St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Alexandria)
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| Dedication: | St. Mary |
| Type/Classification: | Territorial Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | 820 W Madison St., Alexandria, Indiana 46001-1520 |
| City: | Alexandria, IN |
| Subdivision: | Indiana |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Madison County |
| Website: | Website |
| Founded: | 1896 |
| School: | No |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 6/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
St. Mary is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, located in Alexandria, Indiana, in Madison County. Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Saint Mary, the parish serves Catholics in and around the city of Alexandria in east-central Indiana.
Founded in 1896, St. Mary Parish has served the Alexandria community for well over a century. The parish today shares a common website with St. Ambrose Parish, suggesting a close pastoral relationship or shared clergy arrangement between the two Madison County communities, though the specific canonical structure of this relationship is not fully documented in publicly available sources.
As a diocesan territorial parish, St. Mary is staffed by clergy of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana rather than by a religious order.
History
According to the parish's own records, St. Mary Parish was established in 1896 to serve Catholic families in Alexandria, Indiana, a small city in Madison County that grew during the late nineteenth century amid the regional natural gas boom.[1] Limited independent documentation is available regarding the parish's earliest years, including its first pastor and the construction of its original church building.
Over the following decades, St. Mary Parish continued to serve the Catholic population of Alexandria as part of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, which was established in 1944 to cover a portion of northern and west-central Indiana.[2] No confirmed record of major renovations, mergers, or changes in parish status beyond its current pastoral association with nearby St. Ambrose Parish is documented in available sources.
Special features
- Long-standing territorial parish serving Alexandria, Indiana since the late nineteenth century
- Pastoral association with St. Ambrose Parish, reflected in a jointly maintained parish website
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated Catholic church customarily contains relics of saints, consistent with the rite of dedication. No specific documentation of relics housed at St. Mary Church in Alexandria is available in public sources.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific architectural details regarding the exterior of St. Mary Church are not publicly documented in available sources. As with many parish churches founded in the late nineteenth century in small Indiana towns, the building has likely undergone changes and updates over its history.
Interior features
No detailed public documentation of the church's interior layout or furnishings was found in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
Specific details on the church's stained glass windows are not publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
Devotional statuary, if present, likely reflects the parish's Marian dedication, though specific details are not publicly documented in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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Related parishes
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Ambia)
- St. Ambrose (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Anderson)
- St. Francis Xavier (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Holy Trinity (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Cicero)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Covington)
- St. Bernard (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Delphi)
- St. Cecilia (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Dunkirk)
- St. John the Baptist (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Earl Park)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Elwood)
- Holy Spirit (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. John Vianney (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Louis de Montfort (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Fowler)
- St. Francis Solano (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Frankfort)
- Holy Family (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Sts. Peter and Paul (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. John the Evangelist (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Kentland)
External links
Social media
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References
- ↑ "St. Ambrose & St. Mary Parish". St. Ambrose & St. Mary Parish. https://stambrosestmary.org/.
- ↑ "Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana". Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. https://www.dol-in.org/.