Genealogical Research of Catholic
Ancestors
Connecticut and Rhode Island
CONNECTICUT
Archdiocese of Hartford : counties of Hartford, Litchfield and
New Haven.
Diocese of Bridgeport : Fairfield county.
The Diocese of Norwich : counties of Middlesex, New London,
Tolland & Windham in Connecticut, and Fishers Island, a portion of
Suffolk County
in the New York.
RHODE ISLAND
Online
web sites found for the Archdiocese and Dioceses are below.
To see specifically Byzantine
Catholic click HERE or scroll down - Connecticut Catholic Conference
- Archdiocese of Hartford,
Connecticut
(official) [est. 1843, from the Diocese of Boston, and was made an
Archdiocese
in 19331]
Chancery: 134 Farmington Ave. - Hartford, CT
06105 Phone: (860) 527-4201
or (860) 541-6491 E-mail:
mcs@archdiocese-hartford.org
The Archdiocese of Hartford encompasses the counties of
Hartford, Litchfield
and New Haven, in the state of Connecticut. - See: The
Beginnings of Catholicism in Rhode Island - on the Diocese of Providence
website.
- History of the Archdiocese of Hartford,
Connecticut
- History
of
the Diocese of Hartford, by T. S. Duggan, The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume VII, 1910 by Robert Appleton Company, Online
Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight.
- Churches
of Yesteryear: a collection of over 1400 postcards by the
Rev. Frank Carter of the Archdiocese of Hartford!
- Former
Bishops of the Hartford Archdiocese.
- Archdiocese
of Hartford Parish Directory.
- Cathedral
of St. Joseph
- 140 Farmington Avenue - Hartford, CT 06105,
Phone: (860) 249-8431.
- St. Patrick and St. Anthony
Parish
- 285 Church Street, Hartford CT 06103-1196,
Phone: (860) 756-4034
- St. Thomas
Becket Parish
435 North Brooksvale Road - Cheshire, CT 06410
Phone: (203) 272-5777 - Assumption Parish
29 South Adams Street, Manchester, CT 06040 - St. Joseph Parish
129 Edwards Street - New Haven, CT - Phone: (203) 777-2548
- Holy
Angels Parish [est. ca. 1886]
South Meriden, CT
Holy
Angels' History "...First established to serve the families of
South
Meriden, Cheshire, and Yalesville, Holy Angels parish began as a
mission
of St. Rose of Lima parish, in Meriden... - St. Peter Claver
Parish
47 Pleasant Street - West Hartford, CT 06107
Phone: (860) 521-2904 - Saint Thomas The Apostle Parish
[est.
1920]
872 Farmington Avenue - West Hartford, CT 06119
Phone: (860) 233-8269
St. Thomas
the
Apostle Parish HISTORY!!!
- Diocese of Bridgeport
(Connecticut) [est. 19531]
Chancery: The Catholic Center - 238 Jewett
Ave. -
Bridgeport, CT 02135.
The Diocese of Bridgeport encompasses the area of Fairfield
county, in the state of Connecticut.
- Diocese of Norwich
(Connecticut)
[est. 19531]
Chancery: 201 Broadway - P.O. Box 587 -
Norwich, CT
06360.
Encompasses all of the counties of Middlesex, New London,
Tolland &
Windham in Connecticut, and Fishers Island, a portion of Suffolk County
in
New York.
- Diocese of Providence
(Rhode Island)
[est. 18721]
Chancery: One Cathedral Sq. -
Providence, RI
02903.
Rhode Island Counties: [Bristol County]
[Kent County] [Newport
County]
[Providence County] [Washington County]
- History
of the Diocese of Providence, on the diocesan website.
- History
of
the Diocese of Providence, by Austin Dowling, The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume XII, 1908 by Robert Appleton Company, Online
Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight.
- Diocese of Providence: Parish
Directory.
- Diocese
of
Providence: Cemeteries
- Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul [est. 1837]
Cathedral Square - Providence, RI
02903-3603 Phone: (401) 331-2434.
Rectory: 30 Fenner Street - Providence, RI
02903-3603. - St.
Mary Parish
[est. ca. 1828] - "...the oldest Catholic Parish in Rhode
Island..."
Parish Offices: St. Mary's School - William Street -
Newport,
RI
Phone: (401) 847-0475.
"St. Mary's congregation started with Ft. Adams..."
and
is reported to be "...the oldest Catholic Parish in Rhode
Island..."
BRISTOL County, Rhode Island
(includes the communties of Bristol, Barrington and Warren)
Barrington:
- Holy Angel Parish [est. 1913] (Italian)
Rectory: 341 Maple Avenue - Barrington, R.I. 02806-1133. -
St. Luke
Parish [est. 1942]
Rectory: 108 Washington Road, Barrington, R.I. 02806-1133.
Bristol:
- St. Mary Parish [est. 1869]
Rectory: 330 Wood Street - P.O. Box 120 - Bristol, RI
02809-3208. - St. Elizabeth Parish [est. 1913] (Portuguese)
Rectory: 577 Wood Street - Bristol, R.I. 02809-2395. -
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Parish [est. 1917] (Italian)
Rectory: 141 State Street - Bristol, RI 02809-2228.
Warren:
- St. Mary of the Bay Parish [est. 1851]
Rectory: 645 Main Street - Warren, RI 02885-4318
Phone:
(401) 245-7000. - St. Jean Baptiste [est. 1877] (French)
Rectory: 328 Main Street - Warren, RI 02885-4342 Phone: (401)
245-8392.
- St. Casimir Parish [est. 1908] (Polish)
Rectory: 228 Child Street - Warren, RI 02885-2731
Phone:
(401) 245-4422. - St. Alexander Parish [est. 1915] (Italian)
Rectory: 221 Main Street - Warren, RI 02885-4304 Phone:
(401)
245-6369. - St. Thomas the Apostle Parish [est. 1952]
(Portuguese)
Rectory: 500 Metacom Avenue - Warren, RI 02885-2808
Phone:
(401) 245-4469.
KENT County, Rhode Island
(Communities include: Compton, Coventry, East Greenwich,
Natick, Phenix, Warwick, and Washington)
Coventry:
- SS. John and Paul [est. 1905] (Church of Our Lady of
Czenstochowa)
(Polish)
Rectory: 445 Washington Street - Coventry, RI 02816-5421
Phone:
(401) 821-7991. - Church of Saint
Vincent de Paul [est. Sep 1937] (French) - Church:
Anthony, RI
Rectory: 6 St Vincent de Paul Street - Coventry, RI
02816-8156. - SS. John and Paul Parish [est. Sep 1955]
Rectory: 341 South Main Street - Coventry, RI 02816-5987.
East Greenwich:
- Our Lady of Mercy Parish [est. 1853] - Church: 4th Avenue
Rectory: 65 Third Street - East Greenwich, RI
02818 Phone: (401) 884-4968.
Warwick:
- St.
Benedict
Parish [est. 1914]
135 Beach Avenue - P. O. Box 9485 - Warwick, RI 02889-0485
Phone: (401) 737-9492. - St. Catherine Parish
[est. 1916]
Rectory: 3252 Post Road - Warwick, RI 02886-7198
Phone:
(401) 737-4455. - St.
William Parish [est. 1933]
200 Pettaconsett Avenue - Warwick, RI 02888 Phone:
(401)
781-7226. - St. Peter Parish [est. 1933]
Rectory: 350 Fair Street - Warwick, RI 02888-3799
Phone:
(401) 467-4895. - St. Rita Parish [est. 1935]
Rectory: 722 Oakland Beach Avenue - Warwick, RI 02886
Phone:
(401) 738-1800. - St. Francis Parish, Hillsgrove [est. 1943] -
Church:
596 Jefferson Boulevard
Rectory: 596 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, RI 02886-1387
Phone: (401) 737-5191. - St. Timothy Parish [est. 1950]
1799 Warwick Avenue - Warwick, RI 02889-1700 Phone: (401)
739-9552. - St. Rose Parish, Main Street [est. 1950; merged
with St.
Clement Parish in 1998]
Office: 171 Inman Avenue - Warwick, RI 02886-1700 Phone:
(401)
739-0212. - St. Kevin Parish [est. 1956]
Rectory: 333 Sandy Lane - Warwick, RI
02889-4325 Phone: (401) 737-2638. - Saint Gregory the
Great Parish [est. 1961]
- Church: 360 Cowesett Road
Rectory: 41 Sandro Drive - Warwick, RI
02886-8530 Phone: (401) 884-1666. - St. Clement Parish
[est. 1961] - Church:
111 Long Street
(St. Rose Parish, Main Street [est. 1950; merged with St.
Clement
Parish in 1998]
Office: 171 Inman Avenue - Warwick, RI 02886-1700 Phone:
(401)
739-0212.
West Warwick:
- St. Mary's Church, Crompton [est. 1844]
70 Church Street - West Warwick, RI 02893-3105
Phone: (401) 821-5555. - SS. Peter and Paul's Church,
Phoenixville [est. 1853]
Rectory: 48 Highland Street - Phenix, R.I.
02893-5699 Phone: (401) 821-2198. - St. Joseph's Church,
Natick [est. 1873]
854 Providence Street - West Warwick, RI 02893-1191
Phone:
(401) 821-4072. - St. John the Baptist Parish of Centreville
[est.
1874] (French)
Rectory: 20 Washington Street - West Warwick, RI 02893
Phone:
(401) 821-7661. - Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish [est. 1897]
(French)
60 Pleasant Street - West Warwick, RI
02893-5695 Phone: (401) 821-6428. - St. James Church of Arctic
Parish [est. 1908]
1270 Main Street - P.O. Box 1346 - West Warwick, RI 02893-0696
Phone
(401) 821-7323. - St. Anthony Parish, River Point [est. 1925]
(Portuguese)
Rectory: 10 Sunset Avenue - West Warwick, RI 02893-4516
Phone:
(401) 821-8342. - Sacred Heart Parish, Natick [est. 1929]
(Italian)
820 Providence Street - West Warwick, RI
02893-1135 Phone: (401) 821-4184. - Christ the King
Parish [est. 1931] (French)
120 Legris Avenue - Centreville, West Warwick, RI 02893
Phone:
(401) 821-9228.
NEWPORT County, Rhode Island
(Communities include: Middletown, Newport,
Middletown:
- St. Lucy Parish [est. 1951]
Rectory: 909 West Main Road - Middletown, RI 02842 Phone:
(401)
847-6153.
Newport:
- St. Mary
Parish
[est. ca. 1828] - "...the oldest Catholic Parish in Rhode
Island..."
Parish Offices: St. Mary's School - William Street -
Newport, RI
Phone: (401) 847-0475 The Church is located on
Spring Street.
See: History of St.
Mary's
Parish. - "St. Mary's congregation started with Ft. Adams..."
and
is reported to be "...the oldest Catholic Parish in Rhode
Island..." - St. Joseph Parish [est. 1885]
Rectory: 5 Mann Avenue - Newport, RI 02840 Phone: (401)
847-0065. - St. Augustin Parish [est. 1911] - Church:
Carroll &
Harrison Avenues
Rectory: 2 Eastnor Road - Newport, RI 02840 Phone: (401)
847-0518. - Jesus Saviour
Parish
[est. Dec 1926] (Portuguese)
Church: 509 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840 Phone:
(401) 846-4095.
Rectory: 1 Vernon Avenue - Newport, RI 02840-1431 Phone:
(401)
847-1267.
PROVIDENCE County, Rhode Island
(Communities include: Burrillville, Central Falls,
Cranston, Harrisville, Mapleville, Pawtucket, Providence and Woonsocket)
Burrillville:
- St. Patrick Parish [est. 1854] - Church: of Burrillville.
Rectory: 45 Main Street - Harrisville, R.I. 02830-1403.
Central Falls:
- Holy Spirit Catholic Community [est. 1997] - 1030
Dexter Street
Rectory: 1030 Dexter Street - Central Falls, RI
02863-1717.
The following 3 parishes are joined in the Holy Spirit
Catholic
Community:
Notre Dame Parish [est. 1873]
(French)
Holy Trinity Parish [est. 1889]
- in Central Falls
St. Matthew Parish (French)
- St. Joseph Parish [est. 1906] (Polish) - Church: 399
High St.
Rectory: 391 High Street - Central Falls, RI 02863-3109
Phone:
(401) 723-5427. - St. Basil the Great Parish [est. 1910]
(Melkite Greek Catholic within the Eparchy of Newton
445 Broad Street, Central Falls, RI 02863. - St.
Elias
Parish [est. 1931] (Melkite Greek Catholic, Eparchy of Newton)
Church: 80 Hamilton Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895.
Residence: 111 Cross Street - Central Falls, RI
02863
Phone: (401) 722-1345.
Cranston:
- St. Anne Parish
[est. 1858]
Rectory: 1493 Cranston St., Cranston, RI 02920-6790 Phone:
(401) 942-2767. - St. Paul Parish of Edgewood [est. Jul 1907]
Rectory: One St. Paul Place - Cranston, RI 02905-3521. -
St. Matthew Parish [est. 1909] - Church: at Elmwood and
Park
Avenues
Rectory: 15 Frances Avenue - Cranston, RI 02910-2227
Phone: (401) 461-7172. - St. Mary Parish [est. 1925] (Italian)
Rectory: 1525 Cranston Street - Cranston, RI 02920
Phone:
(401) 942-1492. - St. Mark Parish [est. Oct 1950]
Rectory: 9 Garden Court - Cranston, RI 02920-5701 Phone:
(401)
942-1616. - Immaculate
Conception Parish [est. 1958]
237 Garden Hills Drive, Cranston, RI 02920-3429
Phone:
(401) 942-1854. - Holy Apostles
Parish [est. Jul 1991]
Rectory: 800 Pippin Orchard Road, Cranston 02921-3603
Phone: (401) 946-5586 E-mail hapostle@loa.com
Cumberland:
- St. Patrick Parish, Valley Falls [est. 1861]
301 Broad Street - Cumberland, RI 02864-8125
Phone:
(401) 725-0344. - St. Joseph Parish, Ashton [est. 1872]
1303 Mendon Road - P.O. Box 7005 - Cumberland, RI
02864 Phone: (401) 333-4013. - St. Joan of Arc [est. 1929]
3357 Mendon Road - Cumberland Hill, RI 02864-2195
Phone:
(401) 658-2084. - Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Valley
Falls
[est. 1953] (Portuguese)
Fatima Drive, Cumberland, RI 02864-8229 Phone: (401)
723-6719. - St.
John Vianney
Parish [est. 1953] - includes Parish History.
3609 Diamond Hill Road - Cumberland, RI 02864-1601
Phone:
(401) 333-6060. - St. Aidan Parish [est. 1962]
Rectory: 1460 Diamond Hill Road - Cumberland, RI
02864 Phone: (401) 333-5897.
Harrisville: see also Burrillville.
- St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Parish [est. Aug 1923]
-
Church: on Douglas Pike - Harrisville, RI
Rectory: 35 Dion Drive - Harrisville, RI 02830-1729.
Mapleville:
- Our Lady of
Good Help (Eglise de Notre Dame DeBonsecours) [est. Aug 1905]
Rectory: 1063 Victory Highway - Box 158 - Mapleville, RI
02839-0158
Phone: (401) 568-5272.
Pascoag:
- St. Joseph Parish [est. 1884]
Rectory: 183 Sayles Avenue - Box 188 - Pascoag, RI
02859--0188.
Pawtucket:
- St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish [est. 1829]
Rectory: 103 Pine Street - P.O. Box 518 - Pawtucket,
RI 02862 Phone: (401) 722-5425. - Church of The Sacred
Heart of Jesus
[est. 1872]
Rectory: 38 Park Street - Pawtucket, RI 02860-1318
Phone:
(401) 722-3226. - St. Joseph Parish [est. 1873]
Rectory: 193 Walcott Street - Pawtucket, RI 02860-9190
Phone:
(401) 724-9190. - St. John the Baptist (St. Jean-Baptiste)
[est. 1884]
Rectory: 69 Quincy Avenue - Pawtucket, RI
02860-2830 Phone: (401) 722-9054. - St. Edward Parish
[est. 1904]
58 Hancock Street - Pawtucket, RI 02860-2629
Phone:
(401) 725-7036. - St. Cecilia Parish [est. 1910] (French)
Rectory: 1253 Newport Avenue - Pawtucket, RI 02861
Phone:
(401) 722-1101. - Trinity - St. George [est. 1911] (Maronite
Rite,
within Eparchy of St. Maron)
Rectory: 50 Summit Street - Pawtucket, RI 02860 Phone:
(401)
723-8444. - St. Leo the Great Parish [est. 1916]
699 Central Avenue, Pawtucket, R.I. 02861 Phone: (401)
722-1220. - St. Anthony Parish [est. 1926] (Portuguese)
Rectory: 32 Lawn Avenue - Pawtucket, RI 02860-3522
Phone:
(401) 723-9138. - St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Parish [est.
1929]
Rectory: 358 Newport Avenue - Pawtucket, RI
02861 Phone: (401) 722-4470. - St. Maria Goretti Parish
[est. 1953]
Rectory: 165 Power Road - Pawtucket, RI 02860-3429
Phone:
(401) 725-4355.
East Providence:
- Sacred Heart Parish [est. 1876] - Church: 100
Taunton Avenue.
Rectory: 118 Taunton Avenue - East Providence, RI 02914
Phone:
(401) 434-0326. - St.
Margaret Parish [est. 1888]
1098 Pawtucket Avenue - Rumford, RI 02916-1899
Phone: (401)
438-3230. - St. Brendan Parish
[est. 1909]
60 Turner Avenue - Riverside, RI 02915 Phone:
(401)
433-2600. - St. Francis Xavier
Parish [est. 1914] - includes: Our History - A nossa
História.
81 North Carpenter Street - East Providence, RI
02914 Phone: (401) 434-1878.
"...In 1914, the Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Most
Reverend
Matthew Harkins, realized the great need for a parish for
Portuguese-speaking Catholics in East Providence..." - Our Lady
of Loreto Parish [est.
1920] (Italian)
346 Waterman Avenue - East Providence, RI 02914-2637
Phone: (401) 434-3535. - St. Martha Parish [est. Sep 1956]
2595 Pawtucket Avenue - East Providence, RI 02914
Phone:
(401) 434-4060.
Providence:
- Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul [est. 1837]
Cathedral Square - Providence, RI
02903-3603 Phone: (401) 331-2434.
Rectory: 30 Fenner Street - Providence, RI
02903-3603. - St. Patrick Parish [est. 1841]
Rectory: 152 Holden Street - Providence, RI
02908-4922 Phone: (401) 421-7070. - St. Joseph Parish
[est. 1851]
Rectory: 92 Hope Street - Providence, RI
02906-2099 Phone: (401) 421-9137. - St. Mary Parish [est.
1853]
Rectory: 538 Broadway - Providence, RI 02909-1895 Phone:
(401)
274-3434. - St. Michael Parish [est. Jun 1857] (also ministry
to Hmong,
Haitian & Spanish)
Rectory: 239 Oxford Street - Providence, RI
02905-2096 Phone: (401) 781-7210. - The Church of the
Immaculate Conception Parish
[est. 1858; closed June 1957]
This church was located, on West River Street, in
Providence, RI.
Sacramental Records for the Immaculate Conception Parish
are
kept at St. Patrick Church: 152 Holden Street - Providence, RI
02908-4922 Phone: (401) 421-7070. - St. John Parish [est.
1870; closed in 1991] - Church was located on the corner of
Atwells Avenue and Sutton
Street.
Sacramental Records for St. John's Parish are kept at St. Mary Church:
538
Broadway - Providence, RI Phone: (401) 274-3434. - The
Church
of the Assumption Parish [est. 1871]
Rectory: 791 Potters Avenue - Providence, RI
02907-3095 Phone: (401) 941-1248. - St. Charles Borromeo
Parish [est. 1874] (French)
Rectory: 178 Dexter Street - Providence, RI
02907-2492 Phone: (401) 421-6441. - St. Joseph Geneva
Parish [est. 1874] -
Church: 997 Branch Avenue
Rectory: 10 Caxton Street - Providence, RI
02904-1008 Phone: (401) 331-4035. - Holy Name of Jesus
Parish
[est. 1882]
Rectory: 99 Camp Street - Providence, RI 02906-1799
Phone:
(401) 272-4515. - St. Teresa Parish [est. 1883]
275 Manton Avenue - Providence, RI 02909-3331
Phone:
(401) 831-7714. - Our Lady of the Rosary Parish [est. 1886]
(Portuguese)
Rectory: 463 Benefit Street - Providence, RI
02903-4302 Phone: (401) 421-5621. - St. Thomas Parish of
Manton [est. 1886]
Rectory: 65 Fruit Hill Avenue - Providence, RI
02909-5598 Phone: (401) 272-7118. - The Church of the Blessed
Sacrament [est.
1888] 179 Academy Avenue
Rectory: 239 Regent Avenue - Providence, RI
02908-4552 Phone: (401) 751-7575. - Church of the Holy
Ghost Parish [est. 1889]
(Italian)
Rectory: 472 Atwells Avenue - Providence, RI
02909-1088 Phone: (401) 421-3551. - St. Ann Parish
[est. Sep 1895] (Italian) - Church: 280 Hawkins Street
Rectory: 2 Russo St., Providence, RI 02904-1299, 861-5111.
