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Sacred Heart of Jesus [Polish]

612 Hudson Street  Mapquest map
Forest City PA 18421-1428
ph 570-785-3838

Established as a pastorate in 19041

 

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St Agnes'

(715 Delaware St)  Mapquest map
612 Hudson Street
Forest City PA 18421-1428
ph 570-785-3838

Established as a pastorate in 18922

 

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St Anthony of Padua [Lithuanian]

517 Lackawanna St  Mapquest map

Mailing address:612 Hudson St
Forest City PA 18421
ph 570-785-3838

Established as a pastorate in 1894;3 became a mission of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Forest City, in 1974;4 It doesn't appear currently in the diocesan directory and according to the Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society it is closed, but it is still listed as a mission in the 1997 national directory and the Susquehanna County Chamber of Commerce "Places to Worship."8,9,10

 

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St John the Baptist Byzantine

306 Susquehanna St  Mapquest map
Forest City 18421
ph 570-785-5296

Cemetery

 

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St Joseph's [Slovenian]

741 Delaware Street  Mapquest map
Forest City PA 18421-1001
ph 570-785-3838

Established as the only Slovenian pastorate in the diocese in 1904 5,11

 

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St Michael's [Slovak]

(82 Dundaff St)  Mapquest map
Forest City PA 18421

Established as a pastorate in 1921;6 became a mission of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Forest City, in 19747

     

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    Notes

  1. Gallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, p296
  2. Ibid, p150
  3. Ibid, p299
  4. Gallagher, Msgr John P, A Second Century Begins: The Diocese of Scranton 1968-1993, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1993, p157
  5. Gallagher, Rev John P, op cit, p300
  6. Ibid, p296-97
  7. Gallagher, Msgr John P, op cit, p157
  8. The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1997, New Providence NJ: P J Kenedy and Sons, 1997
  9. Susquehanna County Chamber of Commerce, "Places to Worship," www.susquehanna-pa.com/churches.php
  10. Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society, "Lithuanian Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese in America," compiled by Ron Gillen and Juozas "Joe" Mickunas, www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/databases/churches/lt_churches-us.html?state=PA
  11. HistoryWired, "Slovenian Americans," photo of a 1913 gathering in Forest City, http://historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=58
Modified Sunday, 15-Aug-2004 22:30:14 MDT