List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore

Last updated

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary BasilicaExterior.jpg
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. [1] The archdiocese covers Baltimore and nine counties in central and western Maryland: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington.

Contents

The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, consecrated in Baltimore in 1959. The archdiocese also includes the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in Baltimore between 1806 and 1863, based on a design by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

As the home to the first American-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the archdiocese also includes several sites associated with her life and works the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Seton's tomb located in the basilica), the lower chapel at St. Mary's Seminary where Seton gave her vows of chastity and poverty in 1808; and the Mother Seton House where she lived from 1808 to 1809.

Baltimore

Active

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland LCCN2011634921.tif 409 Cathedral St, BaltimoreBuilt 1806-1821 [2]
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Baltimore Metropolitan Cathedral.jpg 5200 N Charles St, Baltimore Consecrated 1959 [3]
National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Alphonsus Church - Baltimore 02.JPG 112-116, 125-127 W. Saratoga St, BaltimoreEstablished 1845. Designated Shrine 1995. [4]
Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church (24274891123).jpg 110 W Lafayette Ave, BaltimoreEstablished 1881 [5]
Holy Cross Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church Baltimore MD Dec 11.JPG 110 E West St, BaltimoreEstablished 1858 [6]
Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Church Baltimore.JPG 408 S Chester St, BaltimoreEstablished 1887 [7]
Immaculate Conception Immaculate Conception Church (1972, William L. Gaudreau), 1512 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217 (32524342345).jpg 1512 Druid Hill Ave, BaltimoreEstablished 1850. [8]
Mount Calvary Mount Calvary Catholic Church (1844-1846, Robert Cary Long, Jr.), 816 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 (35983730215).jpg 816 N Eutaw St, BaltimoreFounded 1842. Anglo-Catholic church, not governed by archdiocese. [9]
St. Ann Saint Ann Church of Baltimore, 528 East 22nd Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (33862873376).jpg 528 E 22nd St, Baltimore [10]
St. Athanasius St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church (Curtis Bay, Baltimore) 15.jpg 4708 Prudence St, Baltimore [11]
St. Casimir 2736 O'Donnell St, Baltimore [12]
St. Edward St. Edward Roman Catholic Church, 901 Poplar Grove Street, Baltimore, MD 21216 (36033881881).jpg 901 Poplar Grove St, Baltimore [13]
St. Elizabeth of Hungary St Liz Baltimore Hungary 1.JPG 2638 E Baltimore St, Baltimore [14]
St. Ignatius St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore.JPG 740 N Calvert St, Baltimore [15]
St. Jude Shrine St. Jude Shrine, 308 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 (36733546026).jpg 308 N Paca St, BaltimoreOperated and staffed by the Pallottine Fathers and Brothers since 1917 [16]
St. Leo Saint Leo's Church - Baltimore 01.JPG 227 S Exeter St, BaltimoreEstablished 1881
St. Mary's Seminary Chapel St. Mary's Seminary Chapel MD1.jpg 600 N Paca St, Baltimore
St. Matthew St. Matthew's Catholic Church - Baltimore 02.JPG 5401 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore [17]
St. Patrick St Pats Baltimore.JPG 319 S Broadway, Baltimore [18]
Ss. Philip and James Bunting Meyerhoff Interfaith and Community Service Center.jpg 2801 N Charles St, BaltimoreCurrent church building dedicated 1930 [19]
St. Vincent de Paul St Vince DePaul Baltimore.JPG 120 N Front St, Baltimore [20]
St. Wenceslaus St. Wenceslaus Church 5.JPG 2111 Ashland Ave, BaltimoreEstablished 1872 [21]

Former

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral Baltimore
St. Peter the Apostle Hollins n P church.JPG 848 Hollins St, Baltimore
St. Stanislaus Kostka St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church (21612532801).jpg Fell's Point, BaltimoreFormer church, closed in 2000. Later converted into a gym called Sanctuary.

Outside Baltimore

Allegany County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Mary St. Mary's Church - Cumberland, Maryland 01.jpg Cumberland
St. Patrick Saint Patrick's Church - Cumberland, Maryland 01.jpg Cumberland
Shrine of Saints Peter and Paul Shrine of Saints Peter and Paul - Cumberland, Maryland 01.jpg Cumberland
St. Michael St. Michael Church - Frostburg, Maryland 01.jpg Frostburg
St. Peter St Peter church Westernport, MD.jpg Westernport

Anne Arundel County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Mary Saint Mary's Church - Annapolis, Maryland 01.jpg Annapolis
St. John Neumann Saint John Neumann Church - Annapolis, Maryland 01.jpg Annapolis
Holy Family Holy Family Jul 09.JPG Davidsonville
Resurrection of Our Lord Resurrection of Our Lord - Laurel, Maryland.jpg Laurel

Baltimore County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
Sacred Heart of Mary Sacred Heart of Mary - Dundalk 01.jpg Dundalk
St. Rita Saint Rita - Dundalk, Maryland 01.jpg Dundalk
Sacred Heart Sacred Heart Church - Glyndon, Maryland 01.jpg Glyndon
St. Francis Xavier St. Francis Xavier Church - Hunt Valley, Maryland 02.jpg Hunt Valley
St. Clement Mary Hofbauer St. Clement Hofbauer - Rosedale, Maryland 01.jpg Rosedale
Immaculate Heart of Mary Ihm Christmas (144746209).jpeg Towson
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez Catholic Church 06.JPG Woodstock

