Jessup Holy Ghost Byzantine313 First Avenue Jessup PA 18434 ph 570-489-2353 Church built in 1899, first pastor 19031
St James605 Church StreetJessup PA 18434-1005 ph 570-489-2252 Mission of St Patrick's in 1876,1 established as a pastorate in 1899;2 new building in 1940,1 merged with St Michael's, Jessup
St Mary's Assumption of the Blessed Virgin [Italian]516 Third AvenueJessup PA 18434-1418 ph 570-489-4726 Established as a pastorate in 1906,1,3 1928 purchased cemetery in Montdale1
St Michael [Slovak](322 First Avenue)Jessup PA 18434 ph 570-489-2252 Built in 1896,1 established as a pastorate in 1911;4 merged with St James, Jessup
St Stanislaus Kostka [Polish](311 Delaware Street)Jessup PA 18434 ph 570-489-2252 Established as a pastorate in 1924;1,5 became a mission of St Michael's, Olyphant in 1974;6 and now a mission of St James, Jessup
NotesPot of Gold Genealogy, "Timeline of Jessup, PA," www.geocities.com/genealogyinfo/winton/timeline.html; information compiled from Jessup Centennial, 1876-1976, designed and published by Donald R Vispi and Edward P Williams Gallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, p292 Ibid, p298 Ibid, p297 Ibid, p296 Gallagher, Msgr John P, A Second Century Begins: The Diocese of Scranton 1968-1993, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1993, p157 |