The Saint Patrick’s Church of South Hadley is the first Catholic church in South Hadley. It opened at 7 Crescent Lane in 1867.
stop 1 – Rectory
name | years | image | burial | |||
1 | Patrick Harkins | 1867-1878 | Saint Jerome Cemetery (Holyoke) | |||
2 | David McGrath | July 18 1878 to 1882 | Saint Mary’s Cemetery (Milford, Massachusetts) | |||
3 | Lawrence Dervin | 1882 to 1885 | Saint John’s Cemetery of Lancaster | 1895 | 22 of Nov | |
4 | Eugene Toher | 1885 to 1901 | Saint Leo Cemetery (Leominster) | 1930 | 7th of Feb | |
5 | John Conway | 1901 to 1913 | Saint Rose Cemetery (South Hadley) | 1913 | 1st of March | |
6 | Dennis Sullivan | 1913 to 1913 | ||||
7 | Humphrey Wren | 1913 to 1933 | ||||
8 | James Casey | 1933 to 1944 | ||||
9 | Martin Tracey | 1944 to 1950 | ||||
10 | John Engstrom | 1950 to 1969 | Saint John’s Cemetery (Worcester) | 1969 | Sept 25 | |
11 | Thomas Price | 1969 to 1982 | 1982 | 2nd of June | ||
12 | Brian Boland | 1982 to 1994 | Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Springfield) | 1994 | 3rd of March | |
13 | Richard M Turner | 1994 to 2001 | ||||
14 | John Sheaffer | 2001 to 2002 | ||||
15 | William Rousseau | 2002 to 2003 | ||||
16 | Thomas Shea | 2003 to 2015 | ||||
17 | James Nolte | 2016 |
stop 2 – Saint Rose Cemetery
stop 3 – church
stop 4 – chapel
stop 5 – social center
stop 6 – statues
stop 7 – neighborhood
stop 8 – Crescent Street church