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Bristol County Church Records
Church incorporations, 1855-1871 FamilySearch Library
Churches in Bristol County in 1926
In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 216 churches listed here reported from Bristol County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.
Acushnet
Acushnet Friends – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Long Plain Preparative Meeting
Acushnet Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: George H. Young
Long Plain – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern, New Bedford District. Pastor: James Wilcock
Long Plain Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Baptist Association. Pastor: Norman D. Bailey
Long Plain Friends Church – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Sandwich Quarterly Meeting
Perry Hill's Christian Church – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), R. I. + Massachusetts. Pastor: C. H. Cook
St. Francis Xavier – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River, Mass. Pastor: Andrew Lariviere
Attleboro
Attleboro A.M.E. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New England Conference. Pastor: C. H. Hall
Attleboro Branch – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Southern New England. Pastor: Earle R. Bradshaw
Attleboro Spiritualist Church – National Spiritualist Association, Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists. Pastor: Itinerant Pastors
Bethany Congregational – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association. Pastor: Frank L. Briggs
Centenary – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern, Providence District. Pastor: Victor V. Sawyer
Christian Alliance Tabernacle – Christian and Missionary Alliance. Pastor: John W. Gathany
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Baptist Asso. Pastor: James W. Leonard
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: Arthur W. Edwards
Holy Ghost – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Manuel G. Salvador
Immanuel – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, New England Conference of the Augustana Synod. Pastor: Carl A. Lindevall
Murray Universalist Church – Universalist Church, Massachusetts Universalist Convention. Pastor: Isaac Veeder Lobdell
Pilgrim – Unitarians
Saint Joseph – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Antoine Berube
Second Congregational – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association. Pastor: J. Lee Mitchell Ph.D.
St. John the Evangelist's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: David F. Sheedy
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: P. S. McGee
Swedish Evangelical Free Church – Congregational, Eastern Missionary Association. Pastor: Alfred P. Engstrom
Berkley
Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association. Pastor: Albert H. Plumb
Dartmouth
Allen's Neck – Society of Friends (Orthodox), New England yearly meeting of Friends. Pastor: Bertha V. Smith
Apponegansett – Quaker Society of Friends, Sandwich Quarterly Meeting
Smith Mills Christian Church – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island + Massachusetts. Pastor: Uel Anderson
St. George – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Philias Jalbert
Dighton
Dighton – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Ass'n. Pastor: H. E. Olcott
Main Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Herbert M. Frazer
Unitarian Society – Unitarians. Pastor: George L. Thompson
West Dighton Christian Church – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Conference, R. I. + Mass.
Easton
Central M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern, Providence District. Pastor: Charles S. Johnson
Easton Evangelical – Congregational Churches, Pilgrim Assoc. Pastor: C. H. Baldwin
Fairhaven
Center Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Orion L. Griswold
First – Congregational Churches, Old Colony Association. Pastor: George D. Owen
Sacred Hearts' Church – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River, Mass. Pastor: Seraphin Ooghe SS.CC
St. Joseph of Many Denominations – Old Catholic church in America, Diocese of Fall River. Pastor: Stanislaw Bernard
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Fall River. Pastor: Charles De Baetselier
Unitarian Memorial Church – Unitarians, Channing Conference. Pastor: Wm. H. Parker
Fall River
3rd Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Association, Mass. Pastor: Hubert B. Francis
Bethel A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New England A.M.E. Conference. Pastor: C. H. Collins
Blessed Sacrament – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Oscar Boucher
Bogle St. – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island & Massachusetts. Pastor: Henry Arnold
Brayton M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern Conference, New Bedford District. Pastor: F. W. Dunham
Central Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association of Congregational Churches. Pastor: Clarence E. Hellens
Church of the Most Holy Name – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: George B. McNamee
Espirito Santo – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Manuel S. Travassos
Fall River Branch – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Southern New England District. Pastor: James W. Heap
Fall River Corps – Salvation Army, Mass and R.I. Pastor: Herbert G. Sparks
