Saint Brother Albert Chmielowski Polish Mission

37°21′26″N 121°48′28″W / 37.357325°N 121.807651°W / 37.357325; -121.807651Location10250 Clayton Road
San Jose, CaliforniaCountry USADenominationRoman CatholicWebsitewww.saintalbert.usHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1998 (1998)DedicationSt. Albert ChmielowskiArchitectureFunctional statusActiveGroundbreaking1997CompletedApril 1998AdministrationProvinceEcclesiastical province of San FranciscoArchdioceseArchidioecesis Sancti FrancisciDioceseDioecesis Sancti Josephi in CaliforniaDeaneryDeanery 6ClergyBishop(s)The Most Rev. Patrick Joseph McGrathVicar(s)Rev. Fr. Edward Mroczynski †DeanRev. Msgr. Francisco D. Rios
(St. John Vianney Parish)Pastor(s)Rev. Fr. Jan Fiedurek, SChr

Saint Brother Albert Chmielowski Polish Mission (Polish: Polska Misja Katolicka Św. Brata Alberta Chmielowskiego w San Jose) is the parish church of a Polish mission located in San Jose, California.

History

Upon the creation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California and its split from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Polish community of the area which was served by St. Wojciech Polish Mission in San Francisco found itself in need of a new home. Therefore, the Society of Christ built the Saint Brother Albert Chmielowski Polish Mission from the foundations up.

In 1976, Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken of San Francisco established the Polish Mission of St. Adalbert. Its purpose was to provide permanent ministry in the native language to those Poles living in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Mission's first priest was Fr. Wojciech Baryski, S.Chr., who was required to commute to San Jose. In 1981, his destination point in San Jose found itself within the new Diocese of San Jose, the result of a partitioning Archdiocese of San Francisco. During the eighties, the area was settled by a considerable number of Polish immigrants. The religious needs of this community required the creation of a separate pastoral mission, and the construction of a church. Land was purchased for this purpose. In 1986, the Polish Pastoral Mission was legally founded in San Jose, although it continued to be served by a commuting priest. In 1990, after the dividing of the Mission in San Francisco by the provincial authorities, the San Jose Mission received its own resident priest in the person of Fr. Andrzej Maslejak, S.Chr. That same year, the Mission was dedicated to St. Albert Chmielowski. Thanks to the sacrifice and patience of both the mission members and their priest, the new church was formally consecrated in 1998.

Pastors

Fr. Stanisław Drzał, S.Chr. 1981 -1989

Fr. Andrzej Maślejak, S.Chr. 1989 - 1991

Fr. Stanisław Żak, S.Chr. 1991 - 1996

Fr. Paweł Bandurski, S.Chr. 1996 - 2002

Fr. Jan Karpowicz, S.Chr. 2002 - 2006

Fr. Andrzej Salapata, S.Chr. 2006 - 2015

Fr. Jan Fiedurek, S.Chr. 2015 - Present

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California

References

External links

• Official website in English and Polish