St. Patrick 's cathedral ( Manhattan ) - wikipedia St. Patrick 's cathedral ( Manhattan ) Not to be confused with St. Patrick 's Old Cathedral. St. Patrick 's Cathedral View of the cathedral from Fifth Avenue Location Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York Country United States Denomination Roman Catholic Tradition Latin Rite Website St. Patrick 's Cathedral History Dedication Saint Patrick Dedicated October 5, 1910 Earlier dedication May 29, 1879 Architecture Status Cathedral Functional status Active Architect ( s ) James Renwick Jr. Style Decorated Neo-Gothic Specifications Length 396.7 feet ( 120.9 m ) Number of spires Spire height 329.5 feet ( 100.4 m ) Materials Tuckahoe marble Bells 19 ( 29,122.73 lbs ) Administration Archdiocese Archdiocese of New York Clergy Archbishop Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Rector Rev. Msgr. Robert T. Ritchie Laity Director of music Dr. Jennifer Pascual Organist ( s ) Daniel Brondel Michael Hey RCIA coordinator Sueanne Nilsen St. Patrick 's Cathedral Complex U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark NYC Landmark Location of St. Patrick 's Cathedral St. Patrick 's Cathedral ( Manhattan ) ( New York ) St. Patrick 's Cathedral ( Manhattan ) ( the US ) Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US Show all Coordinates 40 ° 45 ′ 31 '' N 73 ° 58 ′ 35 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.75861 ° N 73.97639 ° W ﻿ / 40.75861 ; - 73.97639 Coordinates : 40 ° 45 ′ 31 '' N 73 ° 58 ′ 35 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.75861 ° N 73.97639 ° W ﻿ / 40.75861 ; - 73.97639 Area 2 acres ( 0.81 ha ) Built 1878 NRHP reference # 76001250 Significant dates Added to NRHP December 8, 1976 Designated NHL December 8, 1976 Designated NYCL October 19, 1966 The Cathedral of St. Patrick ( commonly called St. Patrick 's Cathedral ) is a decorated Neo-Gothic - style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States and a prominent landmark of New York City. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center, facing the Atlas statue. It is considered one of the most visible symbols of Roman Catholicism in New York City and the United States. Contents 1 History 1.1 Purchase of the property 1.2 Construction of the cathedral 1.2. 1 Restoration 1.2. 2 Terrorism 2 Architectural features 2.1 Stained glass 2.2 Altar 2.3 Art works 3 Music 3.1 Organs 3.1. 1 First organs 3.1. 2 Kilgen organs 3.1. 3 Peragallo restoration 3.2 Organists and music directors 4 Burials and funeral Masses 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History Purchase of the property The land on which the present cathedral stands was purchased in 1810. The Jesuit community built a college on the site, three miles north of the city. It contained a `` fine old house '' which was fitted with a chapel of St. Ignatius. The school closed in 1814 and the Jesuits sold the lot to the diocese. In 1813, the diocese gave use of the property to Dom Augustin LeStrange, abbot of a community of Trappists ( from the original monastery of La Trappe ) who came to America fleeing persecution by French authorities. In addition to a small monastic community, they also looked after some thirty - three orphans. With the downfall of Napoleon in that year, the Trappists returned to France in 1815, abandoning the property. The property at this point was designated for a future cemetery. The neighboring orphanage was maintained by the diocese into the late nineteenth century. Some of the Trappists resettled to Canada and eventually founded St. Joseph 's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. Bishop DuBois reopened the chapel in 1840 for Catholics employed at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and in the general neighborhood. A modest frame church was built for the parish of St. John the Evangelist and dedicated May 9, 1841 by the Rev. John Hughes, administrator of the diocese. Tickets were sold to the dedication to ease the parish 's debt level, managed by a lay Board of Trustees, but to no avail and the property mortgage was finally foreclosed on and the church sold at auction in 1844. The stress is said to have contributed to the death that year of the church 's pastor, the Rev. Felix Larkin. The experience was blamed on the management of the trustees and this incident is said to have played a significant role in the abolishment of the lay trusteeship, which occurred shortly thereafter. The young and energetic Rev. Michael A. Curran was appointed to raise funds for the devastated parish, and shortly fitted up an old college hall as a temporary church. Fr. Curran continued raising funds to buy back the church during the Great Famine in Ireland, eventually succeeding and taking the deed in his own name. `` The site of St. Patrick 's Cathedral, hence, came to the Church through the labors of this young priest and the self - denial of his countrymen and not by the gift of the city. '' The debt was finally all paid for by 1853 when it was clear a large church was needed and the site was selected as appropriate for the new cathedral. Construction of the cathedral The Diocese of New York, created in 1808, was made an archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on July 19, 1850. In 1853, Archbishop John Joseph Hughes announced his intention to erect a new cathedral to replace the Old Saint Patrick 's Cathedral in Lower Manhattan. The new cathedral was designed by James Renwick Jr. in the Gothic Revival style. On August 15, 1858, the cornerstone was laid, just south of the diocese 's orphanage. At that time, present - day midtown Manhattan was far north of the populous areas of New York City. Work began in 1858 but was halted during the Civil War and resumed in 1865. The cathedral was completed in 1878 and dedicated on May 25, 1879, its huge proportions dominating the midtown of that time. The archbishop 's house and rectory were added in 1880, both by James Renwick Jr., and an adjacent school ( no longer in existence ) opened in 1882. The spires were added in 1888, and at 329 feet and 6 inches ( 100.4 meters ) were the tallest structures in New York City and the second highest in the United States. An addition on the east, including a Lady chapel, designed by Charles T. Matthews, was constructed from 1901 to 1906. The Lady Chapel 's stained - glass windows were made between 1912 and 1930 by English stained glass artist and designer Paul Vincent Woodroffe. In 1927 and 1931, the cathedral was renovated, which included enlarging the sanctuary and installing the great organ. The cathedral and associated buildings were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Restoration An extensive restoration of the cathedral was begun in 2012 and lasted 3 years at a cost of $177 million. The restoration was completed by September 17, 2015, before Pope Francis visited the cathedral on September 24 and 25, 2015. The restoration cleaned the exterior marble, repaired stained glass windows, and painted the ceiling, repaired the flooring and steps, among many restorations. Terrorism On October 13, 1914, a bomb exploded on the Northwest corner of St. Patrick 's Cathedral. It caused a panic, but not severe damage, splintering some and tearing an 18 - inch hole in the floor. Despite a full church that day, there was only one victim -- a young boy -- whose head was grazed by a flying piece of metal. Authorities believed this event was linked to another bombing earlier that day, downtown at St. Alphonsus Church on West Broadway. The Communists reportedly celebrated bombings at this and other churches, while police suspected an Industrial Workers of the World plot. There were no arrests made that day. In March 1915, Italian anarchists, Frank Abarno, and Carmine Carbone were arrested for attempting to detonate a bomb in the cathedral. Arbarno and Carbone were under the influence of Luigi Galleani. Abarno was in St. Patrick 's ready to light the bomb fuse when Amedeo Polignani, a New York City police detective, who had gone undercover to infiltrate the group, intervened. Polignani had been operating under the direction of the head of the bomb squad, Thomas Tunney. Arbano was arrested at the scene and Carbone was arrested at his home. The two defendants claimed entrapment, but were nonetheless convicted and given sentences of between 6 and 12 years. In the 1950s, starting in January 1951, a letter threatened that a bomb would be set off at a Sunday mass, and there would be five more threats between December 1951 and July 1952. On July 12, a voice over the telephone warned `` your beautiful cathedral will be blown up before midnight. '' Architectural features Detail of the façade ( September 2006 ) St. Patrick 's Cathedral is the largest decorated Neo-Gothic - style Catholic cathedral in North America. The cathedral, which can accommodate 3,000 people, is built of brick clad in marble, quarried in Massachusetts and New York. The main block of the cathedral is made of Tuckahoe marble. It takes up a whole city block, between 50th and 51st streets, Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue. At the transepts it is 174 feet ( 53.0 meters ) wide and 332 feet ( 101.2 meters ) long. The spires rise 330 feet ( 100.6 meters ) from street level. The slate for the roof came from Monson, Maine. Stained glass The windows were made by artists in Boston, Massachusetts, and European artists from Chartres, France, and Birmingham, England. Charles Connick created the rose window. Altar The Roman artist Paolo Medici designed the Saint Elizabeth altar. The Saint Jean - Baptiste de La Salle altar, one of the few original side - chapel altars, was sculpted by Dominic Borgia. The Papal bull is featured in the adjoining stained - glass window. Tiffany & Co. designed the Saint Louis and the Saint Michael altar. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, there was a renovation of the cathedral 's main altar area under the guidance of Archbishop Francis Spellman, who later became cardinal. The previous high altar and reredos were removed and are now located at Spellman 's alma mater, Fordham University, in the University Church. The new items include the sanctuary bronze baldachin and the rose stained glass window. The altar was further renovated in the 1980s, under the direction of Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor. To be more visible to the congregation, a stone altar was built from sections of the side altars and added to the middle of the sanctuary. However, this altar was removed in 2013. Art works The Pietà, sculpted by William Ordway Partridge, is three times larger than Michelangelo 's Pietà. The cathedral 's Stations of the Cross