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Our Lady of La Vang Parish ( vi, Giáo Xứ Đức Mẹ La Vang, es, Iglesia Católica Nuestra Señora de La Vang), formerly Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish, is a

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and former cathedral of the

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. The proto-

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is located in Downtown San José, one block north of

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. It is named after

Our Lady of La Vang Our Lady of La Vang ( vi, Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam. The Shrine of our Lady of La Vang (Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang) is situated in what is t ...

. The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul sponsor St. Patrick Elementary School which is located on the church grounds.

History

Originally called St. Patrick, the parish was established in the city of San José, following what is now the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph. The parish was founded in 1872, with Father Joseph Gallagher serving as the first

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. It was named for

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, Archbishop of Armagh and

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. The original parish church was a

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building at the intersection of Ninth and Santa Clara streets, which was completed in 1888. This church was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but rebuilt less than a year later. The second church was replaced by the current church at the intersection of Eighth and Santa Clara streets in 1967. From 1981 until 1990, St. Patrick’s served as the

of the Diocese of San José. The cathedra was then transferred to the newly renovated St. Joseph’s, at which time the parish was redesignated St. Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish. In 2002, the parish changed from being a “regular” territorial parish to being a national parish for the Vietnamese population. In addition to the several services offered in

, the parish also offers

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and

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es. The church building was destroyed by a fire on the morning of August 31, 2012, and demolished in 2017. On April 28, 2013, Bishop Patrick J. McGrath signed a decree renaming the proto-cathedral in honor of

. The attached school remained St. Patrick School. The new church officially opened May 13, 2023.

References

External links

Our Lady of La Vang Parish

Giáo Xứ Đức Mẹ La Vang
(Vietnamese)
Our Lady of La Vang Parish
at the Diocese of San Jose website
St. Patrick Elementary School
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