Ste. Marie Church (Manchester, New Hampshire)

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Church in New Hampshire, United States

Ste. Marie Church

Ste. Marie Church

42°59′33″N 71°28′35″W﻿ / ﻿42.99250°N 71.47639°W﻿ / 42.99250; -71.47639
Location| 378 Notre Dame Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire
Country| United States
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Website| www.enterthenarrowgate.org
History
Founded| 1880[1]
Administration
Province| Ecclesiastical Province of Boston
Diocese| Diocese of Manchester
Deanery| Amoskeag
Clergy
Bishop(s)| Most Rev. Peter A. Libasci
Dean| Very Rev. Christopher M. Martel
Pastor(s)| Rev. Maurice R. Larochelle
Deacon(s)| Deacon Kevin C. Cody, Deacon Francis X. Burke

Ste. Marie Church is a Roman Catholic church on the West Side of Manchester, New Hampshire, in the United States. The church was founded to serve the needs of French-Canadian Catholic immigrants to New Hampshire. The Gothic Revival church building is a prominent feature on the Manchester skyline, and dominates the West Side skyline. The building is perched atop the plateau that makes up Rimmon Heights, and forms one of the focal points of the Notre Dame neighborhood, along with Lafayette Park across the street.

In 1908, while pastor of Ste. Marie, Monsignor Pierre Hevey organized the founding of St. Mary's Bank, which is still based at the foot of the hill beneath the church.[2] Today, Ste. Marie is known, among other things, for its popular Midnight Mass each Christmas Eve, Easter Vigil, and Pentecost Vigil. In September 2019, the church, and the other buildings on campus were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Sainte Marie Roman Catholic Church Parish Historic District.[3]

Ste. Marie Church as seen from Rock Rimmon

## References

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1. ^ "Ste. Marie Church". Diocese of Manchester. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
2. ^ "Our Story". St. Mary's Bank. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
3. ^ Feely, Paul (September 25, 2019). "Manchester's Saint-Marie inducted into National Register of Historic Places". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

Bishops|

Ordinaries
Denis Mary Bradley
John Bernard Delany
George Albert Guertin
John Bertram Peterson
Matthew Francis Brady
Ernest John Primeau
Odore Joseph Gendron
Leo Edward O'Neil
John Brendan McCormack
Peter Anthony Libasci

Auxiliaries
Francis Joseph Christian
Joseph John Gerry
Robert Edward Mulvee

Churches|

Cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph

Abbey
St. Anselm Abbey

Parishes
St. Anne of the Good Shepherd, Berlin
St. Joseph Church, Claremont
St. Thomas More Church, Durham
Ste. Marie Church, Manchester
St. Aloysius of Gonzaga Church, Nashua

Former parishes
St. Stanislaus Church, Nashua

Education|

Higher education
Rivier University
Saint Anselm College
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

High schools
Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua
Holy Family Academy, Manchester
Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
Trinity High School, Manchester

Defunct institutions
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts

Priests|

Thomas Michael O'Leary

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