won an 1893 artistry prize at Chicago 's World 's Columbian Exposition. Commemorating his visit to the city in 1979, Pope John Paul II 's bust is located in the rear of the cathedral. Music Organs 1913 photograph of the cathedral St. Patrick 's Cathedral has two pipe organs. The Gallery Organ is located in the Choir Gallery below the Rose Window over the Fifth Avenue entrance and in the Triforium, near the South Transept. The Chancell Organ is located in the North Ambulatory next to the Chapel of St. Joseph. First Organs The first organ in the Cathedral was built by George Jardine & Son, one of New York 's most distinguished organ builders, and installed in 1879. It was composed of 4 manuals with 51 stops and 56 ranks. In 1880, J.H. & C.S. Odell, then also from New York City, installed an organ in the chancel. It was composed of 2 manuals with 20 stops and 23 ranks. Kilgen Organs Interior Detail of the entrance ( October 2007 ) View from Rockefeller Center ( 2016 ) With the addition to the music staff of Pietro Yon in 1927, plans were initiated to replace the organs. The firm of George Kilgen & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, was engaged to build two new instruments according to designs which were heavily influenced by the Cathedral 's world - renowned organist. During the building period it was determined that the Gallery would need to be extended to accommodate the new Gallery Organ. In the late 1920s, a concrete reinforced extension to the original Gallery was constructed. The Chancel Organ was dedicated on January 30, 1928. It is encased in a carved oak screen ornamented with Gothic elements of design and symbolism. It had 1,480 pipes ; located on the opposite side of the Ambulatory, diagonally across from the console. The Gallery Organ, dedicated on February 11, 1930, required three years to build at a cost of $250,000. It has one of the nation 's most glorious wood facades. It was designed by Robert J. Reiley, consulting architect of the Cathedral, and is adorned with angels and Latin inscriptions. It contained 7,855 pipes ranging in length from thirty - two feet to one - half inch. The longest pipes run horizontally across the North and South Triforia. In the 1940s and 1950s tonal changes were made. In the 1970s and 1980s additional renovations were made by Jack Steinkampf of Yonkers, New York, particularly in the revoicing of flutes and reeds, and the addition of the Trumpette en Chamade. Peragallo restoration View from across Fifth Avenue, with Lee Lawrie 's statue of Atlas in the foreground In 1993, it was decided that the organs need to undergo major restoration. The first and most essential part of the restoration project was to acquire new consoles for both the Gallery and Chancel Organs to replace the original ones which had deteriorated beyond repair. Twin five - manual consoles were constructed by Robert Turner of Hacienda Heights, California. Solid State Logic, Ltd. of England designed and engineered the combination action. The use of fiber - optic wiring enables both consoles to control the Gallery, Chancel and Nave Organs at the same time. Installation of the Gallery console was finished in time for Christmas Midnight Mass in 1993. The Chancel console was installed in early 1994. For six weeks in January and February 1994, scaffolding filled the Gallery to provide access for wood craftsmen to begin the arduous process of cleaning, repairing, and oiling the hand - carved organ facade. Meanwhile, the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, New Jersey had been awarded the contract to clean and restore all of the pipework as well as the chests and wind systems. Their first task was to remove all the facade pipes for cleaning and refinishing. It was decided to return the pipework to its original zinc finish, only adding a protective coating to avoid oxidation in the future. After completing work on the facade, Peragallo moved to the interior of the instrument for the purpose of restoring the Great, Choir, Swell, Solo, String and Pedal divisions. The entire Chancel Organ was restored in 1995. Finally, the Echo Organ, situated in the triforium near the center crossing, underwent tonal modifications, making it more useful as the Nave Organ. The organ work was finished in 1997. The Organs were blessed on September 15, 2007 celebrating the 10th anniversary of their renovations and inaugurating the Bicentennial Concert Series with a performance James E. Goettsche, the Vatican Organist. The Organs consist of more than 9,000 pipes, 206 stops, 150 ranks and 10 divisions. Organists and music directors Name Title Years William F. Pecher Organist ( and Director of Music ) 1879 -- 1904 Jacques C. Ungerer Assistant Organist and Director of Chancel Choir Organist ( and Director of Music ) 1893 - 1904 1904 -- 1929 Pietro A. Yon Assistant Organist Director of Music 1927 -- 1929 1929 -- 1943 Msgr. Joseph I. Rostagno Vice-Director of Music 1929 -- 1935 Paolo Giaquinto First Assistant Organist 1930 -- 1933 Edward Rivetti Assistant Organist 1933 -- 1972 Dr. Charles M. Courboin Director of Music 1943 -- 1970 John Grady Director of Music and Organist 1970 -- 1990 Donald Dumler Associate Organist Principal Organist Principal Organist Emeritus 1970 -- 1990 1990 -- 2014 Named 2014 John - Michael Caprio Director of Music 1990 -- 1997 Alan