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Saint Patrick Church (Columbus, Ohio)

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Saint Patrick Church
Saint Patrick Church and parish center
Saint Patrick Church and parish center
39°58′08″N 82°59′30″W / 39.969016°N 82.991732°W
Location 280 N. Grant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio[1]
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.stpatrickcolumbus.org
History
Founded February 1851[2]
Dedicated September 25, 1853
Events Cathedral of the Diocese of Columbus (1867–1872)[2]
Architecture
Functional status Active
Style Norman Gothic[3]
Groundbreaking September 5, 1852
Completed 1853
Administration
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
Clergy
Pastor(s) Fr. Paul Marich, O.P.[4]

Saint Patrick Church is a historic building and the second-oldest Catholic church building in Columbus, Ohio.[5] Located in the Discovery District neighborhood, the structure served as the pro-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus until the consecration of Saint Joseph Cathedral. It has been served by priests of the Dominican Order since 1885[2] and is currently home to an active parish.

History

When Irish Catholic immigrants arrived in Columbus in 1848 to escape the Great Famine, the only Catholic church in the city was Holy Cross Church, a predominantly German Catholic parish.[6] The German and Irish worshippers shared Holy Cross until 1850, when the parish voted to split. Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati approved the new parish February 1851 and appointed Reverend John Furlong as its pastor. The lot on which the church stands was purchased from Robert E. Neill for $1000.[7]

The new parish was named for Ireland's patron saint, Saint Patrick. The site chosen was on the west side of town at the corner of Grant and Naghten Streets (then known as the "Irish Broadway").[8] English-speaking worshipers continued attending Holy Cross during construction, with $1,200 toward the building fund donated by Holy Cross parishioners.[3][6] it was the first Catholic church in Columbus to have a bell, which was acquired in around 1865.[7]

Aquinas High School

in 1905, bishop James Hartley requested that the Dominican Fathers open a high school. Initially called St. Patrick High School and housed in the parochial school building at the corner of Grant and Mt. Vernon, it was renamed Aquinas High School and relocated to a dedicated building in 1912. It was the largest high school in the Diocese into the mid-20th century, until the need for new facilities and lack of personnel due to the Vatican asking for more of the Dominican Fathers to enter missionary work resulted in the announcing of the closure of the school in 1962. The final class graduated in 1965 and the school building was sold to the Columbus Board of Education. It is currently used by Columbus State Community College.[9]

Interior

Paintings

There is a fresco of a medallion depicting a Dominican saint over each stained glass window in the nave.

References

  1. Back to citation "St. Patrick Church – Served by the Dominicans". St. Patrick Church. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 "St. Patrick Church – The Tabulated Parish History". St. Patrick Church tabulated history. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 "St. Patrick Church – Our History". St. Patrick Church history. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. Back to citation "St. Patrick Church – Our Staff".
  5. Back to citation Puet, Tim. "Columbus St. Mary Church: GERMAN VILLAGE PARISH 'BELONGS TO EVERYBODY'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  6. Back to citation occurrence 6.0 Back to citation occurrence 6.1 Puet, Tim. "Holy Cross: 175 Years Serving the City" (PDF).
  7. Back to citation occurrence 7.0 Back to citation occurrence 7.1 Clarke, D.A. (1918). Diocese of Columbus: the history of fifty years, 1868-1918. Columbus: Diocese of Columbus. p. 72.
  8. Back to citation "73-25 St. Patrick Church [5]".
  9. Back to citation "A Survey of Catholic Secondary Education in Franklin County; COLLEGES and HIGH SCHOOLS FOR BOYS:Aquinas College High School, 1905-1965" (PDF). Barquilla de Santa Maria: The Journal of the Catholic Record Society of Columbus. XXXII (4): 125. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2022.
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