| Parish |
Primary
Congregation |
Location |
Est. |
First
Pastor |
Comments |
| Diocese of Boston |
| St. Mary |
Irish |
Newport |
1826 |
Robert D. Woodley |
|
| St. Mary |
Irish |
Pawtucket |
1829 |
Fr. Robert D. Woodley |
|
| SS. Peter & Paul |
Irish |
Providence |
1837 |
Fr. Francis Hye |
rededicated 1847 as Cathedral; Bishop
William
Tyler |
| St. Patrick |
Irish |
Providence; Smith Hill |
1841 |
William Wiley 1848 |
|
| Diocese of Hartford |
Bishop William Tyler
- 1843 |
| St. Mary |
Irish |
Warwick; Arctic |
1844 |
|
|
| St. Charles |
Irish |
Woonsocket |
1846 |
|
|
| Diocese of Hartford |
Bishop Bernard O'Reilly
- 1850 |
| St. Mary of the Bay |
Irish |
Warren |
1851 |
|
|
| St. Philip |
|
Smithfield; Greenville |
1852 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Mercy |
|
East Greenwich |
1853 |
|
|
| St. Mary |
|
Providence |
1853 |
|
|
| SS. Peter & Paul |
|
Warwick; Phoenixville |
1853 |
|
|
| St. Patrick |
Irish |
Burrillville; Harrisville |
1854 |
|
|
| Diocese if Hartford |
(interim acting Bishop) Fr. William O'Reilly (brother of
Bernard) - 1856 |
| St. Michael |
Irish |
Providence; near Cranston line |
1857 |
|
originally St. Bernard |
| Immaculate Conception |
Irish |
Providence; North End |
1857 |
|
closed 1957; records at St. Patrick |
| Diocese of Hartford |
Bishop Francis Patrick McFarland
- 1858 |
| St. Ann |
|
Cranston |
1858 |
John Quinn |
|
| St. Patrick |
|
Cumberland; Valley Falls |
1861 |
|
|
| St. Mary |
|
Bristol |
1869 |
|
|
| St. John |
|
Providence; Federal Hill |
1870 |
|
closed 1991 |
| Church of the Assumption |
|
Providence; West Elmwood |
1871 |
|
|
| St. John the Evangelist |
|
Burrillville; Slatersville |
1872 |
|
|
| St. Joseph |
|
Cumberland; Ashton |
1872 |
|
|
| Sacred Heart |
|
Pawtucket; Pleasant View |
1872 |
|
|
| Diocese of Providence created |
Bishop Thomas Francis Hendricken
- 1872 |
| included current Diocese of Fall River; had 43 churches with 5 under
construction, 5 female academies and 1 for boys, 9 parish schools with 4,225
students and 1 orphan asylum with 200 children. Massachusetts section of the diocese had 15 churches and 15 priests with
30,000 Catholics. Fr. Lawrence S. McMahon, pastor of St. Lawrence Church, New
Bedford, appointed vicar general for Massachusetts |
| Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur |
French |
Central Falls |
1873 |
Charles Dauray |
|
| St. Joseph |
|
Pawtucket |
1873 |
|
|
| St. Joseph |
|
Warwick; Natick |
1873 |
|
|
| Precious Blood |
French |
Woonsocket |
1873 |
Charles Dauray |
|
| St. James |
|
Lincoln; Manville |
1874 |
|
|
| St. Bernard |
|
N. Kingstown; Wickford |
1874 |
|
|
| St. Edward |
|
N. Providence; later part of Providence |
1874 |
|
|
| St. Charles Borromeo |
French |
Providence |
1874 |
|
|
| St. Joseph |
|
Providence |
1874 |
|
|
| St. John the Baptist |
French |
Warwick; Centreville |
1874 |
Henry Spruyt |
|
| St. Michael |
|
Smithfield; Georgiaville |
1875 |
|
|
| Sacred Heart |
|
E. Providence |
1876 |
|
|
| St. Jean-Baptiste |
French |
Warren |
1877 |
|
|
| St. Francis of Assisi |
|
South Kingstown; Wakefield |
1879 |
|
|
| Holy Name |
|
Providence |
1882 |
|
|
