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Begun in 1852 and completed in 1889, the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the fifth Catholic church in Natchitoches. The first church was associated with the French colonial Fort St. Jean Baptiste. It was proclaimed a minor basilica by apostolic decree from His Holiness Benedict XVI in January 2010.
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