St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
The Old St. Patrick's Cathedral Complex or shortly Old St. Patrick's is a basilica in 260-264 Mulberry Street between Prince and Houston Street in Manhattan in the City of New York. The church building was the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, to today's Saint Patrick's Cathedral was consecrated in 1879.
History
The construction of Old Saint Patrick's was started in 1809. The foundation stone was laid on 8 June of that year. The design for this church by the architect Joseph -Francois Mangin, who had planned the City Hall of the city, and completed in just under six years, and the church building was consecrated on 14 May 1815. The building measures 120 feet in length and 80 feet in width ( about 37 m × 24 m) and the Arch is within 85 feet ( about 26 m) high. The building was damaged by fire in 1866 and then again repaired, although the new St. Patrick's Cathedral was already under construction. The reconstruction took place under the direction of architect Henry Engelbert and was completed with the reopening in 1868. Since 1879, the Church is a parish church, the pastor lives in the original bishopric in 263 Mulberry Street. The municipal district also includes the Most Holy Crucifix Church, which serves mainly Catholics of Asian origin, as Old Saint Patrick 's is now on the edge of Chinatown.
In the main church services are held in English and Spanish. Originally the church was the focus of the St. Patrick's Day parade, which, however, was moved further north to pass out on the new cathedral. The Ancient Order of Hibernians had his headquarters on the opposite side of the road after anti- Irish troublemakers besieged the cathedral in 1835. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and on 17 March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI. Church of the minor to a Basilica.
Scene in the movie
The scene with the baptism in the film The Godfather was filmed in the Church, also the scene is honored in The Godfather III, in the Michael Corleone of the parish. A scene of the film Mean Streets played in the walled churchyard.