St. Ambrose Church (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

St. Ambrose Church was a Catholic parish church in Bridgeport, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport. The church was sometimes referred to as the Church on the Hill. St. Ambrose's Church was a landmark in this part of Bridgeport, Connecticut, built in a Romanesque style in 1939 to the designs of Brooklyn architect Anthony J. DePace of DePace & Juster. The parish was closed in 2012.^[1] In 2022, the property was announced as the new site of Fairfield Bellarmine, a new campus of Fairfield University.^[2]

St. Ambrose Church
Location	1596 Boston Ave Bridgeport, Connecticut
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s)	Anthony J. DePace of DePace & Juster
Administration
Province	Hartford
Diocese	Bridgeport
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Frank Caggiano

References

1. Burgeson, John (2011-10-12). "The faithful rattled by planned closing of three Catholic churches in Bridgeport". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
2. "Fairfield University Announces Location of Bellarmine Campus in Partnership With Diocese of Bridgeport at Site of Former St. Ambrose School | Fairfield University". Press Releases | Fairfield University. Retrieved 2022-12-16.

External links

• St. Ambrose Parish Website
• St. Ambrose - Diocesan information Archived 2016-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Diocese of Bridgeport

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