St. Augustine Cathedral was built in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...

 in 1868 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is located in the south western part of the state of Connecticut, and its boundaries are the same as that of Fairfield County, Connecticut. There are 87 parishes in the diocese. Its cathedral is St. Augustine in Bridgeport.The current bishop is The Most...

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History

The cornerstone was laid in 1866 and the completed church was dedicated by Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 McFarland on St. Patrick's Day in 1868.

The edifice went through a major 4 million dollar renovation in 2003 and the capacity was expanded to 750 people. The project was finished in 2004 with new marble

Marble

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 tiles, repainted ceilings, a new altar

Altar

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, and other projects. Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, celebrated the Mass

Mass (liturgy)

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. Bishop William E. Lori and 12 other bishops from around New England

New England

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 and New York

New York

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 concelebrated, in the presence of Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

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 Edward Egan of New York, and Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore. Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of Hartford delivered the homily.

Services are currently held in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.