Cathedral of St. Patrick

History & Significance

Cathedral · Est. Cornerstone laid 1873; dedicated September 28, 1879

The Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, Connecticut, is a Gothic Revival church designed by architect James Murphy of Providence to serve the city's growing Irish Catholic mill community. Its cornerstone was laid in July 1873, and it was dedicated on September 28, 1879. In 1953 Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Norwich and designated St. Patrick's as its cathedral, the seat of the diocese's first bishop, Bernard J. Flanagan.

Gothic Revival

• •Cathedral and seat (mother church) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, established 1953
• •Cornerstone laid July 1873; dedicated September 28, 1879
• •Designed by architect James Murphy of Providence, Rhode Island
• •Contributing property in the Chelsea Parade Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places May 12, 1989
• •Diocese of Norwich is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Hartford