St. John the Baptist Church (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
Encyclopedia
St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in New Bedford, Massachusetts
, part of the Diocese of Fall River
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church with Byzantine elements was built 1913 to the designs of Boston architect Matthew Sullivan
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New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and about east of Fall River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 95,072, making it the sixth-largest city in Massachusetts...
, part of the Diocese of Fall River
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. It is led by the prelature of a bishop administering the diocese from the mother church St...
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History
St. John the Baptist parish was founded in 1871 and is the oldest Portugese parish in America and the second oldest catholic parish in New Bedford.Building
The first church,dedicated in 1875, was later destroyed by fire. The present Romanesque styleRomanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
church with Byzantine elements was built 1913 to the designs of Boston architect Matthew Sullivan
Matthew Sullivan
Matthew Sullivan was an American architect whose practice specialized in ecclesiastical design.-Early life and architectural training:Sullivan was born in Boston and trained in the office of Edmund M. Wheelwright, Boston City Architect...
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