Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
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The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located at 5200 North Charles Street, in Northern Baltimore, Maryland.
The Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Baltimore, presently His Eminence William Cardinal Keeler. The Cathedral is located in the Homeland area of Northern Baltimore City and near Loyola College of Maryland and St. Mary's Seminary & University, the first Catholic seminary created in the United States. It was built using funds bequeathed by an Irish Baltimore merchant, Thomas O'Neill.
In October 1954, ground was broken for the new Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. On the morning of October 13, 1959, a few days past the fifth anniversary of the groundbreaking ceremony, the Cathedral was consecrated by Bishop Jerome Sebastian. Cardinal William H. Keeler serves as pastor of the Cathedral and Reverend Monsignor Robert A. Armstrong is Rector. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the Premier See and is one of two dioceses to have co-cathedrals. His Holiness Pope John Paul II visited the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in 1995. A plaque outside the Blessed Sacrament Chapel commemorate his visit. The crypt under the main floor of the cathedral is reserved for the deceased archbishops and auxiliary bishops of Baltimore. There are five bishops buried in the crypt: Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough, Bishop Jerome Sebastian, Bishop T. Austin Murphy and Bishop P. Francis Murphy. On Sunday, November 12, the Cathedral used the restored organs, which were recently restored after 46 years of use.
The co-cathedral is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located on Cathedral Street at Mulberry Street, in downtown Baltimore. The Basilica reopened in November 2006 after a 32-month restoration. His Eminence J. Francis Cardinal Stafford, the special envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, and former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, rededicated the Main Altar at the Archdiocesan Mass on Sunday, November 5, 2006. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Basilica on Sunday, November 12, 2006. Francis Cardinal Stafford was the principal celebrant at this Mass also.
His Holiness Pope John Paul II visited both the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and the Basilica in 1995, and also in 1976 as Cardinal Karol Wojtyla.
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