St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church

	St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Saint Hedwig's in 2025
Location	Linden and S. Harrison Sts., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′25″N 75°33′58″W / 39.74028°N 75.56611°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	Brilmaier, A.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	82001024
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1982

LocationLinden and S. Harrison Sts., Wilmington, Delaware

Coordinates39°44′25″N 75°33′58″W / 39.74028°N 75.56611°W

Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)

Built1904

St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Linden and South Harrison streets in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. St. Hedwig's serves as the only architecturally visible anchor or centerpiece for the Wilmington Polish community.^[2] The parish operated St. Hedwig's High School from 1960 to the 1970s.^[3] It was built in 1904, and is a cruciform shaped church constructed of soft gray brick (concrete block with brick veneer) with details in limestone. It is in the late Gothic Revival style. The front facade features a set of three double doors flanked by 80' spires terminating in cross gable spires. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Bishops	Thomas Albert Andrew Becker Alfred Allen Paul Curtis John James Joseph Monaghan Edmond John Fitzmaurice Michael William Hyle Thomas Mardaga Robert Edward Mulvee Michael Angelo Saltarelli William Francis Malooly William Edward Koenig
Coadjutor bishop	Hubert James Cartwright
Churches	List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Cathedral Cathedral of St. Peter Parishes St. Joseph Church, Greenville, DE St. John the Baptist Church, Newark, DE St. Joseph's Church, Middletown, DE St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, MD St. Francis Xavier Church, Warwick, MD Resurrection Church, Wilmington, DE Immaculate Conception Parish, Elkton, MD St. Anthony's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Catherine of Siena Church, New Castle County, DE St. Hedwig's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Joseph's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Wilmington, DE St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilmington, DE
Education	High schools Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE St. Mark's High School, New Castle County, DE Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE Primary schools Mount Aviat Academy, Childs, MD St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, DE Immaculate Conception School, Elkton, MD Former colleges and schools St. Mary's College St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE
Priests	John Barres Benjamin Joseph Keiley
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