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The current church was built in 1913; it is a San Francisco Historic landmark [23] Old St. Mary's Cathedral: 660 California St. 1854 Gothic Revival church built in 1854. It is a San Francisco landmark [24] St. Boniface 133 Golden Gate Ave. 1860 [25] St. Patrick: 756 Mission St. 1851 Church rebuilt after 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
The abbey church became a cathedral on the formation of the Diocese of Saint-Denis by Pope Paul VI in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis, currently (since 2009) Pascal Delannoy. Although known as the "Basilica of St Denis", the cathedral has not been granted the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican. [8]
It is also known as the St. Francis Parish, and the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. It has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark (no. 5) since September 3, 1968. [ 2 ] On October 1, 1972, the building was declared to be a landmark by the California Historical Society ; and in September 1999, it became known as the ...
Pope Pius IX named Bishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany of Monterey as the first archbishop of San Francisco. Old St. Mary's Cathedral on California Street was dedicated in 1854. In 1855, the Society of Jesus founded St. Ignatius Academy in San Francisco, the forerunner of the University of San Francisco. [9]
In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. [1]
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The neighborhood is centered on St. Mary's Cathedral on the corner of Geary Street and Gough Street.. It is home to large condominium and apartment towers, plus numerous churches built atop the hill, including St. Mary's Cathedral, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, The First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, and the Hamilton Baptist Church.
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