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The Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is located in downtown Norfolk. It is the oldest parish community in the Catholic Diocese of Richmond and often referred to as "The Mother Church of Tidewater Virginia." It came into existence in 1791 as St. Patrick's Church which was two years before the establishment of the United States hierarchy and twenty-nine years before the institution of the Richmond Diocese. Its first parishioners were French Catholics, compelled to abandon their native land by the French Revolution. In a matter of years, it received some of the earliest Irish Catholic immigrants to the United States.

The white spire of the church bursts forth from the south end of the St. Paul’s neighborhood. Flanked by public housing, the building is from an era when steeples dominated the Norfolk skyline rather than towering office buildings and hotels. That white spire is flanked by smaller Gothic spires lining both sides of the roof, making the Catholic church stand out among the area’s many Protestant houses of worship.

Step inside the huge red doors today, out of the cold and away from the sound of cars zooming down the highway off-ramp a hundred or so feet away, and you’ll find yourself in a cavernous, awe-inspiring architectural feat that evokes the biblical dome of the heavens.

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