Fall River Friends Church – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. Pastor: Roscoe E. Trueblood
First – Congregational Churches. Pastor: John E. LeBosquet
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Baptist Association. Pastor: Albert C. Thomas
First Christian – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island & Massachusetts. Pastor: H. Russell Clem
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Polish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Polish National Catholic Church of America, Eastern Diocese. Pastor: F. B. Miklaszewski
First Spiritualist Lyceum – National Spiritualist Association, Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists. Pastor: Sarah Owen
French Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Edward P. Massey
Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren II
Holy Cross – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Raphael Marciniak
Holy Trinity – North American Old Roman Catholic Church. Pastor: Wladyslaw Dyniewicz
Manchester Evangelical – Evangelical Church, New England Conference. Pastor: Clarence W. Smith
New Jerusalem – General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Mass. Association. Pastor: C. W. Clodfelter
North Christian – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island and Massachusetts Christian Conference. Pastor: E. J. Bodman
North Fall River – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Frank A. LePage
Notre Dame de Lourdes – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: L. J. Robert
Our Lady of Health – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: F. C. Bettencourt
Our Lady of the Angels – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: A. M. Fortuna
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: H. Mezzatesta
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River, Mass. Pastor: G. H. Flanagan
Pilgrim – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association
Plain Street Italian M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, N. E. Southern. Pastor: Francesco Guglielmi
Quarry Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Clifton E. Chase
Rodman and Cambridge Sts. – Northern Baptist Convention, Mass. Baptist Convention. Pastor: John P. Santos
Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Edward J. Carr
Salem – Negro Baptists, Taunton Baptist Asso. Pastor: William J. Smith
Santo Christo – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Manuel A. Silva
SS. Peter and Paul – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Thomas A. Kelly
St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church of Fall River – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Mannes Marion, O.P., D.D.
St. Anthony of Padua – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Antonio Carmo
St. Anthony of the Desert – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Caesar Phares
St. Elizabeth of Portugal – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River, Mass.
St. John the Baptist – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: L. N. Blanchet
St. John the Baptist – Roman Catholic Church, Ruthenian Greek. Pastor: Y. M. Skrotsky
St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Joseph P. Lyons
St. Louis' – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Timothy P. Sweeney
St. Mary's of the Assumption – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: James M. Quinn
St. Matthew's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Napoleon A. Messier
St. Michael's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: John F. Ferraz
St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: James E. Cassidy
St. Roch's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Charles E. Clerk
St. Stanislaus' – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Hugo Dylla
St. William's R. C. Church – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: John F. Doyle
Summerfield M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Guy M. Ovenshire
Sykes Primitive Methodist – Primitive Methodist Church in the United States of America, Eastern. Pastor: Clement Crawley
The Baptist Temple – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Association. Pastor: Samuel A. McDougall
Union – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Robert A. Colpitts
Unitarian Society in Fall River – Unitarians. Pastor: John Nicol Wark
Freetown
First Christian, Assonet – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island + Mass. Pastor: Clarence F. Gifford
Freetown – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern - New Bedford District. Pastor: Amos M. Bruce
Mansfield
Emmanuel Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern District, Providence. Pastor: Lyman G. Horton
First – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton. Pastor: Ralph M. Barker
First Spiritualist Church – National Spiritualist Association, Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists
Mansfield Society of the New Jerusalem Church – General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Massachusetts Association of the N.J.C. Pastor: Students of Theological School
Mansfield Universalist Church – Universalist Church. Pastor: Harry E. Bouillard
Orthodox Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Simeon E. Cozad
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Hugh B. Harold Adm.