Carroll County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Bartholomew St. Bartholomew Catholic Church - Manchester, Maryland 01.jpg Manchester
St. Joseph Sykesvile Church St. Joseph 27.JPG Sykesville
St. John St. John's Catholic Church - Westminster, Maryland 01.jpg Westminster

Frederick County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis of Assisi - Brunswick, Maryland.jpg Brunswick
St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor 02.jpg Carrollton Manor
Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 02.jpg Emmitsburg
St. Joseph Saint Joseph Church - Emmitsburg, Maryland 01.jpg Emmitsburg
St. Anthony Shrine Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Saint Anthony Shrine - NARA - 7719751.jpg EmmitsburgThe church sits south of town.
St. John the Evangelist St John the Evangelist Church Frederick.jpg Frederick
St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Ignatius of Loyola - Ijamsville, Maryland 01.jpg Ijamsville
St. Peter the Apostle St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church - Libertytown 03.jpg Libertytown
Holy Family Holy Family - Middletown, Maryland.jpg Middletown
St. Mary St. Mary - Petersville, Maryland 01.jpg Petersville

Garrett County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Ann St. Ann - Grantsville, Maryland 01.jpg Grantsville
St. Peter the Apostle St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church (21604665095).jpg Oakland

Harford County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Margaret St. Margaret's Church - Bel Air, Maryland 02.jpg Bel Air
St. Mark St. Mark Church - Fallston, Maryland 01.jpg Fallston
St. Ignatius St. Ignatius Church - Hickory, Maryland 02.jpg Hickory

Howard County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. Louis St. Louis Church - Clarksville, Maryland 01.jpg Clarksville
St. John the Evangelist Wilde Lake Interfaith Center 01.jpg Columbia Located in the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center
Shrine of St. Anthony ShrineStAnthony.JPG Ellicott City Located within the St. Joseph Cupertino Friary
St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis of Assisi - Fulton, Maryland 01.jpg Fulton

Washington County

NameImageLocationDescription/sources
St. James St. James - Boonsboro, Maryland 01.jpg Boonsboro
St. Michael St. Michael - Clear Spring, Maryland.jpg Clear Spring
St. Ann Saint Ann Church - Hagerstown, Maryland 01.jpg Hagerstown
St. Joseph St.Joseph Church - Hagerstown, Maryland.JPG Hagerstown
St. Mary St. Mary's Church - Hagerstown, Maryland 01.jpg Hagerstown
St. Peter St. Peter - Hancock, Maryland 01.jpg Hancock
St. Augustine St. Augustine Church - Williamsport, Maryland.JPG Williamsport

Related Research Articles

A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral, often in another city. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of 'Bath and Wells', and of 'Coventry and Lichfield'. These two dioceses were each named for both cities that served as bishop's seats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York</span> Archdiocese of the Catholic Church

The Archdiocese of New York is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York. It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester to the north of the city. It does not include the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn or Queens, which are part of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth Ann Seton</span> American Roman Catholic educator and saint (1774–1821)

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she married and had five children with her husband William Seton. Two years after his death, she converted to Catholicism in 1805.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore</span> Archdiocese of the Catholic Church; premier see of the United States

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in northern and Western Maryland in the United States. It is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary</span> Historic church in Maryland, United States

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica, is a Catholic cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first Catholic cathedral built in the United States after the nation's founding, and was among the first major religious buildings constructed therein after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basilica of Saint Hyacinth</span> Church in Chicago, USA

The Basilica of Saint Hyacinth is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, located at 3636 West Wolfram Street in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend</span> Diocese of the Catholic Church

The Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in north-central and northeastern Indiana in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark</span> Catholic archdiocese in the United States

The Archdiocese of Newark is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern New Jersey in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton</span> Roman Catholic shrine in Maryland, United States

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is a U.S. religious site and educational center in Emmitsburg, Maryland, that pays tribute to the life and mission of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. It is both a minor basilica and a national shrine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton</span> Building in New York City, U.S.

The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is located in the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York at 7 State Street, between Pearl and Water Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National shrine</span> Catholic designation of a sacred place

A national shrine is a Catholic church or other sacred place which has met certain requirements and is given this honor by the national episcopal conference to recognize the church's special cultural, historical, and religious significance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruce Lewandowski</span>

Bruce Alan Lewandowski, CSsR is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and a member of the Redemptorists. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland, since 2020. He previously served in New York City, Saint Lucia, and Pennsylvania.

References

  1. "Directory of Parishes". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. "Basilica History". The Baltimore Basilica. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. "Home page". Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. "St. Alphonsus". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  5. "Corpus Christi". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  6. "Holy Cross". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  7. "Holy Rosary". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  8. "Immaculate Conception". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. "History". Mt. Calvary Catholic Church. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. "St. Ann (Baltimore)". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. "St. Athanasius". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  12. "St. Casimir". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  13. "St. Edward". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  14. "St. Elizabeth of Hungary". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  15. "St. Ignatius". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  16. "Nationwide Center of St. Jude Devotions". St. Jude Shrine. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  17. "St. Matthew". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  18. "St. Patrick (Broadway)". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  19. "About Us". Saints Philip and James Catholic Church and University Parish. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  20. "St. Vincent de Paul". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  21. "St. Wenceslaus". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved April 30, 2020.