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Construction of the first cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York began in 1809, the year after the Diocese was created. The original building, designed by Joseph F. Mangin, was dedicated in 1815, enlarged in 1833-42, and almost totally destroyed by fire in 1866. The rebuilt structure was rededicated two years later. In 1879, when the new cathedral on Fifth Avenue opened, Old St. Patrick’s became a parish church. Here John McCloskey was invested as the first American Cardinal in 1875.
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