Pastoral visit to Sussex County’s second oldest parish

Bishop Serratelli makes pastoral visit to Immaculate Conception Church in Sussex County

FRANKLIN  Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Immaculate Conception Church here Aug. 23 where he celebrated Mass for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Boguslaw Kobus, pastor, concelebrated the Mass.

In 1867, Immaculate Conception became the second church established in Sussex County as a mission of St. Joseph in Newton. It was established as a separate parish in 1881. The present church was built on Church Street in 1902. Immaculate Conception has been responsible for the development of mission churches at Sussex, Ogdens­burg, Lake Mohawk, Stockholm and Hamburg. The parish school opened in 1961 and was regionalized in 1974.