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The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph of the
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, located at 856 Pacific Street between Vanderbilt and Underhill Avenues in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of
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, was built in 1912 in the Spanish Colonial style, replacing a previous church built in 1861. pp. 665-666 The parish was founded in 1850 to serve the large immigrant population that was moving into the city of Brooklyn at the time. On February 14, 2013,
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approved the petition of Bishop
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and a construction boom that was to include 16,000 new apartments in the area. The church can hold 1,500 worshippers, and as of 2014 averaged 700 at Sunday mass, up from only a few dozen 10 years earlier. The building underwent an $18.5 million renovation. The church's campus also includes a
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rectory next door at 834 Pacific Street, built around 1860, and a school at 683 Dean Street, built around 1920, which is now used as a senior center.


See also

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List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States The following is a list of the Catholic cathedrals in the United States. The Catholic Church in the United States comprises ecclesiastical territories called dioceses led by prelate bishops. Each bishop is assigned to a cathedral from which he ...
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* List of cathedrals in New York * *


References


External links


Official Co-Cathedral Site

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Official Site
* Joseph, Co-cathedral of St. Joseph, Co-cathedral of St. Prospect Heights, Brooklyn Neoclassical architecture in New York City Religious organizations established in 1850 Roman Catholic churches completed in 1861 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States 1850 establishments in New York (state) Cathedrals in New York City Neoclassical church buildings in the United States {{Brooklyn-church-stub