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Only In Print: A Look Back at the Heart of the Diocese

ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITS ST JAMES Papal Visit 6
Pope John Paul II stops by the Cathedral en route to Shea Stadium prayer service. (File photo)

St. James 200 Years

Looking back at a major milestone in the Diocese of Brooklyn: the founding of the Cathedral Basilica of St. James 200 years ago. Starting from Jan. 1, 1822 when Peter Turner, and lay-men in Brooklyn, petition New York Bishop John Connolly for a church, a school, and a place “to bury our dead”…


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