Thank you for the info and the dates, that is exactly what i needed to know. Pat At 09:00 PM 7/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >I think the oldest Catholic Church in Alton is SS Peter and Paul (the Old >Cathedral) located on State St. Refering to "Alton, Illinois Illustrated, >1912", the oldest Catholic assembly was initiated in 1840 in Upper Alton. >The first chuch was erected in 1843 on Third Street. In 1856 SS Peter and >Paul's was completed and it became the Bishop's Cathedral. I think St. >Mary's was erected later than 1856. > >Dick Neumann > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pat Stanford [mailto:stanford@mail.community.k12.mo.us] >> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 5:51 PM >> To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Oldest Catholic Church in Alton >> >> >> What is the oldest Catholic Church in Alton? >> >> >> ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Madison County Home Page! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm >> >> > > >==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== >Visit the Madison County Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm > >