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St. Mary's Parish was founded on April 8, 1828, and is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Providence. The present structure was begun on August 7, 1848, dedicated on July 25, 1852, and consecrated on August 15, 1884. President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were married here on September 12, 1953. St. Mary's was designated a National Historic Shrine on November 24, 1968.
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