W. Mansfield Christian Church – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), R. I. and Mass. Pastor: Guy T. Walters
New Bedford
Unnamed congregation – Universalist Church. Pastor: Percy Thompson Smith
Allen Street M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Raymond W. Hibbard
Bethel A.M.E. – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New England. Pastor: Chas. B. Crawford
Church of God and Saints of Christ – Church of God and Saints of Christ. Pastor: John A. Dinzey
Church of The Holy Name – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River - Massachusetts. Pastor: James M. Coffey
Church of the Nazarene – Church of the Nazarene, New England. Pastor: Robert J. Kirkland
Douglas Memorial – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New England Cnf. Pastor: J. B. Wallace
First – Congregational Churches, Old Colony Conference
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Association. Pastor: Henry B. Williams
First Church of Christ, Scientist of New Bedford – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Congregational Society – Unitarians. Pastor: E. Stanton Hodgin
First Portuguese – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: William H. Moseley
First Spiritual Harmony Church – National Spiritualist Association, Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists. Pastor: Jennie Southworth
French Mission, 196 Cedar Grove St. – Northern Baptist Convention, Massachusetts Baptist Convention, Boston. Pastor: Samuel P. G. Delattre
Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren II
Greek Orthodox Church "St. George" – Greek Orthodox Church (Hellenic), Diocese of Boston, Mass. Pastor: Asterios Papasteriou
Holy Rosary – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: J. Edmond Potvin
Howard – Methodist Episcopal Church, N. Eng. Southern New Bedford Dist. Pastor: Harold H. Critchlow
Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: A. P. Santos
Immanuel Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Baptist Association. Pastor: Joseph Albert Vachon
Mass. Conference, New Bedford Br. – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake Eastern States. Pastor: Herbert J. May
New Bedford – Church of the Nazarene, New England District. Pastor: B. M. Duarte
New Bedford #1 Corps – Salvation Army, Mass. & Rhode Island New England Province. Pastor: James W. Beech, Adjt.
New Bedford Meeting – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Sandwich Quarterly Meeting. Pastor: Alvano C. Goddard
North Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Baptist Association. Pastor: Howard G. Kennedy
North Christian – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island and Mass. Pastor: Herbert Milton Hainer
North Congregation – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Frank E. Ramsdell
Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Antonio P. Vieira
Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Andrew St. Baj
Our Lady of Purgatory – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Peter Aschkar
Our Lady of the Assumption – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Stephen Couturiaux
Our Lady Perpetual Help Church – Old Catholic Church in America, Fall River, Massachusetts. Pastor: A. Rodrigues
Pleasant Street M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: G. H. Holmes
Polish Church St. Hedwigs – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Fall River. Pastor: Francis A. Mrozinski
Portuguese Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Massachusetts Baptist Convention. Pastor: Antonio J. Rodrigues
Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Omer Valois
Scandinavian Trinity – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana, New England Conf. Pastor: Hjalmar Tillman
Second Spiritualist Church – National Spiritualist Association, Massachusetts State
South Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton. Pastor: Benjamin Lomax
St. Anne's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: J. Th. Giguere
St. Anthony of Padua – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River, Mass. Pastor: L. A. Marchand
St. Boniface – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Nicholas Fett
St. Hyacinth's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: A. Gauthier
St. James' – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: H. J. Noon
St. John the Baptist – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River Mass. Pastor: C. J. Borges
St. John's – United Lutheran Church in America, Ministerium of New York. Pastor: M. A. Baum
St. Kilian's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: J. J. Brady
St. Lawrence – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: John F. McKeon
St. Mary's – Old Catholic Church in America, Diocese of Fall River. Pastor: Francis McKeon
St. Theresa – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: J. N. Hamel
The Scandinavian Elim Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, The Swedish Bapt. Conf. of New England. Pastor: J. A. H. Rosendahl
Thompson St. – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, East of Mass. District. Pastor: Abram Law
Trinitarian – Congregational Churches, Old Colony Conference. Pastor: Roy B. Guild D. D.
