Holy Name of Jesus Parish (Stamford, Connecticut)


Holy Name of Jesus Parish is a church in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, founded on July 19, 1903. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Bridgeport. Holy Name of Jesus Church is the second oldest Catholic Church in Stamford.

History

The existing church was built in 1925 to plans supplied by architect Henry F. Ludorf of Hartford, Connecticut. On June 6, 1922 the Parish entered the golden age of its history by the assumption of Father. Wladasz as the pastor. The parochial school which had been closed, was re-opened from the Bernadine Sisters from Reading, Pennsylvania. Work on Holy Name of Jesus started on April 5, 1925. The same year, on August 23, Bishop Nilan consecrated the cornerstone of the church. On Easter Sunday, 1927 the mass was celebrated in the lower part of the church because the upper church was not completed. The work was slow, but steady. Following the financial crash of 1929, the Rev. Wladasz trusting in God and his flock, continued work on the Church. On December 25, 1934 the First Holy Mass was celebrated in the upper portion of the church which was completed.
The Pastors of Holy Name of Jesus
Rev. Fr. Zdislaw Luczycki
Rev. Fr. Ignacy Krusinski
Rev. Fr. Jozef Raniszewski
Rev. Fr. Ludwik Rusin
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis Wladasz
Rev. Fr. Felix Werpechowski
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Alphonse Fiedorczyk
Rev. Fr. Stanley Koziol
Rev. Fr. Sherman Gray
Rev. Fr. Stanislaw Stanieszewski C.M.
Rev. Fr. Eugene Kotlinski C.M.
Rev. Fr. Pawel M. Hrebenko
Holy Name of Jesus Church was covered in a Multiple Property Submission study of Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes.