St. Emery Church (Fairfield, Connecticut)

St. Emery is a Roman Catholic church in Fairfield, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

St. Emery Church
Location838 Kings Highway East
Fairfield, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s)Anthony J. DePace
Administration
ProvinceHartford
DioceseBridgeport
Clergy
Bishop(s)Most Rev. Frank Caggiano

The parish, which is dedicated to St. Emeric (Emery) of Hungary, was formed in 1932 to serve Fairfield's growing Hungarian population. In 1971, the parish of St. Stephen in Bridgeport was merged into the parish of St. Emery.[1] St. Stephen's Church of Bridgeport, which was founded in 1897, was the second Hungarian Catholic church to be formed in the United States.[2]

The Romanesque Revival church building was designed by noted church architect Anthony J. DePace of New York.

References

  1. Church History, St. Emery's Parish website
  2. Shipman, A. (1910), Hungarian Catholics in America, The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved January 24, 2011 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07545b.htm

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