Holy Rosary Church (Baltimore)
Church in Baltimore, United States
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Holy Rosary Church is a Roman Catholic church located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland. It was established to serve Baltimore's Polish community.
| Holy Rosary Church | |
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| Baltimore Holy Rosary Church | |
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  Holy Rosary Church Location within Baltimore | |
| 39.286567°N 76.587269°W | |
| Location | Baltimore |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.holyrosarypl.org |
| History | |
| Founded | December 8, 1887 |
| Founder | Polish immigrants |
| Dedicated | March 15, 1928 |
| Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | For Polish immigrants |
| Architect(s) | Baldwin and Radziszewski |
Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Polish Cathedral style and Romanesque Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1927 |
Construction cost | $600,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Materials | Woodstock granite and marble |
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) prayed at the shrine during a visit in 1976.[1]
Ronald Pytel was a parish priest at the church whose heart condition was one of the miracles claimed during the canonization of St. Maria Faustina Kowalski in 2000.[2]
