St. Mary Basilica, Natchez
St. Mary Basilica | |
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31°33′30.96″N 91°24′4.32″W / 31.5586000°N 91.4012000°W | |
Location | 107 S. Union St. Natchez, Mississippi |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Website | www |
St. Mary's Cathedral | |
Part of | Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District (ID79003381[1]) |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1979 |
History | |
Former name(s) | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Founded | 1842 |
Architecture | |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1882 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Jackson |
Clergy | |
Rector | Very Rev. Aaron M. Williams |
St. Mary Basilica, formerly St. Mary's Cathedral, located in
History
The Diocese of Natchez (now the Diocese of Jackson) was erected in 1837, and in 1842 construction began on a new cathedral. It was dedicated on December 25, 1843, but the diocese had to wait until 1882 for the building to be completed, forty years after construction commenced. The building was consecrated on September 19, 1886, and remained the cathedral of the diocese until 1977. It was designated a minor basilica on September 8, 1998, and dedicated as such on September 25, 1999.[3]
In 2007 the body of Bishop
Architecture
Our Lady of Sorrows was designed by Baltimore architect
Original organ is H. Pilcher and Sons dating to 1882. The Basilica underwent some restoration after sustaining damage in a tornado.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Mary Warren Miller. "Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "St. Mary Basilica, Natchez, Mississippi, USA". GCatholic.org. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "Body of first bishop of Mississippi exhumed". Retrieved August 31, 2007.
- ISBN 9781617034091
- ^ "St. Mary Basilica", Conrad Schmitt Studios