User:Kelish/Saint Joseph Catholic Church

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Saint Joseph Catholic Church is a Catholic church located in Bristol, Connecticut. It was the first Catholic Church to be founded in Bristol, Connecticut, and is a parish within the Archdiocese of Hartford. Built in 1855 as a mission of Saint Mary's in New Britain, Connecticut, it was meant to serve about 200 local Catholics. Saint Joseph's parish was founded on October 1, 1864, and enlarged in 1879 to accommodate the growing Catholic population. By 1920, the parish realized a larger building was needed, and construction began on the church that stands today. It was dedicated on September 9, 1925. Built in the English Tudor Gothic style, the two-towered church is composed of granite that came from Weymouth, Massachusetts. The interior of the church features numerous stained glass windows, a marble altar, and two pipe organs.^[1]