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Holy Ghost Polish Catholic Church

Holy Ghost Polish Catholic Church is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · Interior, 341 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg · location approximate

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The first Polish Catholic parish in Manitoba was founded here by Archbishop Adélard Langevin in 1898 to serve Poles, Ukrainians, Germans, and Slovaks residing in Winnipeg's North End. The parish was established when two Polish priests, Fathers John and Albert Kulawy, of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious order, arrived in Winnipeg. A wood frame Gothic Revival church was built on this site during 1899-1900. It was veneered in brick in 1901 and doubled in size with the addition of transepts, a sanctuary, and a sacristy in 1905-06. The parish became the focal point of Polish culture in Manitoba following the construction of the first Polish school in Canada in 1902 and a rectory in 1903. It served as the base for Oblate missionary activity in Polish communities across Western Canada. A new school was opened in 1958. The church and rectory were demolished in 1986 to make way for the present church.

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La première paroisse polonaise catholique du Manitoba a été créée ici, en 1888, par l'archevêque Adélard Langevin pour les habitants polonais, ukrainiens, allemands et slovaques du quartier nord de Winnipeg. Sa fondation est marquée par l'arrivée à Winnipeg de deux prêtres polonais, les pères John et Albert Kulawy, Oblats de Marie Immaculée. De style néo-Gothique, l'église en bois a été construite en 1899–1900 et revêtue d'un placage en brique en 1901. L'adjonction de transepts, d'un sanctuaire et d'une sacristie en 1905–1906, en double la superficie. La construction de la première école polonaise du Canada (1902) et d'un presbytère (1903) font de la paroisse le foyer de la culture polonaise du Manitoba et de l'ouvre des missionnaires oblats dans les localités polonaises de l'Ouest canadien. Une nouvelle école est ouverte en 1958, mais l'église et le presbytère sont démolis en 1986 pour faire place à l'église actuelle.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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