Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Greeneville, Mississippi
Posted by: BruceS
N 33° 24.601 W 091° 02.667
15S E 681843 N 3698452
Historic Catholic Church in Greenville, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM36M2
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2008
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Sacred Heart
Roman Catholic Church
The Divine Word Missionaries began school for black youth here in 1913.
In 1920, led by Fr. Matthew Christmann, they founded St. Augustine Seminary,
first seminary in U.S. for training African-American priests. The seminary
moved to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, in 1923. In 1928 Fr. Anthony Jacobs
led Parish in building Romanesque Revival Church ~ text of historical marker