Forest CitySacred Heart of Jesus [Polish]612 Hudson StreetForest City PA 18421-1428 ph 570-785-3838 Established as a pastorate in 19041
St Agnes'(715 Delaware St)612 Hudson Street Forest City PA 18421-1428 ph 570-785-3838 Established as a pastorate in 18922
St Anthony of Padua [Lithuanian]517 Lackawanna StMailing address:612 Hudson St 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
St John the Baptist Byzantine306 Susquehanna StForest City 18421 ph 570-785-5296 Cemetery
St Joseph's [Slovenian]741 Delaware StreetForest City PA 18421-1001 ph 570-785-3838 Established as the only Slovenian pastorate in the diocese in 1904 5,11
St Michael's [Slovak](82 Dundaff St)Forest City PA 18421 Established as a pastorate in 1921;6 became a mission of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Forest City, in 19747
NotesGallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, p296 Ibid, p150 Ibid, p299 Gallagher, Msgr John P, A Second Century Begins: The Diocese of Scranton 1968-1993, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1993, p157 Gallagher, Rev John P, op cit, p300 Ibid, p296-97 Gallagher, Msgr John P, op cit, p157 The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1997, New Providence NJ: P J Kenedy and Sons, 1997 Susquehanna County Chamber of Commerce, "Places to Worship," www.susquehanna-pa.com/churches.php 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 HistoryWired, "Slovenian Americans," photo of a 1913 gathering in Forest City, http://historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=58 |