Trinity – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Leonard C. Harris
Union Baptist – Negro Baptists, Mass. Baptist Convention, Taunton. Pastor: Chas. H. Shelton
Wesley – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern - New Bedford District. Pastor: Amos M. Bruce
North Attleborough
Central Congl. Church – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association. Pastor: Eber Eldon Craig
North Easton
Lebanon – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana, New England Conf. Pastor: A. J. Hilmer
Swd. Mission Ebd-Melek Church – Congregational Churches, Eastern Missionary Association. Pastor: Gustaf E. Johnson
Unity Church of North Easton – Unitarians. Pastor: Roydon C. Leonard
Norton
First Congregational – Unitarians. Pastor: Walter A. Tuttle
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: John L. McNamara
Trinitarian Congregational – Congregational Churches, Massachusetts Conference of Cong'l Churches / Taunton Association. Pastor: George H. Cummings
Raynham
Second Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: C. Leonard Holton
Seekonk
1st Free Methodist Church of Seekonk – Free Methodist Church of North America, New York Conference. Pastor: Fred Van Sickle
Hebron Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Providence R.I. Pastor: Lorenzo A. Cooney
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Charles R. Smith
The Luthers Corner Union Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Taunton Conference. Pastor: Harold C. Cutbill
Smith Mills
Friends Meeting House – Orthodox Conservative Friends (Wilburite), Dartmouth Monthly Meeting of Friends
Somerset
Unnamed congregation – Federated Churches, Bapt., Cong. & M.E. Pastor: Arthur H. Wilde
First Christian Church – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), R. I. and Mass. Conference. Pastor: Frank L. Gardner
South Somerset M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: Joseph T. Timperley JR.
St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: William F. Sullivan
Swansea Monthly Meeting – Society of Friends (Orthodox), New England Yearly meeting. Pastor: William C. Hartnett
Swansea
First Baptist Church of Swansea Mass – Northern Baptist Convention, Taunton Association, Mass State Convention. Pastor: Frederick J. Dark
First Christian Church of Swansea – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island and Massachusetts
St. Dominic – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Bernard Percot, O.P.
Taunton
Unnamed congregation – Salvation Army. Pastor: Harriet Barber, Capt.
Broadway Church – Congregational Churches, Taunton Association. Pastor: Frank B. McAllister
Calvary M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern. Pastor: M. E. Barrett
First Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England So. Pastor: Oscar J. Aldrich
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: Wm. A. Taylor
First Congregational Society – Unitarians. Pastor: Dan Huntington Fenn
First Universalist Church – Universalist Church. Pastor: Cornelius Greenway
Holy Rosary – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Michael Drzewucki
North Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Roger Williams Association. Pastor: M. P. Tobey
North Dighton – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Eng Southern. Pastor: S. T. Lippincott
Our Lady of Lourdes – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: D. A. Raposo
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Michael J. O'Reilly
Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Edward Moriarty
Saint Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: James Coyle
St. Anthony's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Alex. F. Laura
St. James – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: Alfred Carrier
St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: John W. Quirk
St. Paul's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Massachusetts. Pastor: Walter Roy Tourtellot
St. Paul's – Roman Catholic Church, Fall River. Pastor: George F. Cain
St. Thomas – Protestant Episcopal Church, Massachusetts. Pastor: Henry Martyn Medary
Taunton Christadelphian Ecclesia – Christadelphians
Union Congregational – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Edward H. Chandler
West Congregational – Congregational Churches, Taunton association. Pastor: J. Raymond Chadwick
Winslow – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Edmund A. Burnham
Winthrop St. Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention. Pastor: W. Douglas Swaggield
Westport
Church of The Good Shepherd – Independent Churches. Pastor: Arnold F. Waring
Fourth Christian Brownell's Corners – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island & Massachusetts Christian Conference. Pastor: Daniel Smith
Pacific Union – Congregational Churches, Old Colony Association. Pastor: Alexander C. MacRae
Second Christian Church of Westport – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Rhode Island & Massachusetts Conference. Pastor: Uel Anderson
Westport Point M. E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Southern - New Bedford District. Pastor: George H. Young
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