St. Mary Basilica

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St. Mary Basilica is a Catholic basilica church in Natchez, Mississippi.

The Diocese of Natchez (now the Diocese of Jackson) was erected in 1837, and in 1842 construction began on a new cathedral. It was dedicated on December 25, 1843 and consecrated on September 19, 1886 and remained the cathedral of the diocese until 1977. It was designated a minor basilica on September 8, 1998 and dedicated as such on September 25, 1999.

In 2007 the body of Bishop John J. Chanche was exhumed and returned Natchez to be reintered in St. Mary Basilica .[1]


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  1. ^ Body of pre-Civil War bishop exhumed in Maryland, returned to Mississippi. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.


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