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St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)

St. Patrick's Cathedral
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View of the cathedral from Fifth Avenue
Location Midtown Manhattan,
New York City
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Tradition Latin Rite
Website www.saintpatrickscathedral.org
History
Dedication October 5, 1910
Earlier dedication May 29, 1879
Architecture
Status Cathedral
Functional status Active
Architect(s) James Renwick, Jr.
Style Decorated Neo-Gothic
Specifications
Length 396.7 feet (120.9 m)
Number of spires 2
Spire height 329.5 feet (100.4 m)
Bells 19 (29,122.73 lbs)
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of New York
Clergy
Archbishop Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Rector Rev. Msgr. Robert T. Ritchie
Laity
Director of music Dr. Jennifer Pascual
Organist(s) Daniel Brondel
Michael Hey
RCIA coordinator Sueanne Nilsen
St. Patrick's Cathedral Complex
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan) is located in New York City
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan) is located in New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan) is located in the US
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)
Location in New York City
Coordinates 40°45′31″N 73°58′35″W / 40.75861°N 73.97639°W / 40.75861; -73.97639Coordinates: 40°45′31″N 73°58′35″W / 40.75861°N 73.97639°W / 40.75861; -73.97639
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1878
NRHP Reference # 76001250
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 8, 1976
Designated NHL December 8, 1976
Designated NYCL October 19, 1966

The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States and a prominent landmark of New York City. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center and specifically facing the Atlas statue.

The land on which the present cathedral sits was purchased in 1810. The Jesuit community built a college on the site, three miles north of the city. It contained a "fine old house," which was fitted with a chapel of St. Ignatius. The school closed in 1814 and the Jesuits sold the lot to the diocese. In 1813, the diocese gave use of the property to Dom Augustin LeStrange, abbot of a community of Trappists (from the original monastery of La Trappe) who came to America fleeing persecution by French authorities. In addition to a small monastic community, they also looked after some thirty-three orphans. With the downfall of Napoleon in that year, the Trappists returned to France in 1815, abandoning the property. The property at this point was designated for a future cemetery. The neighboring orphanage was maintained by the diocese into the late nineteenth century. Some of the Trappists resettled to Canada and eventually founded St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts.


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