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St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church . The cathedral occupies a city block bounded by Fifth Avenue , Madison Avenue , 50th Street , and 51st Street , directly across from Rockefeller Center .
St. Patrick's Cathedral holds the heaviest change-ringing peal of bells in Ireland, [29] which are also the tenth heaviest in the world. [30] They consist of a 12-bell diatonic peal (tenor: 0 long tons 45 cwt 1 qr 18 lb (5,086 lb or 2.307 t))and 3 semitone bells, with the main peal being tuned to the key of C. [31]
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral School at 32 Prince Street, across from the cathedral, predates the church itself. It was built in 1825–1826 as the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, operated by the Sisters of Charity. In 1851, the asylum became for girls only, and in 1886 became St. Patrick's Convent and Girls School, before turning co-educational again.
In 2015, the church became part of the parish of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Mass is celebrated at Most Precious Blood on Wednesdays and Sundays. In 2018, the parish rectory on Mulberry Street was listed for sale. [5]
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Lower Manhattan, New York City Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina) Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
With origins of the first Mass occurring on the present day site of the cathedral dating from 1803, St Patrick's was extensively rebuilt after a 1996 fire devastated the original church that was established in 1854. A tower was built on the original St Patrick's Church which was consecrated in 1880 and blessed in 1883.
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After the old Saint Raphael's Cathedral was destroyed by arson in 2005, St. Patrick's, Holy Redeemer, and St. Raphael's were merged to form the new Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael. The merger of the three downtown parishes was announced in October 2007 and executed on July 1, 2008, part of the ongoing major realignment of parishes in the ...