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8710 Mt. Vernon Hwy, Alexandria Founded in 1965 [23] Queen of the Apostles 4401 Sano St, Alexandria Founded in 1963, church dedicated in 1965 [24] [25] St. Joseph 711 N. Columbus St, Alexandria Church dedicated in 1916 to serve Alexandria's African-American community [26] St. Lawrence 6222 Franconia Rd, Alexandria
Saint Joseph Catholic Church is a predominantly Black Catholic church located at 711 N. Columbus St in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.It was founded in 1916 to provide African-American parishioners of the local St. Mary's Roman Catholic Parish with their own church, freed from the customary restrictions that segregation imposed on them.
Alexandria historian Michael Miller in his book “Burials in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery 1799-1983” identified the first known burial at the new cemetery as Caven Boa who died August 20, 1799. He was a member of the Corps of Artillery and was buried by full military honors.
The diocese in May 2022 sued the City of Alexandria to block the implementation of an affordable housing project. The issue was an alley separating St. Rita Church and its Catholic school from the planned project. The diocese claimed that the project was unlawfully removing access to the church and school through the alley. [25]
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Catholic Church in Petersville, Maryland (formerly in Frederick) [20] Old Stone Church, a historic site in Centreville, VA, now the location of The Church of the Ascension since 1992. St. Peter the Apostle, Christiansburg, Virginia [21] [22] St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Clifton Forge, Virginia
•1977: Title Changed to Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport •1986: Title Changed to Diocese of Alexandria; lost territory to establish the Diocese of Shreveport •1995: Title of Bishop of Natchitoches Restored as Titular Episcopal See [19] Diocese of Nesqually: Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater •1850.05.31: Established as the Diocese ...
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Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School (also known as DJO [4]) is a private, Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia.It was established by the Diocese of Richmond, but it has been under the direction of the Diocese of Arlington since 1974.