St. Mary Basilica | |
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31°33′30.96″N 91°24′4.32″W / 31.5586000°N 91.4012000°W | |
Location | 107 S. Union St. Natchez, Mississippi |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Website | www |
St. Mary's Cathedral | |
Part of | Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District (ID79003381[1]) |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1979 |
History | |
Former name(s) | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Founded | 1842 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | James Hardie |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1882 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Jackson |
Clergy | |
Rector | Very Rev. Aaron M. Williams |
St. Mary Basilica, formerly St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Catholic church in Natchez, Mississippi, and a parish church in the Diocese of Jackson. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Sorrows on December 25, 1843.
In 1979, it was listed under its former name as a contributing property in the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] It was named a minor basilica in 1998.