St. Patrick's Church
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Marker Inscription
Saint Patrick's Church. Established 1833 by Bishop Leo de Neckère, C.M. This church, completed in 1840 during the pastorate of Father James I. Mullon, is the oldest parish church outside the French Quarter. In 1850 St. Patrick's served as Pro-Cathedral while the St. Louis Cathedral was undergoing reconstruction. Here Bishop Antoine Blanc received the Pallium as first Archbishop of New Orleans on February 16, 1851. St. Patrick's is regarded as the mother church of uptown New Orleans. Archdiocesan Bicentennial Commission.
Erected by Archdiocesan Bicentennial Commission
The Story
Established in 1833 and completed in 1840, St. Patrick's is the oldest parish church outside the French Quarter, built to serve New Orleans's English-speaking Catholics apart from the older Creole parishes. In 1850 it briefly served as pro-cathedral while St. Louis Cathedral was rebuilt, and here in 1851 Antoine Blanc received the pallium as the first Archbishop of New Orleans.
Why it matters
As the mother church of uptown New Orleans, it marks the rise of the city's Irish and American Catholic community in the antebellum era.
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Related people
- · James I. Mullon
- · Antoine Blanc
- · Leo de Neckère
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