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Basilica of St. Hyacinth

St. Hyacinth
Basilica
Chicago, IL Basilica of St. Hyacinth.jpg
St. HyacinthBasilica is located in Illinois
St. HyacinthBasilica
St. Hyacinth
Basilica
Coordinates: 41°56′01″N 87°43′07″W / 41.933528°N 87.718694°W / 41.933528; -87.718694
Location Chicago
Country USA
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website St. Hyacinth Basilica
History
Founded 1894 (1894)
Founder(s) Congregation of the Resurrection
Dedication Hyacinth of Poland
Dedicated October 16, 1921 (1921-10-16)
Consecrated  ()
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation For Polish immigrants
Architect(s) Worthmann and Steinbach
Architectural type Basilica
Style Classical Revival
Groundbreaking April 30, 1917 (1917-04-30)
Completed August 7, 1921 (1921-08-07)
Specifications
Materials Brick

St. Hyacinth Basilica, formally the Basilica of St. Hyacinth, (Polish: Bazylika Świętego Jacka) - historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, located at 3636 West Wolfram Street in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. Along with such monumental religious edifices as St. Mary of the Angels, St. Hedwig's, and St. Wenceslaus, it is one of the many monumental Polish churches visible from the Kennedy Expressway.

Founded in 1894 by Resurrectionsists from the city's first Polish parish, St. Stanislaus Kostka, St. Hyacinth became the center of Chicago's most well-known Polish Patch, Jackowo. The parish has been intimately tied in with Chicago's Polish immigrants, particularly those who arrived in the Solidarity and Post-Solidarity waves of Polish migration to Chicago in the 1980s. On June 26, 2003, Pope John Paul II granted the designation of minor basilica, the third church in Illinois to achieve this status. On November 30, 2003, Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., officially proclaimed St. Hyacinth Church a basilica of the Archdiocese of Chicago.


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