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St. James is a Roman Catholic church in Stratford, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport. History. The Gothic Revival church was designed by J. Gerald ...
At the Protest of many in the parish, the old church was torn down, with few artifacts spared. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s the New Parish Building underwent many changes. The simple sanctuary was repainted and new fixtures introduced. In 1995, St. James welcomed a community of Vietnamese immigrants into the parish.
The Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater (formerly St. James Catholic Church) is a church building and parish of the Catholic Church located in Vancouver, Washington, United States. The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Seattle and traces its roots to the initial arrival of missionary priests in the Oregon Country in the 1830s; its first ...
St. James' Roman Catholic Church is located at 32 James Street between St. James Place and Madison Street in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. [3] It is the second oldest Roman Catholic building in the city, built in 1835–1837 of fieldstone , with a pair of Doric columns flanking the entrance. [ 2 ]
In 1698, St. James' Parish opened the first parochial lending library of the American parishes of the Church of England. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Bray donated 118 books for the library that year. The Reverend Henry Hall was called as the first rector, and remained at St. James' until his death in 1722. When the old church became inadequate for the ...
The name of the parish was changed to St Agatha-St James in 1976, following a merger with the nearby St. Agatha's Church (at 38th and Spring Garden Streets in Powelton Village). [1] The old St Agatha's Church had suffered multiple fires, which coupled with the decline in the parish population, precipitated the decision to merge the two parishes.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Brooklyn. [2] It is located at the corner of Jay Street and Cathedral Place in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. [3] It was built in 1903 and designed by George H. Streeton in the Neo-Georgian style. [1]
St. James Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded as a parish of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1853, the current Brick Gothic church was built in 1884, and served as a parish church for 120 years until its closure in 2004.