- St. Anthony Parish [est. 1900] - Church: 547
Plainfield Street
Rectory: 549 Plainfield Street - Providence, RI
02909-4697 Phone: (401) 943-2300. - St. Adalbert Parish
[est. 1902] (Polish)
Rectory: 866 Atwells Avenue - Providence, RI
02909-2596 Phone: (401) 351-9306. - Church of Our Lady of
Lourdes Parish [est.
1904] (French)
Rectory: 901 Atwells Avenue - Providence, RI
02909-3195 Phone: (401) 272-8127. - St. Agnes Parish [est. July
1904] - Church:
100 Chatham Street
Rectory: 351 Branch Avenue - Providence, RI
02904-2542 Phone: (401) 861-7265. - St. Bartholomew
Parish
[est. 1907] (Italian) - Church: 305 Laurel Hill Avenue
Rectory: 297 Laurel Hill Avenue - Providence, RI
02909-3897 Phone: (401) 944-4466. - St. Raymond Parish [est.
1911] - Church:
1240 North Main Street
Rectory: 2 Matilda Street - Providence, RI
02904-1812 Phone: (401) 861-8169. - St. Sebastian Parish
[est. 1915] - Church:
57 Cole Avenue
Rectory: 67 Cole Avenue - Providence, RI
02906-4696 Phone: (401) 751-0196. - St. Pius Parish [est.
1918]
Rectory: 55 Elmhurst Avenue - Providence, RI
02908-2893 Phone: (401) 751-4871. - St. Casimir Parish
[est. Nov 1919] (Lithuanian)
Rectory: 350 Smith St., Providence, RI 02908-3726
Phone:
(401) 331-1051. - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish [est. Dec
1921] (Italian):
64 Brayton Avenue
Rectory: 12 Spruce Street - Providence, RI
02903-1696 Phone: (401) 274-2113. - St. Augustine Parish
[est. Jul 1929] -
Church: 639 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Rectory: 20 Old Road - Providence, RI 02908-1999
Phone:
(401) 831-3503. - Holy Cross
Parish [est. 1949]
645 Hartford Avenue - Providence, RI 02909 Phone:
(401)
274-5225.
Woonsocket:
- St. Charles Borromeo Parish [est. 1846]
190 North Main Street - Woonsocket, RI
02895-3140 Phone: (401) 766-0176. - Precious Blood Parish
[est. 1873] (French)
Rectory: 94 Carrington Avenue - Woonsocket, RI 02895-4594
Phone:
(401) 762-0326. - St. Ann Parish [est. 1890] (French) - Church:
82 Cumberland Street
See: All Saints Catholic Community [est. 1998],
Woonsocket.
Rectory: 82 Cumberland St. Woonsocket,
R.I.
02895 Phone: (401) 766-0370. - Sacred Heart Parish [est.
1895]
415 Olo Street - Woonsocket, RI 02895 Phone: (401)
766-3150;
Fax: 766-6864. - St. Aloysius Parish [est. 1902] (French)
Church:
323 Rathbun Street
See: All Saints Catholic Community [est. 1998], Woonsocket
Rectory: 82 Cumberland St. Woonsocket,
R.I.
02895 Phone: (401) 766-0370. - The Holy Family Parish
[est. 1902]
(French)
414 South Main Street - Woonsocket, RI
02895-5193 Phone: (401) 762-0830 - St. Stanislaus Kostka
Church of Woonsocket
[est. 1905] (Polish)
188 Harris Avenue - Woonsocket, R.I. 02895-1809
Phone:
(401) 762-0021.
- St. Michael Parish [est. 1908] (Ukrainian-Catholic,
Eparchy of Stamford)
394 Blackstone Street - Woonsocket, R.I. 02895-1917 Phone:
(401) 762-2733. - Church of Notre Dame des Victoires [est.
1909] (French) - 120 Prospect Street
See: All Saints Catholic Community, Woonsocket
Rectory: 82 Cumberland St. Woonsocket,
R.I.
02895 Phone: (401) 766-0370. - St. Anthony Parish [est.
1924]
(Italian)
128 Greene Street - Woonsocket, RI 02895-4565 Phone:
(401) 766-2640. - St. Joseph Parish [est. 1929]
1200 Mendon Road - Woonsocket, RI 02895-3999 Phone:
(401)
766-0626. - St. Elias Parish [est. 1931] (Melkite Greek
Catholic, Eparchy
of Newton)
Church: 80 Hamilton Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895.
Residence: 111 Cross Street - Central Falls, RI
02863
Phone: (401) 722-1345. - Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs Parish
[est. 1953]
1409 Park Avenue - Woonsocket, RI 02895-6597 Phone:
(401)
762-5117. - St. Agatha Parish [est. 1953] - Church: Corner
Logee
and Fairfield Streets
Rectory: 34 Joffre Avenue - Woonsocket, RI
02895-5596 Phone: (401) 767-2950. - All Saints Catholic
Community [est. 1998]
Rectory: 82 Cumberland St. Woonsocket, R.I.
02895 Phone: (401) 766-0370.
All Saints Community includes the following three parishes:
Our Lady of Victories (Church of Notre Dame des Victories) [est. 1909]
St. Aloysius Parish [est. 1902]
St. Ann Parish [est. 1890]
WASHINGTON County, Rhode Island
(Communities include: Carolina, Charleston, Hope
Valley,
Carolina:
- St. Mary Parish [est. Sep 1946]
Rectory: 437 Carolina Back Road - P.O. Box 475 - Carolina,
R.I. 02812-0475
Phone: (401) 364-7214.
