St. Joseph Catholic Church (San Antonio, Texas)
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The St. Joseph Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, located at 623 East Commerce Street in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States.[2] The Gothic Revival[3] house of worship was the fourth Catholic parish in the city.[4]
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St. Joseph Catholic Church | |
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29°25′25″N 98°29′11″W | |
Location | 623 E. Commerce St., San Antonio, Texas |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | St. Joseph Catholic Church |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Saint Joseph |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | G. Friesleben, Theodore Giraud |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1868 (1868) |
Completed | 1876 (1876) |
Specifications | |
Number of spires | one |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | San Antonio |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Mark DelRosario, SSS; Anthony Schueller, SSS †; Joseph Thai Tran, SSS |
Deacon(s) | Vincent Scheel |
St. Joseph's Church and Rectory | |
Part of | Alamo Plaza Historic District (ID77001425[1]) |
RTHL No. | 5049 |
Significant dates | |
Designated CP | July 13, 1977 |
Designated RTHL | 1962 |
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The church is an example of a holdout or nail house; when the archdiocese refused to sell the church to a property developer, a large shopping mall had to be constructed around it.[citation needed]