Davis Associate Organist 1991 -- 1995 Stephen J. Tharp Associate Organist 1995 -- 1996 Stanley H. Cox Associate Organist 1997 -- 2007 Robert Long Director of Music 1999 -- 2001 Don Stefano Concordia Director of Music Johannes Somary Director of Music 2001 -- 2003 Jennifer Pascual Director of Music 2003 -- present Christopher Berry Assistant Organist 2006 -- 2007 Daniel Brondel Assistant Organist Associate Director of Music and Organist 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- present Stephen Fraser Assistant Organist 2008 -- 2011 Stephen Rapp Assistant Organist 2012 -- present Michael Hey Assistant Director of Music and Organist 2015 -- present Burials and funeral Masses Located underneath the high altar is a crypt in which notable Catholic figures that served the Archdiocese are entombed. They include : The nine past deceased Archbishops of New York : Archbishop John Joseph Hughes ( interred 1883 ) John Cardinal McCloskey ( interred 1885 ) Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan ( interred 1902 ) John Murphy Cardinal Farley ( interred 1918 ) Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes ( interred 1938 ) Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman ( interred 1967 ) Terence James Cardinal Cooke ( interred 1983 ) John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor ( interred 2000 ) Edward Michael Cardinal Egan ( interred 2015 ) Other interments : Michael J. Lavelle ( Cathedral Rector and Vicar General ; interred 1939 ) Joseph F. Flannelly ( Auxiliary Bishop, 1948 -- 1969 ; interred 1973 ) Fulton J. Sheen ( Auxiliary Bishop, 1951 -- 1965, later bishop of Rochester ; interred 1979 ) John Maguire ( Coadjutor Archbishop, 1965 -- 1980 ; interred 1989 ) Pierre Toussaint ( interred 1990 ) In the above list, Cardinal O'Connor declared Pierre Toussaint and Cardinal Cooke to be servants of God, a step in process of being declared a saint of the Catholic Church. Toussaint was declared venerable in 1996 by Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Sheen was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on June 28, 2012. Four of the Cardinals ' galeros ( those of Cardinals McCloskey, Farley, Hayes, and Spellman ) are located high above the crypt at the back of the sanctuary. Cardinal Spellman 's galero was also worn by Pope Pius XII ( as Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli ) until the latter 's election to the papacy at the 1939 Papal conclave. In 1965, the ceremony of the consistory was revised by Pope Paul VI and therefore no galero was presented to Cardinal Cooke or any of his successors. Some notable people whose Requiem Masses were said at the cathedral include New York Yankees greats Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, and Billy Martin ; legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, New York City Police Department officer Steven McDonald, singer Celia Cruz, entertainer and host Ed Sullivan, actor and dancer George M. Cohan, former Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York Robert F. Kennedy, New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, and former Governor of New York Hugh Carey. Special memorial Masses were also held at the cathedral following the deaths of artist Andy Warhol, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, and noted author William F. Buckley Jr. In popular culture This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2017 ) This article appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject 's impact on popular culture rather than simply listing appearances ; add references to reliable sources if possible. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2017 ) The underground ruins were the setting for the climax of Beneath the Planet of the Apes ( 1970 ) where Taylor destroyed Earth with the Alpha - Omega bomb. Centuries earlier, mutant humans surviving a nuclear holocaust founded a religion on the bomb ( later depicted in Battle for the Planet of the Apes ), reconsecrated the cathedral to their new religion, and installed the bomb in front of the organ pipes in place of the crucifix. This was spoofed in a scene from the TV show Futurama where Fry, Leela, et al. are visiting the sewer mutants beneath the ruins of Old New York. Fry sticks his head in the cathedral, sees the bomb, and says, `` So you guys worship an unexploded atomic bomb ? '' A mutant replies, `` Not really, it 's mostly a Christmas and Easter thing. '' Nelson DeMille 's 1981 novel, Cathedral, concerns a fictional seizure and threatened destruction of the cathedral by members of the Irish Republican Army on Saint Patrick 's Day. Much of the novel is set in and around the cathedral and details of the cathedral 's structure contribute important elements to the plot. The cathedral is also featured in the 1990 film Gremlins 2 : The New Batch. In Giannina Braschi 's novel, Empire of Dreams ( 1994 ), the ringing of the church bells at the cathedral marks a pastoral revolution in New York City. The cathedral is mentioned to have been destroyed and its rubble dumped into the Hudson River in Hulu 's original series The Handmaid 's Tale, adapted from Margaret Atwood 's novel of the same name. 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Question: what is the largest catholic church in new york city
Answer: St. Patrick's Cathedral