Foster:
Glocester:
- St. Eugene Parish, Chepachet [est. 1956]
1251 Putnam Pike - P.O. Box A, Chepachet, RI 02814 Phone:
(401)
568-5102.
Hopkinton:
- Our Lady of Victory Parish, Ashaway [est. 1946]
Rectory: 169 Main Street - P.O. Box 276 - Ashaway, RI
02804
Phone: (401) 377-8830. - St.
Joseph Parish [est. 1939]
Mail to: P.O. Box 388 - Hope Valley, RI
02832 Phone: (401) 539-8311.
Street address: 1105 Main Street - Hope
Valley, RI.
Jamestown:
- St. Mark Parish [est. 1909]
60 Narragansett Avenue - Jamestown, RI 02835-1174 Phone: (401)
423-1421.
Johnston:
- St. Rocco Parish [est. 1903] (Italian)
927 Atwood Avenue - Johnston, RI 02919 Phone: (401)
942-5203. - Our Lady of Grace Parish [est. 1913] (Italian)
4 Lafayette Street - Johnston, RI 02919 Phone: (401)
231-2220. - St. Brigid Parish [est. 1915]
1231 Plainfield Street - Johnston, RI 02919-6994
Phone:
(401) 944-2232. - St. Robert Bellarmine Parish [est. 1963]
1804 Atwood Avenue - Johnston, RI 02919-3244 Phone:
(401)
232-5600.
Lincoln:
- St. James Parish [est. 1874]
33 Division Street - Box 60 - Manville, R.I.
02838-1321 Phone: (401) 766-1558. - St. Ambrose Parish
[est. 1892] Albion,
RI
191 School Street - P. O. Box 67, Albion, RI
02802-0062 Phone: (401) 333-1568. - Church of Saint Basil
the Great [est. 1910]:
(Melkite Greek Catholic within the Eparchy of Newton
445 Broad St. - Lincoln, RI 02865
Rectory: 15 Skyview Drive, Lincoln 02865 Phone: (401)
722-1345. - St. Jude Parish [est. 1946]
Rectory: 301 Front Street - Lincoln, RI 02865-2423
Phone:
(401) 725-8140.
Little Compton:
- St. Catherine of Siena Parish [est. 1930]
Rectory: 74 Simmons Road - P.O. Box 208 - Little Compton, RI
02837
Phone: (401) 635-4420.
Narragansett:
- St. Thomas More Parish, Narragansett Pier [mission est.
1891]
Rectory: 53 Rockland Street - Narragansett, RI 02882 Phone: (401)
789-7682. - St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Point Judith [est.
1960]
Rectory: 52 Coffey Avenue - P.O. Box 3329 - Narragansett, RI 02882
Phone: (401) 783-4449. - St. Veronica Chapel:
Boston Neck Road, Narragansett, RI (summer services).
New Shoreham:
- St. Andrew Chapel [est. 1917] - Church: Chapel Street
Rectory: Spring Street - Box 279 - Block Island, RI 02807 Phone:
(401)
466-5519.
North Kingstown: and Wickford
North Providence:
- St. Lawrence Parish of Centredale [est. 1907]
624 Woonasquatucket Avenue - Centredale, RI 02911 Phone:
(401)
231-9126. - Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Parish
[est. 1912]
1081 Mineral Spring Avenue - North Providence, RI 02904
Phone:
(401) 722-7140. - St. Anthony Parish [est. 1944] (Italian) -
Church:
1413 Mineral Spring
Rectory: 5 Gibbs Street - North Providence, RI 02904
Phone: (401) 353-3120. - Mary Mother of Mankind Parish [est.
1967]
25 Fourth Street - North Providence, RI 02911-1499
Phone:
(401) 231-3542.
North Smithfield:
- St. John the Evangelist Parish [est. 1872]
63 Church Street - P.O. Box 266 - Slatersville, RI
02876 Phone: (401) 762-0946.
Portsmouth:
- St. Anthony Parish [est. 1901]
Rectory: 2836 East Main Road - P.O. Box 570 - Portsmouth,
RI
02871
Phone: (401) 683-0089. - St. Barnabas Parish [est.
1963]
Rectory: 1697 East Main Road - Portsmouth, RI 02871 Phone:
(401) 683-1343.
Scituate:
- St. Joseph Parish [est. 1940] - Church: Corner of
Danielson
Pike & 116.
Mail to: P.O. Box 236 - North Scituate, RI 02857-0236
Phone:
(401) 647-2255.
Smithfield:
- St. Philip Parish, Greenville [est. 1852]
Rectory: 622 Putnam Avenue - Greenville, RI
02828-1401 Phone: (401) 949-1500. - St. Michael Parish,
Georgiaville [est. 1875]
Rectory: 80 Farnum Pike - Esmond, RI 02917-3399
Phone:
(401) 231-5119.
South Kingstown:
- St. Francis of Assisi Parish [est. 1879] - WASHINGTON
COUNTY
Rectory: 114 High Street - Wakefield, RI 02879-3141
Phone:
(401) 783-4411. - Christ the King Parish [est. 1950] -
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Rectory: 180 Old North Road - Kingston, RI 02881-1497
Phone:
(401) 783-7459.
Tiverton:
- Holy Ghost Parish, North Tiverton [est. 1913]
Rectory: 311 E. Hooper Street - Tiverton, RI 02878-1209
Phone:
(401) 624-8131. - St. Christopher Parish [est. 1925]
Rectory: 1660 Main Road - Tiverton, RI 02878-4524 Phone:
(401)
624-6644. - St. Madeleine Sophie Parish [est. 1948]
Rectory: 35 Lake Road - Tiverton, RI 02878-3405
Phone:
(401) 624-4226. - St. Theresa Parish [est. 1960]
Rectory: 265 Stafford Road - Tiverton, RI 02878-2498
Phone: (401) 624-8746.
