Margaret Krzeminski has pretty much spent her entire life living in West Haven’s Allingtown section and going to church at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church on First Avenue. Now, after all these years, Krzeminski — like parishioners at churches across the area as the Archdiocese of Hartford consolidates parishes from 212 to 127 — is facing big changes.

For years, St. Paul’s — which celebrated its 100th anniversary in September 2016 — has been at the center of the Krzeminskis’ lives. “I was baptized there. I made my First Communion. I made my confirmation there and I was married there,” said Krzeminski, who has been married to retired New Haven Police Officer Anthony Krzeminski for 53 years.