History & Significance
Basilica · Est. Parish founded 1894; church built 1917-1921 and dedicated October 16, 1921
St. Hyacinth Basilica is a Roman Catholic church in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1894 by the Resurrectionist Order to serve the area's growing Polish community. The present church was built between 1917 and 1921, designed by the firm Worthmann & Steinbach, and dedicated on October 16, 1921, with Archbishop George Mundelein presiding. Long regarded as a center of Chicago's Polonia (the Jackowo neighborhood), it was designated a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II on June 26, 2003. It serves the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Polish Cathedral style; red-brick classical revival exterior with a Baroque-influenced interior
- •Founded in 1894 by the Resurrectionist Order to serve Chicago's Polish community
- •Present church built 1917-1921, dedicated October 16, 1921 by Archbishop George Mundelein
- •Designated a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II on June 26, 2003 (proclaimed by Cardinal Francis George November 30, 2003)
- •The third church in Illinois to receive minor basilica status
- •Serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago; a landmark of Chicago's Polonia (Jackowo)
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