Archdiocese of Hartford
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The Archdiocese of Hartford is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Connecticut in the United States. It is a metropolitan see. The other dioceses in its ecclesiastical province are Bridgeport, No
Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Bishop McMahon (1900)
Archbishop Blair (2021)
Archbishop Coyne (2011)
The Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is the mother church and seat of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Dedicated on May 15, 1962, it stands on the site of the first cathedr
Archdiocese of Hartford
…taking their territory from the archdiocese, but making them suffragan dioceses of it. O'Brien was named as the first archbishop of Hartford. The Cathedral of St. Joseph was destroyed by a suspicious fire in 1956. O'Brien immediately began plans to construct a new cathedral on the same site. Ground was broken for the…
First Cathedral of St. Joseph (1900). Destroyed by fire in 1956
Bell tower and cross
Bas relief above entrance