St. Michael's Cathedral, Springfield
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St. Michael's Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States comprising the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden in the state of Massachusetts. It is led by...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Located on State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

, the cathedral was built in the 1860s based on plans from noted architect Patrick Keely
Patrick Keely
Patrick Charles Keely was an Irish-American architect based in Brooklyn, New York and Providence, Rhode Island...

 of Brooklyn, New York.

It was extended in 1996, with the Bishop Marshall Center. The addition includes a chapel that seats 60 people, a TV studio for daily broadcast of the Mass, a parish hall that can seat 120 people and a kitchen. It is now handicap accessible.

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