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| Saint Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church Polish: Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika | |
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| Saint Faustina Parish | |
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| 41°31′58.2″N 72°48′.5″W / 41.532833°N 72.800139°W | |
| Location | Church address: 82 Akron Street Meriden, CT 06450 School address: 1 Akron Street Meriden, CT 06450 |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Church website: www.stfaustinact.org/ School website: ststansedu.org |
| History | |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Founder(s) | Polish immigrants |
| Dedication | St. Stanislaus |
| Dedicated | January 8, 1893 |
| Administration | |
| Division | Vicariate: New Haven |
| Archdiocese | Hartford |
| Parish | Saint Faustina Parish |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Leonard Paul Blair |
| Pastor(s) | Edward Ziemnicki |
| SS. Peter and Paul Church | |
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| Saint Faustina Parish | |
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| 41°27′31″N 72°49′8.8″W / 41.45861°N 72.819111°W | |
| Location | 139 North Orchard Street Wallingford, CT |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | September 8, 1924 |
| Founder(s) | Polish immigrants |
| Dedication | SS Peter & Paul |
| Dedicated | June 22, 1925 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Saint Faustina Parish |
St. Stanislaus Church (formally Saint Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church) in Meriden, Connecticut is a Roman Catholic church originally established in 1891 and dedicated to the Bishop of Kraków, Stanislaus of Szczepanów, an 11th-century Polish Saint. St. Stanislaus's is the third oldest Polish-American Roman Catholic parish in New England and the oldest in the Archdiocese of Hartford. In 2017, Saint Stanislaus parish merged with the nearby Polish-American parish SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Wallingford to form St. Faustina Parish.[1]
The Saint Stanislaus campus of Saint Faustina Parish is made up of the church, school, community center, gymnasium, rectory and garage, convent and chapel, and the cemetery, as well as an outdoor shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Saint Stanislaus parish built the first Polish Roman Catholic church building in Connecticut in 1893, which was replaced by the current church in 1908. The original building also housed the parish school until the construction of the current Saint Stanislaus Parochial School in 1915. The parochial school operated for grades kindergarten through 8th grade until 2015, after which the building was used for a pre-kindergarten program.
Saints Peter and Paul Church was established as an independent parish in 1924 for Polish immigrants setting in Wallingford. The current church building was dedicated a year later in 1925.
The combined parish is named for Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), a Polish nun canonized in 2000, known for inspiring devotion to Divine Mercy. The parish offices and records are maintained at the Saint Stanislaus campus.