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The parish is the first established on the Gulf Coast. When the Mobile settlement was relocated to its present site in 1711, a new parish church was built and was known as Notre Dame de la Mobile (Our Lady of Mobile). [3] In 1781, during the Spanish occupation of Mobile, the parish took its current name, Immaculate Conception. [4]
Former names: Apostolic Vicariate of Alabama and the Floridas (1825-1829), Diocese of Mobile (1829-1954; 1969-1980), Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham (1954-1969). The Archdiocese of Mobile (Latin: Archidiœcesis Mobiliensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in southern Alabama in the
Francis Xavier Parish was established in 1868. The vernacular style building was completed in 1916, replacing a previous structure destroyed in a hurricane . It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1991, as part of the Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission .
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This building was originally the parish church for Saint Vincent de Paul Parish. The neighboring Black parish, St. Peter Claver, was established in 1911. On December 25, 1970 these two parishes were combined to form Prince of Peace. A new St. Vincent de Paul Parish was then established in western Mobile County to serve the Tillmans Corner area.
St. Joseph's Parish was the third oldest in Mobile. It was formed in 1857 to serve Catholics too far removed from the downtown Cathedral and the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in South Mobile. St. Joseph's Parish was approaching its 160th year of service before its closure in 2018.
Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Mobile, Alabama administered by the Josephites. [1] The Knights of Peter Claver , the largest and oldest Black Catholic organization in the United States, was founded by congregants and priests from the parish in 1909.