Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, also known as St. Francis Xavier Church, is a historic Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 church building in the Toulminville

Toulminville

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 neighborhood of Mobile

Mobile, Alabama

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, Alabama

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, United States

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. It serves as the parish church for St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile

The Archdiocese of Mobile is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the lower 28 counties of Alabama. It is the metropolitan seat of the Province of Mobile, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Diocese of Jackson, and the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama...

. St. Francis Xavier Parish was established in 1868. The vernacular

Vernacular architecture

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 style building was completed in 1916, replacing a previous structure destroyed in a hurricane. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

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 on July 3, 1991 as part of the Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission

Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission

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