Marker - St. Peter Catholic Church
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cgeek
N 35° 08.854 W 090° 02.937
15S E 768844 N 3893395
Historical marker in downtown Memphis, Tennessee
Waymark Code: WM3PX1
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2008
Views: 16
This marker reads:
St. Peter's was founded in 1840, the first Roman Catholic parish in West Tennessee and given to the Dominican Order in 1846. The present church was built 1852-1855 around a smaller church which was then dismantled and carried out the doors. Within 30 years St. Peter's had initiated the founding of three downtown parishes, St. Agnes Academy, St. Peter Orphanage and Christian Brothers Univ. During three Yellow Fever plagues of the 1870's, 8 priests & 11 sisters of the parish died while succoring the spiritual & temporal needs of the city. Early pastors T. L. Grace and J. S. Alemany later became archbishops. A revived St. Peter's was totally restored and added its Fr. Leo Arnoult Parish Center, 1985-91.
Marker Name: St. Peter Catholic Church
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: None
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Memphis Sesquicentennial, Inc. and St. Peter Catholic Church
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