St. Boniface Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in the East Street Valley neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Description
The parish was founded in 1884 by German-Americans.[1] The church building located at 2208 East Street was constructed in 1925 and 1926, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The church has a three bay nave, and a pendentive dome. Guastavino tile system on the dome and interior vaulting, and the exterior is cased in limestone with some carving.[2]
From 1994 to 2019, the church was part of Holy Wisdom Parish, a 1994 union between St. Ambrose Parish in Spring Hill and St. Boniface.[3] It was also home to St. John XXIII Personal Quasi-Parish, which is dedicated exclusively to the Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite)..[4][5] Since 2019, the church is part of Christ Our Savior Parish, along with St. Peter Church and St. Cyril Church.[6]
References
- 1.[1]"Die St. Bonifazius Kirche, Nordfeite"
- 2.Eliza F. Smith (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- 3."Holy Wisdom". Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- 4."Saint John XXIII Personal Quasi-Parish". Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- 5."St. John XXIII Parish website". Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- 6."Bishop Zubik announces Parish Mergers New Shrines". May 20, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2022.