- Immaculate Conception Parish [est. 1886]
111 High Street - Westerly, RI 02891 Phone:
(401)
596-2130. - St. Pius X Parish [est. 1955]
Rectory: 44 Elm Street - Westerly, RI 02891-2196
Phone:
(401) 596-2535. - St. Vincent de Paul Parish [est. 1946]
Rectory: 7 Church Street - P.O. Box 277 - Bradford, RI
02808
Phone: (401) 377-8830. - St. Clare Parish, Misquamicut [est.
1946]
- Church: Crandall Avenue.
Rectory: 4 Street - Clare Way, Misquamicut, RI 02891
Phone: (401) 348-8765.
Byzantine Catholic
- The Apostolic Exarchate Armenian-Rite for the U.S. &
Canada in New York (Venerable Exarch.: Hovhannes Terzakian,
1995)
Address: 110 East, 12th Street - New York, NY 10003 U.S.A. Phone:
(212)
477-2030.
- Eparchy of
Our Lady
of Deliverance of Newark of the Syrians: Syriac Catholic Diocese for
Syrians
in the U. S. and Canada (Chorbishop Joseph Younan appointed as the
first
Bishop of this diocese in 1995)
Address: P.O. Box 8366 - Union City, NJ 07087-8262.
- Archeparchy of Philadelphia, PA (jurisdiction
Ukrainian Catholics
in the U.S.)
Chancery: 827 N. Franklin St. -
Philadelphia, PA 19123.
- Eparchy of St. Nicholas of the Ukrainians (Ukrainian)
(in Chicago, IL and Stamford, CT)
Parishes
in Eparchy of Stamford (CT, MA, NY, RI) - Eparchy of
Stamford: - Byzantine/Ukrainian
- Parish
Directory
SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church
136 Clifton Avenue - Ansonia, CT 06401, Phone:
(203)
734-3895.
Protection of the B.V.M. Ukrainian Catholic Church
255 Barnum Avenue - Bridgeport, CT 06608,
Phone:
(203) 367-5054.
St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church
178 Linwood Avenue - Colchester, CT 06415,
Phone:
(203) 537-2069.
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
26 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury, CT 06033,
Phone:
(203) 525-7823.
St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church
Wethersfield Avenue - Hartford, CT 06114,
Phone:
(203) 525-7823.
St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church
307 Eddy Glover Blvd. - New Britain, CT
06503 Phone: (203) 225-7340.
St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church
555-569 Gcorge Street - New Haven, CT 06511,
Phone:
(203) 865-0388.
St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church
24 Wenzcl Terrace - Stamford, CT 06902, Phone:
(203)
324-0242.
St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church
35 Allen Street - Terryville, CT 06786,
Phone:
(203) 583-7588.
Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church
70 Oak Street - Willimantic, CT 06226, Phone:
(203)
423-5031.
St. Michael's Ukrainian-Catholic Church [est. 1908]
394 Blackstone Street - Woonsocket, RI 02895-1917 Phone:
(401)
762-2733. - The Ukrainian
Greek
Catholic Church
- St.
Basil
Seminary, Stamford (Connecticut) - Ukrainian Catholic Seminary.
- Directory
for
Rhode Island (unofficial)
- Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn
(Maronite)
Address: P.O. Box 360 - 294 Howard Ave. -
Staten Island,
NY 10301-0360.
- Parish
Directory [ CT ] [ RI ] [ Institutions ]
- St. Anthony Maronite Church
17 Granville Avenue - Danbury, CT 06810,
Phone: (203)
744-3372. - St. Maron Maronite Church
613 Main Street - Torrington, CT 06790, Phone:
(203) 489-9015. - Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church
8 East Mountain Road - Waterbury, CT 06706, Phone:
(203)
753-6633. - St. George Maronite Church
50 Main Street - Pawtucket, RI 02860, Phone:
(401)
723-8444.
- The Eparchy of
St.
Marion (Marionite)
- History
of Byzantine-Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church)
An Unofficial
U.S.A.
Parish directory
- Eparchy
of Passaic (Byzantine-Ruthenian)
Address: 445 Lackawanna Ave. - W. Paterson,
NJ 07424.
(CT, FL, GA, MA, MD, NJ, NY, NC, east PA, VA)
Holy Trinity Ruthenian Catholic Church
155 Schofield Avenue - Bridgeport, CT, 06605,
Phone:
(203) 334-7089.
St. Nicholas Ruthenian Catholic Church
13 Pembroke Road - Danbury, CT 06811, Phone:
(203)
743-1106.
St. Nicholas Ruthenian Catholic Church
89 Summer Street - Meriden, CT, 06450, Phone:
(203)
237- 1809.
Holy Trinity Ruthenian Catholic Church
121 Beaver Street - New Britain, CT, 06051,
Phone:
(203) 229-2531.
Saint John the Baptist Ruthenian Catholic Church
100 St. John Drive, Trumbull, CT, 06611,
Phone: (203)
377-5967. - Cathedral of
St.
Michael the Archangel
96 First Street - Passaic,
NJ 07055.
- The
Eparchy of Newton (Melkite Greek)
Diocesan Offices: 19 Dartmouth Street, West Newton, MA
02165.
