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Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	181 Dorchester St. between W. Sixth and Tudor Sts., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′3″N 71°2′58″W / 42.33417°N 71.04944°W / 42.33417; -71.04944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1818
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001495
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1987

Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery is a historic church on Dorchester Street between West Sixth and Tudor Streets in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1818–19, it is the oldest Roman Catholic church building in Massachusetts; the cemetery, established 1818 is also the state's oldest Catholic cemetery. The Gothic Revival chapel was originally built as a crypt for the remains of Father François Matignon, the first Catholic priest to come to Boston from France. Father Dennis J. O'Donovan and many other priests are also buried there.

The chapel and cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The chapel is still in active, holding 5pm Mass on Saturdays.

See also

• List of cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Saint Augustine Chapel". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
3. Kenney, William F. (1909). Centenary of the See of Boston: A Newspaper Man's Compilation of the Leading Events of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Diocese of Boston, Oct., Nov., 1908. J.K. Waters Company. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

External links

• Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery at Find a Grave

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