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Catholic parish of the southeast side · organized 1926 · 4525 Arlington Avenue · active, November 2026 · not the New Haven parish of 1861
Founding: The genealogical society's church list dates this parish from 1926 and carries it active; the Allen County Public Library's congregational directory holds its published histories and its dedication booklet. The parish stands at 4525 Arlington Avenue in the city's southeast. Its founding narrative — the founding pastor and the first building's dates — is not carried in the digitized sources this gazetteer could reach, and is named here as an open item rather than filled in.
A namesake kept apart: St. John the Baptist of New Haven, at 943 Powers Avenue, organized in 1861 with registers running 1861 to 1980, is the older parish of the same name in the next city east and belongs to the county's record.
Sources:
- Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, church list: "St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Wayne Township, 1926, active"; the Adams Township parish of 1861 listed separately.
- Allen County Public Library, Congregational Records, Histories, and Directories (4525 Arlington Ave.; parish histories and dedication booklet held).
- Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Bishop D'Arcy tribute issue, Today's Catholic, 17 February 2013 (parish building program).