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Saint Patrick Church is the second-oldest Catholic church building in Columbus. [11] The structure served as the pro-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus until the consecration of Saint Joseph Cathedral. It has been served by priests of the Dominican Order since 1885. [12] It is also an Ohio historical site. [13]
Sacred Heart Church (Columbus, Ohio) St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio) Saint Leo Oratory (Columbus, Ohio) Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church; Saint Patrick Church (Columbus, Ohio) St. Therese Retreat Center
Because of the rising Catholic population on the South Side of Columbus in the early 1900s, Bishop Henry K. Moeller called upon Father Charles Kessler, then the assistant pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral [2]: 221–222 to organize a new parish from the territory of St. Mary Church [3] under the patronage of St. Leo the Great.
The Gothic Revival building was completed in 1848 and is the oldest church in Columbus. [3] The church, along with the school and rectory also on the property, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [4] The parish was suppressed and its territory absorbed by St. Joseph Cathedral in 2023, but remains open for public ...
The cathedral c. 1900-10. St. Joseph Parish, named after Saint Joseph, was founded by members of St. Patrick's Parish in Columbus in 1866 to alleviate overcrowding. Its pastor, the Rev. Edward M. Fitzgerald, began to plan for the church, raised money, formed a building committee and secured property on Broad Street and Fifth for $13,500. [1]
Holy Family Church is situated in Franklinton, the oldest neighborhood in Columbus. The Catholic population of the early 1850s consisted of only a few families, augmented for a short time by a small number of laborers who were constructing the National Road. Before 1833 Mass was celebrated occasionally in the homes of the few Catholic families.
Sacred Heart Church is a parish church of the Diocese of Columbus in the Italian Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The parish was founded in 1875, making it the third-oldest parish in the diocese. [1] The current Tudor Gothic church was completed in 1923.
The church's name refers to the ancient Christian belief that the mother of Jesus Christ was "assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." [9] The church spire towers 197 feet (60 m) above street level making it a prominent landmark and the tallest building in the historic German Village neighborhood south of downtown Columbus. [10]