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Jan 5, 2020 · The cornerstone indicates two dates: 1701, the initial founding, and 1886, with the addition of the brick- and stonework. The church has recycled elements of another church, simply known as "The Stone Church" brought to the site by Father Gabriel Richard, a priest who was ordained in France.
Ste. Anne de Detroit Church was the first church built by settlers in 1701. The church served as the diocese's first cathedral from 1833 to 1848. In 1937, Detroit was elevated to an archdiocese and His Eminence Edward Mooney was named as our first archbishop.
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The archdiocese is divided into four administrative regions: Central (including the cities of Detroit and Hamtramck) Northeast (including Macomb and St. Clair Counties) Northwest (including Oakand and Lapeer Counties)
NameYearLocationStyleAcademy of the Sacred Heart / Grosse ...1928171 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms ...19251880 Wellesley Dr., Detroit 42°26′3″N ...Tudor RevivalChapel of St. Theresa-the Little Flower / ...192658 Parsons St., Detroit 42°20′54″N ...19232701 W. Chicago Blvd., Detroit 42°22′30″N ...Classical Revival, Collegiate GothicBasilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit (Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit) was founded July 26, 1701 by French colonists in New France, [1] and is the second-oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the United States.
Mar 4, 2020 · DETROIT (CNS) -- It took just 319 years, but the Vatican has recognized the special dignity of Detroit's oldest parish, Ste. Anne Parish, with the designation of its church as a minor basilica.
Jul 16, 2019 · Since its founding as a mission of Ste. Anne Oct. 3, 1767, Assumption has been the cultural home of Catholicism in Windsor and western Ontario. Just about every parish west of Montreal can...
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Jul 16, 2019 · Assumption was established as a parish in its own right Oct. 3, 1767, 100 years before July 1, 1867, when the British Parliament in Westminster passed the British North American Act of 1867, which united the three British colonies of Canada into a single dominion within the British Empire.
