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When the 1914 Catholic Encyclopedia was compiled, nationally there were 1.2 million Poles who belonged to 517 Polish parishes spread out over 68 dioceses. Only four dioceses in the country had larger Polish populations than Scranton, and of these, only two, Chicago and Pittsburgh, had created more Polish parishes.¹

1. Saint Mary, Blossburg (1875)
2. Saint Stanislaus, Nanticoke (1875)
3. Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilkes-Barre (1885)
4. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Plymouth (1885)
5. Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Scranton (1885)
6. Saint Casimir, Freeland [Polish/Lithuanian] (1886-88)
7. Saint Adalbert, Glen Lyon (1890)
8. Saint Joseph, Morris Run (1890)
9. Saint Mary's Visitation, Priceburg (Dickson City) (1892)
10. Saint Stanislaus, Hazleton (1893)
11. Holy Rosary, Duryea (1894)
12. Holy Trinity, Nanticoke (1895)
13. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Mission, Arnot (1896)
14. Ss Peter and Paul, Plains (1898)
15. Saint John the Baptist, Plymouth (1899)
16. Saint Joseph, Mill Creek (Hudson) (1899)
17. Saint Mary of Czestochowa, Nanticoke (1901)
18. Saint Hedwig, Kingston (1901-1902)
19. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Dupont (1902-1903)
20. Holy Family, Sugar Notch (1903)
21. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Forest City (1904)
22. Saint Mary's, Minooka (Scranton/Moosic) (1904)
23. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mayfield (1905)
24. Saint John the Baptist, Exeter (1905)
25. Saint Stanislaus, Austin Heights (Old Forge) (1905)
26. Saint Michael's, Old Forge (1907)
27. Transfiguration, West Hazleton (1907)
28. Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Wilkes-Barre (1908)
29. Saint Joseph, Port Griffith (South Pittston) (1909)
30. Saint Michael's, Olyphant (1909)
31. Saint Michael's, Simpson (1909)
32. Ss Peter and Paul, Avoca (1909)
33. Saint Mary of Czestochowa, Swoyerville (1910)
34. Saint Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Mocanaqua (1910)
35. Ss Peter and Paul, Scranton (1910)
36. Saint Anthony's, Throop (1911)
37. Saint Joseph, Wyoming (1914)
38. Holy Rosary, Williamsport (1915)
39. Saint Mary of Czestochowa, Eynon (1915)
40. Saint Michael, Glen Lyon (1915)
41. Saint Stanislaus, Scranton (1915-16)
42. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Buttonwood (1917)
43. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lake Silkworth (1923)
44. Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Jessup (1924)

Notes

1. 1914 Catholic Encyclopedia, "Poles in the United States", http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12204c.htm