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The diocese broke ground on the new cathedral on April 29, 1866. Williams named it Holy Cross after the relic of holy cross owned by the diocese. This relic was a wooden splinter said to have come from the cross used in the crucifixion of Christ. Williams, now archbishop of Boston, dedicated Holy Cross Cathedral on December 8, 1875. [2]
Holy Cross Cathedral: Franklin Street, Boston Dedicated in 1803, Holy Cross was the first Catholic church in Boston, it became the first cathedral in the new diocese in 1808. It was closed in 1860 and later demolished. [213] Our Lady of Mount Carmel: 128 Gove St, Boston (East Boston)
Both Weston and Holy Cross were members of the Boston Theological Institute, as it was known then. In 1976, the eparchy purchased a house in Newton Centre, Massachusetts as a residence and house of studies for its seminarians, and named it St. Gregory Seminary. [ 19 ]
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae 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. [3]
The 1875 Hook & Hastings organ of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston. The largest extant organ built by the firm is their opus 801 built in 1875 for the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts. This instrument comprises 101 ranks over 3 manuals and pedal.
The Church of the Holy Cross (1803-ca.1862) was located on Franklin Street in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1808 the church became the Cathedral of the Holy Cross . It was designed by Charles Bulfinch and was the first church built for the city's Roman Catholics .
Robert Reed was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 11, 1959, to William and Jeanne Reed. He grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts, attending parochial schools in that town. Reed then attended at St. John's Preparatory School, a Catholic high school in Danvers, Massachusetts. [1] [2] It was during high school that Reed decided to become a priest.