Parish of Good Shepherd and St. Joseph (Rhinebeck, New York)
The Parish of Good Shepherd and St. Joseph is a parish under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. The church address is Good Shepherd Church, 3 Mulberry Street, Rhinebeck, New York 12572 The parish was founded in 1862 with the establishment of St. Joseph's in Rhinecliff. In 1903, St. Joseph's established the mission church of the Good Shepherd in nearby Rhinebeck. Before long it became apparent that the mission in Rhinebeck had the larger congregation. Good Shepherd became a parish in its own right in 1901. The two parishes were then subsequently merged with Good Shepherd being the parish church and St. Joseph's reduced to a dependent chapel. Good Shepherd, Rhinebeck Rev. James D. Lennon was pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Rhinecliff from April 7, 1900, to April 1, 1903. During his tenure, he purchased the former Episcopal Church property on the corner of East Market and Mulberry Streets in Rhinebeck. Built in 1852, that church had proved too small for the congregation and a new Episcopal Church of the Messiah was opened at Montgomery and Chestnut Streets in 1899. The mission Church of the Good Shepherd was