| Parish |
Primary
Congregation |
Location |
Est. |
First
Pastor |
Comments |
|
Diocese of Boston |
Bishop Jean de
Cheverus |
|
St. Mary (now St. Lawrence) |
Irish |
New Bedford |
1821 |
Philip Larissey OSA |
|
|
Diocese of Boston |
Bishop Benedict J.
Fenwick |
|
St. Peter (now Corpus Christi
1901) |
Irish |
Sandwich |
1830 |
William Moran (1850) |
|
|
St. Mary |
Irish |
Taunton |
1832 |
John Corry |
First Catholic mass 1828 |
|
St. Mary |
Irish |
Fall River |
1837 |
John Corry |
|
|
Diocese of Boston |
Bishop John Bernard
Fitzpatrick |
|
St. Mary |
Irish |
N. Attleboro |
1856 |
Philip Gillick |
|
|
Diocese of Boston |
Bishop John J.
Williams |
|
St. Lawrence (formerly St.
Mary) |
Irish |
New Bedford |
1866 |
Lawrence McMahan |
|
|
St. Ann |
French |
Fall River |
1869 |
Paul de Montaubricq |
|
|
St. John the Baptist |
Portuguese |
Westport |
1869 |
Joao I. d'Arvedo |
|
|
Holy Trinity (now Our Lady of Lourdes - Wellfleet
1910) |
|
Harwich |
1869 |
C. O'Connor |
|
|
The Immaculate Conception |
|
N. Easton |
1871 |
Francis Quinn |
|
|
Diocese of Providence |
Bishop Thomas F.
Hendricken - 1872 |
|
Sacred Heart |
Irish |
Fall River |
1873 |
Francis Quinn |
|
|
St. Joseph |
|
Fall River |
1873 |
William Bric |
|
|
St. Patrick |
Irish |
Fall River |
1873 |
John Kelly |
merged with Our Lady of Angels &
Blessed Sacrament 1999; will be renamed Community of the Good Shepherd |
|
Sacred Heart |
|
Taunton |
1873 |
Hugh J. Smyth |
|
|
Notre Dame de Lourdes |
French |
Fall River |
1874 |
Pierre Jean-Baptiste
Bedard |
|
|
St. Peter |
|
Provincetown |
1874 |
John McGuire |
|
|
Sacred Heart |
French |
New Bedford |
1876 |
George Pager |
|
|
Our Lady of the Immaculate
Conception |
Irish |
Fall River |
1882 |
Owen J. Kiernan |
|
|
SS. Peter & Paul |
|
Fall River |
1882 |
Patrick Doyle |
|
|
St. Joseph |
|
Woods Hole |
1882 |
Cornelius McSweeney |
|
|
St. Patrick |
|
Somerset |
1883 |
James Masterson |
|
|
St. John |
|
Attleboro |
1883 |
John O'Connell |
|
|
Our Lady of the Immaculate
Conception |
French; Polish |
Taunton |
1884 |
James F. Roach |
|
|
St. Louis |
|
Fall River |
1885 |
Louis Deady |
merged with St. Anne 1999 |
|
St. Stephen |
|
Dodgeville (Attleboro) |
1885 |
Patrick S. McGee |
|
|
Diocese of Providence |
Bishop Matthew Harkins
- 1887 |
|
St. Mathieu |
French |
Fall River |
1887 |
J.A. Payan |
closed 1989 |
|
St. James |
|
New Bedford |
1888 |
James F. Clark |
|
|
St. Hyacinth |
French |
New Bedford |
1890 |
Antoine Berube |
|
|
Santo Christo |
Portuguese |
Fall River |
1891 |
C.A. Martens |
|
|
St. Dominic (now Blessed Sacrament
1902) |
|
Fall River |
1892 |
Fr. Bellemare OP |
|
|
St. Mary |
|
Mansfield |
1894 |
Thomas Elliott |
|
|
St. Anthony of Padua |
French |
New Bedford |
1895 |
Hormisdas Deslauriers |
|
|
St. Jean-Baptiste |
French |
Fall River |
1895 |
J.S. Fortin |
merged with St. Elizabeth 1999; renamed
Holy Trinity |
|
St. Kilian |
|
New Bedford |
1896 |
James Brady |
|
|
St. Joseph |
|
Taunton |
1896 |
William H. Curley |
|
|
St. Stanislaus |
Polish |
Fall River |
1898 |
P. Guzik |
|
|
St. Roch |
French |
Fall River |
1899 |
J.T. Giguere |
closed 1982 |
|
Holy Family |
|
E. Taunton |
1900 |
Charles Cullen |
originally est. 1873 as a mission of
Sacred Heart, Taunton |
|
Corpus Christi (formerly St.
Peter) |
|
Sandwich |
1901 |
Patrick McKenna |
|
|
Blessed Sacrament (formerly St.
Dominic) |
|
Fall River |
1902 |
D.V. Delemare |
merged with St. Patrick 1999 |
|
St. Francis Xavier |
|
Hyannis |
1902 |
Daniel E. Doran |
|
|
St. Michael |
Portuguese |
Fall River |
1902 |
Francesco Flores |
|
|
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
Portuguese |
New Bedford |
1902 |
Joseph D. Nunes |
|
|
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
Italian |
Fall River |
1903 |
R. Parrillo |
|
|
Our Lady of the Isle |
|
Nantucket |
1903 |
Thomas McGee DD |
|
|
Sacred Heart |
|
Oak Bluffs |
1903 |
Patrick E. McGee |
|
|
St. Anthony |
|
Taunton |
1903 |
Alexandro Louro |
|
|
Diocese of Fall River
created |
Bishop William L.
Stang - 1904 |
|
Espirito Santo |
Portuguese |
Fall River |
1904 |
George Silveira |
|
|
Sacred Heart |
French |
N. Attleboro |
1904 |
D.D. Villandre |
|
|
St. James |
French |
Taunton |
1904 |
Alfred Carrier |
|
|
St. Paul |
|
Taunton |
1904 |
Martin Fox |
|
|
St. William |
|
Fall River |
1905 |
Patrick E. McGee |
|
|
St. Joseph |
French |
Attleboro |
1905 |
Napoleon A. Messier SS.CC. |
|
|
Our Lady of the Assumption |
|
New Bedford |
1905 |
Stanislaus Bernard
SS.CC. |
|
|
Our Lady of Lourdes |
|
Taunton |
1905 |
Manuel A. Silva |
|
|
St. George |
French |
Westport |
1905 |
Charles E. Clerk |
|
|
St. Mary |
|
Attleboro |
1906 |
Patrick S. McGee |
|
|
St. Boniface |
German |
New Bedford |
1906 |
Hilarion Eikerling
SS.CC. |
closed 1987 |
|
Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
Polish |
New Bedford |
1906 |
Edward Uminski |
|
|
Diocese of Fall River |
Bishop Daniel E.
Feehan - 1907 |
|
Sacred Heart |
French |
Fairhaven |
1907 |
Marie Bernard Pierson
SS.CC. |
closed 1987 |
|
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
|
New Bedford |
1908 |
Arthur Savoie |
suppressed 1966 |
|
St. Anne |
French |
New Bedford |
1908 |
Omer Valois |
|
|
St. Hedwig |
Polish |
New Bedford |
1908 |
J. Mard |
|
|
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
Polish |
Taunton |
1909 |
Hugo Dylla |
|
|
Holy Name |
|
New Bedford |
1909 |
James M. Coffey |
|
|
Our Lady of the Immaculate
Conception |
Portuguese |
New Bedford |
1909 |
Augusto J. Taveira |
|
|
Our Lady of Lourdes (formerly Holy
Trinity-Harwich) |
|
Wellfleet |
1910 |
Fr. Jansen |
|
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