page_title: Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Tampa, Florida)
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Tampa, Florida) / References
caption_attribution_description: Interior of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Tampa, FL
context_page_description: Sacred Heart Catholic Church was constructed in 1905 in downtown Tampa, Florida and is one of the oldest churches in the city of Tampa. The church, located at 509 N. Florida Avenue, is predominantly a Romanesque structure, with other elements. The church is home to Sacred Heart Parish, part of the West Hillsborough Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg.
  The first Catholic parish on Florida's West Coast was established in 1860 and named St. Louis Parish in honor of Fr. Luis de Cancer, a Dominican missionary who was martyred on the shores of Tampa Bay in 1549. The initial wooden-frame building called St. Louis Church was erected on the site where Sacred Heart stands today. In 1888 the Jesuits took over the pastoral responsibilities of the parish, after a serious outbreak of yellow fever in Tampa took the lives of three diocesan priests. Using Tampa as their base, the Jesuits were given the responsibility of all of South Florida by Bishop Moore. In 1905, a new Church was constructed in Romanesque style and the parish was renamed Sacred Heart.
  As Tampa grew, so did the parish, and by 1897 it was decided that a new church was needed.
context_section_description: Gedalius, Ellen (25 December 2007). "In the Heart of the City". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  "The Resurrection Window at Sacred Heart Church, St. Petersburg Times". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  Kornacki, Steve (2 March 2008). "Wedded To Tradition". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  "Parishes and Missions". Diocese of St. Petersburg. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
  "Sacred Heart Parish History". Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00020/aaa-00020.html Information of Nicholas J. Clayton
  "Destination 360 Tampa".
  http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37795
caption: Sacred Heart Church interior.
  Post card image, early 1900s
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