St. Bridget of Ireland Church in Stamford, November 2010

St. Bridget of Ireland Parish is a Roman Catholic congregation in Stamford, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

The parish was established in September 7, 1963 by the Right Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of Bridgeport. Worship first occurred in the neighboring chapel and school. The parish supported the parochial school of St. Bridget School until its closure in 1979.

The modernist brick church was begun in 1963 and completed in 1965. Dedication of St. Bridget’s Chapel-Auditorium-School occurred on June 25, 1965. The congregation continued to worship in the Chapel-Auditorium until Bishop Curtis dedicated the newly renovated church on June 14, 1987. The hall was renovated and a kitchen erected in the 2000s. The “Our Lady of Strawberry Hill Shrine” was dedicated in 2003. The shrine to Padre Pio was added in 2004.

Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Bridget_of_Ireland_Church