St. Patrick's Church is a historic church building at 1598 South Main Street in

Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...

. It was built in 1881 from local Fall River granite, and added to the

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in 1983. St. Patrick's Parish was established in 1873, as a division of St. Mary's Parish, a predominantly Irish congregation. In 2002, the church was part of a three-parish merger between St. Patrick's, Blessed Sacrament, and Our Lady of the Angels. The new parish is named Parish of the Good Shepherd. In 2018, it became part of the '
Catholic Community of Central Fall River'
a collaborative of parishes that includes Good Shepherd, the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, and St. Stanislaus Parish and School.Taunton Daily Gazette, April 8, 2012
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