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St. Joseph

Biography

Location: Monroe County, Rochester Downtown
Address: 108 Franklin St. Map
Parish formed: 1835
Present church built: July 26, 1846
Present affiliation: Closed - demolished
Date Closed: Oct. 18, 1974 (fire destroys church)
Web site: n/a

Pastors/Rectors/Administrators

Redemptorist priests:
  • Fr. Joseph Prost, 1836-1838
  • Fr. Peter Czackert, 1838
  • Fr. John Neumann, 1838-1839
  • Fr. Simon Saenderl, 1839-1842
  • Fr. Benedict Bayer, 1842-1845
  • Fr. Francis Tschenens, 1845-1847
  • Fr. Anthony Urbanczick, 1847-1849
  • Fr. Alexander Cvitkovicz, 1849-1851
  • Fr. Felix Bretschka, 1851-1855
  • Fr. John DeDyker, 1855-1859
  • Fr. Maximus Leimgruber, 1859-1861
  • Fr. Thaddeus Anwander, 1861-1862
  • Fr. Lawrence Holzer, 1862-1865
  • Fr. George Ruland, 1865-1874
  • Fr. Thaddeus Anwander, 1874-1877
  • Fr. Peter Zimmer, 1877-1879
  • Fr. Stephen Schneider, 1879-1880
  • Fr. Joseph Froelich, 1880-1887
  • Fr. Joseph Wirth, 1887-1893
  • Fr. William Wayrich, 1893-1894
  • Fr. Matthias Kuborn, 1894-1895
  • Fr. Caspar Ritter, 1896-1898
  • Fr. Philip Rossbach, 1898-1901
  • Fr. William Kessel, 1901-1915
  • Fr. Frederick Hennes, 1915
  • Fr. Florian Reichert, 1915-1919
  • Fr. Paul Holz, 1919-1921
  • Fr. John Behr, 1921-1926
  • Fr. John Lieberth, 1926-1931
  • Fr. Joseph Schmidt, 1931-1932
  • Fr. Louis Vollmer, 1932-1933
  • Fr. Frederick Nastvogel, 1933-1939
  • Fr. Stephen Aulbach, 1939-1945
  • Fr. Charles Guttenberger, 1945-1947
  • Fr. John Prosser, 1947-1950
  • Fr. James Connolly, 1950-1954
  • Fr. Gerald Whelan, 1954-1959
  • Fr. Joseph Berton, 1959-1964
  • Fr. John Clerkin, 1964-1970
  • Fr. Albert Reisner, 1970-1975
  • Fr. Bernard Power, 1975-1979 (Redemporistis acquire Our Lady of Victory and decision made not to rebuild St. Joseph church during his tenure)

History

Coming soon...

Exterior Photographs

Inside the park
Historical Photographs

St. Francis de Sales Chapel for the Deaf

The Fire

St. Joseph Park

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