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CT: Bridgeport - 2

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Metro Area: Bridgeport (CT)

St John the Baptist Byzantine (Ruthenian) Church

Historical Entry: Relocated

Formerly at:

717 Arctic St

Bridgeport

06608-2007

USA

Historical Location - Not A Mailing Address Or Active Location

Rite: Byzantine

Church sui iuris: Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic

Canonical Jurisdiction(s):

Metropolitan Archeparchy: Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians

Eparchy: Passaic of the Ruthenians

Cemetery: None

Sacramental Records at:

St John the Baptist Church

100 St John Dr

Trumbull

06611-5447

USA

Ph: 203-377-5967

Fax: 203-377-5968


Notes
*The exterior photograph is by listopad3, a member of the Byzantine Forum* community - where he posts under that user name. It originally appeared on the Forum's Photo Gallery.**

Status & Location Changes:

Formed in: 1900, at Holy Trinity Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, Bridgeport CT, by St Elias Rusyn Greek Catholic Society

Relocated in: 1907, to its own temple, at 717 Arctic St, Bridgeport CT

Parish erected in: 1907, under the patronage of St John the Baptist

Relocated in: 1937, to meet at Ss Cyril & Methodius Hungarian (Latin) Church, due to division within the paris

Other Date: 1937, a schism formed what is now the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox GC Church of St John the Baptist (ACROD)

Other Date: 1937-1944, met at Ss Cyril & Methodius Hungarian (Latin) Church, during legal proceedings

Relocated in: 1944, returning to its temple at 717 Arctic St, Bridgeport CT

Relocated in: 1976, to 100 St John Dr, Trumbull CT

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