Saint Amelia Catholic Church

Saint Amelia Catholic Church A Catholic Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. We seek to proclaim Jesus Christ and make disciples of all nations. Monsignor Thomas F. Henry J.

In the years following World War II, the Buffalo suburbs expanded rapidly. In 1953, the Bishop of Buffalo, Joseph A. Burke, selected his own secretary, Monsignor John Lodge McHugh to shepherd the newly formed parish. The first Sunday Mass was celebrated on Sept. 13, 1953. Saint Amelia School was opened in September of 1955 by the Felician Sisters, who served until 1995, when the leadership was pas

sed to a lay principal. In the fall of 1970 the new church was opened. Designed by architect Ed Egan, a parishioner, the church has the largest seating capacity in the diocese, accommodating 1500 worshipers. The old church was transformed into a gymnasium. Maloney, came in August of 1995. The parish marked its Golden Jubilee on Sept. 13, 2003, with a Mass concelebrated by our Bishop, Most Rev. Mansell, and two dozen priests who had served the parish. The parish marked its Sixtieth Anniversary on September 13, 2013 with a Mass celebrated by son of the parish, Bishop Gregory Hartmayer of Savannah, and concelebrated by three bishops and twelve priests

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2999 Eggert Road
Tonawanda, NY
14150

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+17168360011

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