1872 - Centennial - 1972 (Atoka Catholic Church) - Atoka, OK
N 34° 21.714 W 096° 08.675
14S E 762607 N 3805979
St. Patrick's Catholic Church is at 2103 S Mississippi Ave, Atoka, OK, and in front of it is a bell tower, with a plaque indicating that the bell up high is the original church bell from 1872.
Waymark Code: WMX77A
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2017
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The bell tower is in front of the current sanctuary, and the plaque tells the story:
1872 - Centennial - 1972
(Atoka Catholic Church)
Oklahoma's first Catholic Church was built in 1872 in Atoka. In 1876, Fr. Isidore Robot, O.S.B., first resident pastor, was named Prefect Apostolic of Ind. Terr. by Pius IX. The church was destroyed in 1924 and the bell in this tower was preserved in Caddo, Okla., through the efforts of Judge John L. Boland until its return to Atoka in 1971.
County: Atoka
Record Address:: 2103 S Mississippi Ave Atoka, OK USA 74525
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Date Erected: 1972
Sponsor (Who put it there): Atoka Catholic Church
Web site if available: Not listed
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