Saint Francis Seraph Church

St. Francis Seraph Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1859 by Franciscan Friars of the Province Of St. John the Baptist on the site of the first Catholic parish in Cincinnati, Christ Church, which was built in 1819. Bishop Fenwick, in 1822, decided to move Christ Church to a location on Sycamore Street where St. Francis Xavier now stands. The parish attempted to move the original frame church building, but it collapsed and fell apart.

The parish is within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The parish name refers to St Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan order, which in turn founded the parish. St. Francis had a vision of a six-winged angel, the seraph, for which the church is named.^[1]

External links

Saint Francis Seraph School
Cincinnati Enquirer article about Sarah Center
St. Francis Church & School, circa 1915

References

^ St. Francis Seraph Ministries Archived 2005-12-21 at the Wayback Machine

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Churches in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains

Parishes

Cincinnati: Church of the Annunciation; Immaculata Church; Old St. Mary's Church; St. Aloysius on the Ohio; St. Francis De Sales Church; Saint Francis Seraph Church; St. Francis Xavier Church; St. Lawrence Church; St. Pius X Church; St. Rose Church

Dayton: Holy Cross Church; Sacred Heart Church; St. Adalbert Church; St. Mary's Church

Springfield: St. Joseph's Church; St. Raphael's Church

Other: Immaculate Conception Church, Botkins; St. Aloysius Church, Carthagena; Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Cassella; Immaculate Conception Church, Celina; Precious Blood Church, Chickasaw; Our Lady of Victory Church, Delhi Township; St. Joseph's Church, Egypt; Holy Family Church, Frenchtown; St. John's Church, Fryburg; St. Patrick's Church, Glynwood; St. John the Baptist Church, Maria Stein; Sacred Heart Church, McCartyville; St. Michael's Church, Mechanicsburg; St. Augustine's Church, Minster; St. Louis Church, North Star; St. Nicholas Church, Osgood; St. Anthony's Church, Padua; St. Remy's Church, Russia; St. Henry's Church, St. Henry; Holy Rosary Church, St. Marys; St. Rose's Church, St. Rose; St. Sebastian's Church, Sebastian; St. Joseph's Church, Wapakoneta