St. John the Baptist (Diocese of Saint Augustine, Crescent City)

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St. John the Baptist
Dedication: St. John the Baptist
Type/Classification: Territorial Parish
Non-Parochial: No
Operated By: Diocesan clergy
Venerated Saints: None specified
Diocese: Diocese of Saint Augustine
Deanery:
Address: 2725 S US Hwy. 17, Crescent City, Florida 32112
City: Crescent City, FL
Subdivision: Florida
Country: United States
County: Putnam County
Website: Website
Founded: 1906
School: No
Email: None specified
AI Confidence: 5/10
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St. John the Baptist is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Saint Augustine, located in Crescent City, a small community in Putnam County, Florida. The parish is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, the herald of Christ and one of the most venerated saints in the Christian tradition.

Established in 1906, St. John the Baptist has served Catholics in Crescent City and the surrounding lakeside communities of central Florida for well over a century. It is a diocesan parish, staffed by clergy of the Diocese of Saint Augustine rather than by a religious order.

The parish continues to serve as a spiritual home for area Catholic families, offering the sacraments and pastoral care to a small but enduring community along the U.S. Highway 17 corridor.

History

According to the Diocese of Saint Augustine, St. John the Baptist Parish traces its founding to 1906, making it one of the older Catholic communities established in this part of central Florida in the early twentieth century.[1] Limited sources are publicly available detailing the earliest years of the parish, including the circumstances of its founding and the identity of its first pastors.

The parish has remained a fixture of Catholic life in Crescent City through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century, continuing to serve the local Catholic population from its location on South U.S. Highway 17.[2] No confirmed record of major building campaigns, renovations, or expansions is documented in available sources.

Special features

  • A long-standing Catholic presence in Crescent City, dating to the early twentieth century
  • Service to a small, close-knit lakeside community in Putnam County

Relics

According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated parish church customarily contains deposited relics. No specific documentation regarding relics housed at St. John the Baptist is publicly available in current sources.

Architecture and Art

Exterior features

Specific documented details regarding the exterior architecture of the church building are not publicly available in current sources.

Interior features

The interior of the church is arranged in the customary manner for Catholic worship, with the sanctuary and altar as the focal point of the worship space. No further documented details are publicly available.

Stained Glass Windows

No confirmed information regarding stained glass windows at St. John the Baptist is documented in available sources.

Statues and Sculptures

No confirmed information regarding statuary at the parish is documented in available sources.

Other Artwork

No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.

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References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Saint Augustine". Diocese of Saint Augustine. https://www.dosafl.com/. 
  2. ↑ "St. John the Baptist Catholic Church". St. John the Baptist Parish. http://www.sjbch.com. 
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