Transfiguration Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
| Transfiguration Church (historic) | |
|---|---|
  Transfiguration Church (historic) | |
| 41°27′21″N 81°38′11″W / 41.45596°N 81.63631°WCoordinates: 41°27′21″N 81°38′11″W / 41.45596°N 81.63631°W | |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Previous denomination | Baptist |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Trinity Baptist Church |
| Dedication | Transfiguration of Jesus |
| Dedicated | 6 February 1944 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Demolished |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Cleveland |
| Province | Cincinnati |
Transfiguration (Polish: Parafia Przemienienia Pańskiego w Cleveland), was a Catholic parish church in Cleveland, Ohio and part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. It was located at the south-west corner of intersection of Broadway Ave. and Fullerton Ave., in a part of the South Broadway neighborhood previously known in Polish as Warszawa, also referred to today as Slavic Village.[1] The church, although it is demolished, the neighborhood, and the larger surroundings are GNIS named features.[2][3][4]
The church was demolished after a structure fire in 1992.
History
Little is reliably known about the previous Baptist occupants of the church. Charles Coulter, in The Poles of Cleveland, described that, for many years Trinity Baptist Church at Lansing Ave. and East 71st St., under Mr. Houser, had been conducting a Polish mission with indifferent success. It was found that Polish Protestants had an especial fondness for their own Polish language, Polish literature, traditions and ideals. They wanted their own chapel and uniquely formal service. On 10 November 1918, a property was purchased at the corner of East 71st St. and Gertrude Ave. and the first Polish Baptist Church was organized with Rev. Pietrowski placed in charge. The life of these people is warmly social as evidenced in the frequent suppers, home gatherings and church-directed picnics in the park. On Saturdays the boys were instructed in the Polish language and the girls were taught to sew. This small church of 60 members was the only distinctly Protestant Polish organization in the city.[5]
In the 1930s, they moved to this, Broadway Ave. and Fullerton Ave., location.[6]
The Roman Catholic parish was established in 1943 after Trinity Baptist Church was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and converted to Transfiguration Church.[7] It is unclear if members of the Baptist congregation became converts to Catholicism. The parish was divided from nearby Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus parishes.
After the 1992 fire, parishioners were eventually merged into nearby Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Stanislaus parishes in 1993. But, a diocesan website shows the parish was closed on 1 January 1992.[7]
Priests
| Start | End | Name | Surname | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February 1989 | 1 August 1989 | Lawrence | Jurcak | Administrator[8] |
| 30 March 1982 | 1989 | Marian | Kencik | Pastor |
| 20 July 1971 | Henry | Jezeski | Pastor | |
| 30 September 1969 | 20 July 1971 | Norman A. | Gajdzinski | Parochial Vicar[9] |
| Edward | Gackowski | Pastor | ||
| 30 September 1948 | 19 May 1959 | Leon | Telesz | Parochial Vicar[10] |
| Joseph | Zabawa | Pastor |
Records
The records of this church, and all churches closed after 1975, can be found in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Archives.[11] Diocesan policy is to keep all archive records closed.[12]
See also
Notes and References
Notes
References
- ↑
This article incorporates public domain material from the National Park Service document "Ethnic Settlements" (retrieved on 2012 November 7). - ↑ This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Transfiguration Polish Catholic Church". Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ↑ This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Warszawa Neighborhood Historic District". Retrieved 2012 November 7. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Slavic Village". Retrieved 2012 November 7. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Coulter, Charles Wellsley (1919). The Poles of Cleveland (PDF) (monograph). under direction of Cleveland Americanization committee, Mayor's advisory war committee. Cleveland, OH: [s.n.]. p. 29. LCCN 19016302. OCLC 4763407. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Grabowski, John J (2010) [First published 1976]. "Part Three: The Polish Community of Cleveland". Polish Americans and their communities of Cleveland (ebook) (monograph). Cleveland Ethnic Heritage Studies. Cleveland, OH: Redistributed by MSL Academic Endeavors. p. 184. LCCN 77154850. OCLC 3463284. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- 1 2 Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious. "Transfiguration (Cleveland)". Directory. Cleveland, OH: Diocese of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious. "Rev Lawrence Jurcak". Directory. Cleveland, OH: Diocese of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious. "Rev Norman A. Gajdzinski". Directory. Cleveland, OH: Diocese of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ Diocese of Cleveland. Secretariat of Clergy and Religious. "Rev Msgr Leo Telesz". Directory. Cleveland, OH: Diocese of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ Catholic Diocese of Cleveland (12 September 2012). "Closed Parishes 4/2009 - 6/2010". Cleveland, OH: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ↑ Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. "Policy on Genealogical Research at the Diocese of Cleveland, Archives". Cleveland, OH: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
