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