Daniel J. Plocharczyk
2024
Reverend Monsignor Daniel J. Plocharczyk, 75, retired Pastor of Sacred Heart Church, New Britain, died peacefully on Friday, April 12, 2024. Msgr. Dan, son of the late Joseph and Sophie (Marszalek) Plocharczyk, was born July 17, 1948 in New Britain. Msgr. Dan graduated from Sacred Heart School, New Britain; St. Thomas Seminary High School and St. Thomas Seminary Junior College, Bloomfield, and St. Mary Seminary, Baltimore, MD. He was ordained a priest by the late Archbishop John F. Whealon on May 25, 1974, at St. Joseph Cathedral, Hartford. He was nominated by Archbishop Daniel Cronin and was named a Prelate of Honor (Monsignor) on August 4, 1993, by Pope John Paul II. His parish...