| St. Teresa |
|
Providence |
1883 |
|
|
| St. Joseph |
|
Burrillville; Pascoag |
1884 |
|
|
| St. Jean-Baptiste |
French |
Pawtucket |
1884 |
|
|
| St. Joseph |
|
Newport |
1885 |
|
|
| Holy Rosary Parish |
Portuguese |
Providence; Fox Point |
1886 |
|
|
| St. Thomas |
|
Providence |
1886 |
|
|
| Immaculate Conception |
|
Westerly |
1886 |
|
|
| Diocese of
Providence |
Bishop
Matthew Harkins - 1887 |
| Blessed Sacrament |
|
Providence |
1888 |
|
|
| Holy Ghost |
Italian |
Providence |
1889 |
|
|
| St. Ann |
French |
Woonsocket |
1890 |
|
merged 1998 into All Saints Catholic
Community |
| St. Philomena |
|
Narragansett |
1891 |
|
later St. Thomas More |
| St. Ambrose |
French |
Lincoln; Albion |
1892 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Consolation |
French |
Pawtucket |
1895 |
|
|
| St Ann |
Italian |
Providence |
1895 |
|
|
| Sacred Heart |
|
Woonsocket |
1895 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Good Counsel |
|
Warwick |
1897 |
|
|
| St. Anthony |
|
Providence |
1900 |
|
|
| St. Anthony |
|
Portsmouth |
1901 |
|
|
| St. Adalbert |
Polish |
Providence |
1902 |
|
|
| St. Aloysius |
|
Woonsocket |
1902 |
|
merged 1998 into All Saints Catholic
Community |
| Holy Family |
French |
Woonsocket |
1902 |
|
|
| St. Louis |
French |
Woonsocket |
1902 |
|
|
| St. Rocco |
Italian |
Johnston |
1903 |
|
|
| Diocese of Fall River created |
Bishop William L. Stang
- 1904 |
| St. Matthew |
French |
Central Falls |
1904 |
|
|
| St. Edward |
|
Pawtucket |
1904 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Lourdes |
French |
Providence |
1904 |
|
|
| St. Agnes |
|
Providence |
1904 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Good Help |
French |
Burrillville; Mapleville |
1905 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Czenstochowa |
Polish |
Coventry; Quidnick |
1905 |
|
later SS. John & Paul |
| St. Stanislaus Kostka |
Polish |
Woonsocket |
1905 |
|
|
| St. Joseph |
Polish |
Central Falls |
1906 |
|
|
| St. Paul |
|
Cranston; Edgewood |
1907 |
|
|
| St. Lawrence |
French |
North Providence; Centredale |
1907 |
|
|
| St. Bartholomew |
Italian |
Providence |
1907 |
|
|
| St. Casimir |
Polish |
Warren |
1908 |
|
|
| St. James |
|
Warwick; Arctic |
1908 |
|
|
| St. Michael |
Ukrainian |
Woonsocket |
1908 |
|
|
| St. Matthew |
|
Cranston |
1909 |
|
|
| St. Mark |
|
Jamestown |
1909 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Victories |
French |
Woonsocket |
1909 |
|
merged 1998 into All Saints Catholic
Community |
| St. Cecelia |
French |
Pawtucket |
1910 |
|
|
| St. Augustin |
|
Newport |
1911 |
|
|
| Trinity-St. George |
Maronite Rite |
Pawtucket |
1911 |
|
|
| St. Raymond |
|
Providence |
1911 |
|
|
| Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
N. Providence |
1912 |
|
|
| St. Elizabeth |
Portuguese |
Bristol |
1913 |
|
|
| Our Lady of Grace |
Italian |
Johnston |
1913 |
|
|
| Holy Ghost |
|
Tiverton |
1913 |
|
|
| St. Benedict |
|
Warwick |
1914 |
|
|
| St. Francis Xavier |
Portuguese |
East Providence |
1915 |
|
|
| St. Brigid |
|
Johnston |
1915 |
|
|
| St. Sebastian |
|
Providence |
1915 |
|
|
| St. Alexander |
|
Warren |
1915 |
|
|
Irish 