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bostoncatholic.org. The Archdiocese of Boston (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bostoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The archdiocese is the fourth largest in the United States.
St. Brigid Church, 1981 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington Founded as a mission in 1848 for Irish immigrants, became a parish in 1886. Current church dedicated in 1957. Now part of Catholic Parishes of Lexington [156] Concord-Carlisle Catholic Collaborative St. Irene Church, 181 East St, Carlisle: Now part of Concord-Carlisle Collaborative [157]
The Redemptorists built a modest wooden church on the location in 1870. This was to serve as a "mission house", a home base for priests traveling to distant parts of Massachusetts, Canada, and elsewhere. [7] The church was dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The first Catholic Mass was offered on January 29, 1871. The original structure ...
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, with territory that extends over the United States and Canada, was established on January 1, 2012, for former Anglicans who join the Catholic Church. [1] The Catholic Church in the United States has a total of 196 particular churches in the 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and the U.S ...
The first Catholic church on Cape Cod was St. Peter's, constructed in Sandwich in 1830. Fall River received it first Catholic church in 1837 when St. John the Baptist was completed. [7] In 1869, the first Portuguese language parish in the country was started in Fall River. The Diocese of Providence was erected by Pope Pius IX on February 17 ...
May 8, 1973. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and is the largest Roman Catholic church in New England. [2] When construction was finished, the cathedral rivaled both Old South Church and Trinity Church in grandeur. The cathedral is located in the city's South End neighborhood, at 1400 ...
Coordinates: 42°11′51.1″N 70°55′47.2″W. St. Albert the Great Church is a Roman Catholic parish located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Its pastor is Father Charles J. Higgins, VF, and the parochial vicar is Father Peter J. Casey. [1] It rose to recognition in 2004 after parishioners staged a 24-hour vigil at the church in response to ...
Bulfinch's sketch of the interior. St. Stephen's Church is a historic church in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1802–1804 as the New North Church or New North Meeting House and was designed by the noted architect Charles Bulfinch. It is the only one of the five churches he designed in Boston to remain extant.