Parishes
and Geographic Locations - Some
Questions
Answered or Educational
and
Reference materials to learn about the Melkite-Greek rite
- Connecticut
St. Ann Parish:
181 Clapboard Ridge
Road
- Danbury, CT 06811
St. Ann Parish:
41 Cross Road -
Waterford, CT, 06385 Phone: (203) 442-2211 - Rhode Island
(Melkite Greek Catholic
Eparchy of Newton)
St. Basil the Great Parish: 445
Broad Street, Central Falls, RI 02863.
Church of Saint Basil the Great [est.
1910]:
445 Broad St. -
Lincoln, RI 02865
Rectory: 15 Skyview
Drive,
Lincoln 02865 Phone: (401) 722-1345.
St. Elias Parish [est. 1931]
Church: 80 Hamilton
Street,
Woonsocket, RI 02895.
Residence: 111 Cross
Street
- Central Falls, RI 02863 Phone: (401) 722-1345.
- The
Byzantine Catholic Church in America (unofficial)
- For more information on the Byzantine Catholic
Churches
in the United States Click here
to return to Main Local Catholic Byzantine Links
- The Byzantine Catholic
Metropolitan
Archparchy of Pittsburgh
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Historical Research of Catholic
Churches & Ancestors
Connecticut and Rhode Island
- The
Beginnings of Catholicism in Rhode Island - on the Diocese of Providence website.
- The
Growth of Catholicism in Rhode Island: Bishop William Tyler
- on the Diocese of Providence
website.
- History
of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, on the diocesan
website.
- History
of
the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, by Austin Dowling, The
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XII, 1908 by Robert Appleton Company,
Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight.
- History
of
the Diocese of Hartford, by T. S. Duggan, The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume VII, 1910 by Robert Appleton Company, Online
Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight.
- History
of St. Mary's Parish in Newport, Rhode Island - "St. Mary's
congregation started with Ft. Adams..." and is reported to be
"...the oldest Catholic Parish in Rhode Island..."
- St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church - Ridgefield,CT (Diocese of
Bridgeport) contains History
from the celebration of the first Mass in 1781.
- Churches
of Yesteryear Archive - by Rev. Frank Carter - pre-1950
postcards of Roman Catholic buildings in Connecticut -- churches and
rectories, convents, hospitals and schools.
- Connecticut Catholic
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- Locate Catholic Churches
and
Mass Times in the United States
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Catholic Biographies
If you know of a web site for a biography of a Catholic with an
Connecticut
or Rhode Island connection, please let me
know.
- History
of
the Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, by T. S. Duggan, The
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VII, 1910 by Robert Appleton Company,
Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight.
Includes biographies of Bishops of the Hartford Diocese:
1st Bishop William Tyler (born: 5 June, 1806,
at
Derby, Vermont - died: 18 July, 1849)
2nd Bishop Bernard O'Reilly (born: 1801,
Columkille County Longford, Ireland - died: ca. 23 Jan., 1856, on the
ill-fated "Pacific")
3rd Bishop Francis Patrick McFarland (born: 16
April,
1819, at Franklin, Penn - died: 2 Oct., 1874.)
4th Bishop Thomas Galberry (born: in Ireland -
died:
ca. Oct., 1878, while on journey to New York.)
5th Bishop Lawrence S. McMahon (born: a native
of
St. John's, New Brunswick, he spent his childhood and youth in
Cambridge, Mass. - died: 21 August, 1893, at Lakeville.)
6th Bishop Michael Therney (born: in Ireland,
he
spent his youth in Norwalk - died: 5 Oct., 1908.)
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General Connecticut &
Rhode Island
History & Genealogy Links
- University
of Connecticut: Connecticut History & Archaeology
- State of Connecticut
- State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantation.
- Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill - Providence, RI 02908 Phone: (401)
222-2231
Fax: (401) 222-6548
TTY: 1-800-745-5555
Birth and Death Certificates and Marriage Licenses: (401)
222-2812. - State
of Rhode
Island & Providence Plantation - History.
- Rhode
Island Cities and Towns Links.
- Rhode Island Judiciary
System's website: information about the state's court system,
and in-depth looks at the six courts that make up the
system. - Historical
Preservation and Heritage Commission
- Rhode Island: State Archives and Public Records Administration
337 Westminter Street - Providence, RI 02903
Phone:
(401) 222-2353
Fax: (401) 222-3199 E-mail: mailto:reference@archives.state.ri.us
- Rhode
Island History
- Rhode Island
Tourism with Rhode Island
Facts, History and Geography.
- Adherents
References used include: - 11990
Catholic Almanac. Felician A. Foy, O.F. M. (Editor), Rose M.
Avato
(Associate Editor). Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory Publishing
Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
and - 1998 Catholic Almanac. Felician A. Foy, O.F. M. and
Rose M.
Avato (Editors and Compilers). Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory
Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor,
Inc.
- 2New
Advent, Inc. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright ©
1913
by the Encyclopedia Press, Inc. Electronic version copyright ©
1997
by New Advent, Inc. (A Catholic Web Site transcribing The
Catholic
Encyclopedia: an International Work of Reference on the Constitution,
Doctrine,
Discipline and History of the Catholic Church. Herbermann, Pace,
et
al. (Editors). Imprint: Appleton (New York) 1907-1912.)
- 3The Archdiocese of Baltimore
(Maryland). A Brief History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
URL : http://www.archbalt.org/history/history.htm
Information learned from the web sites for the Archdioceses, Dioceses,
and
Catholic Church.
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