlainvilleBristolWaterbury1881None
Our Lady of Mt. CarmelHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1869None
Our Lady of Mt. CarmelMeridenMeridenNew Haven1894Italian
Our Lady of Mt. CarmelWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1923Italian
Our Lady of PeaceEast HartfordManchesterHartford1971None
Our Lady of Perpetual HelpWashington Depot (Washington)Suburban WaterburyWaterbury1893None
Our Lady of PompeiiEast HavenEast Shore LineNew Haven1941None
Our Lady of SorrowsHartfordHartfordHartford1895None
Our Lady of the LakesNew MilfordSuburban WaterburyWaterbury1990None
Our Lady of VictoryWest HavenWest Shore LineNew Haven1935None
St. PatrickCollinsville (Canton)Farmington ValleyHartford1856None
St. PatrickEnfieldEnfieldHartford1866None
St. PatrickFarmingtonFarmington ValleyHartford1871None
St. PatrickRoxburySuburban WaterburyWaterbury1885None
St. PatrickWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1880None
St. Patrick-St. AnthonyHartfordHartfordHartford1829None
St. PaulGlastonburyManchesterHartford1954None
St. PaulKensington (Berlin)New BritainHartford1878None
St. PaulWest HavenWest Shore LineNew Haven1916None
St. PeterHartfordHartfordHartford1859None
St. PeterNew BritainNew BritainHartford1873German-French
St. PeterTorringtonLitchfieldWaterbury1910Italian
St. Peter ClaverWest HartfordSuburban HartfordHartford1966None
SS. Peter and PaulWallingfordMeridenNew Haven1924None
SS. Peter and PaulWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1920None
St. PhilipEast WindsorEnfieldHartford1959None
St. Pius XWolcottWaterburyWaterbury1955None
ResurrectionWallingfordMeridenNew Haven1963None
St. RitaHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1928Italian
St. Robert BellarmineWindsor LocksEnfieldHartford1962None
St. RoseEast HartfordManchesterHartford1920None
St. Rose of LimaMeridenMeridenNew Haven1848None
St. Rose of LimaNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1907None
Sacred HeartBloomfieldFarmington ValleyHartford1878None
Sacred HeartEast Berlin (Berlin)New BritainHartford1896None
Sacred HeartHartfordHartfordHartford1872Spanish
Sacred HeartKentLitchfieldWaterbury1970None
Sacred HeartNew BritainNew BritainHartford1894Polish
Sacred HeartNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1876None
Sacred HeartSouthburySuburban WaterburyWaterbury1884None
Sacred HeartSuffieldEnfieldHartford1884None
Sacred HeartTorringtonLitchfieldWaterbury1910Slovak
Sacred HeartWethersfieldSuburban HartfordHartford1876None
Sacred Heart-Sagrado CorazonWaterburyWaterburyWaterbury1885None
St. StanislausBristolBristolWaterbury1919Polish
St. StanislausMeridenMeridenNew Haven1891Polish
St. StanislausNew HavenNew HavenNew Haven1901Polish
St. Stanislaus KostkaWaterbury (Union City)WaterburyWaterbury1913Polish
St. StephenHamdenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1953None
St. Teresa of AvilaWoodburySuburban WaterburyWaterbury1902None
St. ThereseBranfordEast Shore LineNew Haven1947None
St. ThereseGranbyFarmington ValleyHartford1958None
St. ThereseNorth HavenHamden-North HavenNew Haven1925None
St. ThomasSouthingtonMeridenNew Haven1860None
St. ThomasThomastonSuburban WaterburyWaterbury1869None
St. Thomas BecketCheshireNaugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1971None
St. Thomas of VillanovaGoshenLitchfieldWaterbury1880None
St. Thomas the ApostleOxfordAnsonia-DerbyWaterbury1966None
St. Thomas the ApostleWest HartfordSuburban HartfordHartford1921None
St. TimothyWest HartfordSuburban HartfordHartford1958None
St. Vincent de PaulEast HavenEast Shore LineNew Haven1915None
St. Vincent FerrerNaugatuckNaugatuck-CheshireWaterbury1975None

Schools

Dr. Dale R. Hoyt, Superintendent of Catholic Schools

High schools

Seminaries

Media

Province of Hartford

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

See also

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Hartford". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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