Parish Church of St. Louis

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The Parish Church of St. Louis was the principal Catholic church in colonial New Orleans, serving as the forerunner to today’s St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square.

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Parish Church of St. Louis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic parish church
historic church building
buildingType parish church
continent North America
country French Louisiana
dedication Saint Louis
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
function principal Catholic church of colonial New Orleans
hasSuccessor St. Louis Cathedral
heritage French colonial
Spanish colonial
isForerunnerOf St. Louis Cathedral
languageOfLiturgy French
Latin
Spanish
locatedIn French Quarter
Jackson Square
New Orleans
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Orleans Parish
locatedInPresentDayCountry United States
locatedInPresentDayState Louisiana
namedAfter Louis IX of France
Saint Louis
partOf Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
region Gulf Coast
religion Roman Catholicism
role precursor to cathedral status in New Orleans
religious center for colonial New Orleans
significance earliest major Catholic parish in New Orleans
usedDuring French colonial period of Louisiana
Spanish colonial period of Louisiana

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Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 destroyedBuilding Parish Church of St. Louis