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| Location | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Founder(s) | Bishop Andrew Brennan |
| Dedication | St. Bede Our Lady of Walsingham |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Richmond |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Bishop Barry Knestout |
Saint Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg, Virginia is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Richmond. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, located adjacent to the campus of the College of William and Mary, is a part of the parish.
History
The first Catholics in the Virginia Peninsula were two Dominican friars, accompanied by 37 Spanish and Portuguese troops and guided by a converted Algonquian, in August 1566. Ten Spanish Jesuits founded St. Mary's Mission, known more commonly as the Ajacán Mission, in 1570. On posited location for where they disembarked is present-day College Creek. The entire encampment of Spanish missionaries and Native American converts were massacred by Powhatans in 1571 with the exception of a single convert boy, who was rescued by Spanish forces from Florida the next year.
In 1932, the Catholic College Chapel was constructed to meet the needs of Catholic students and staff at the College of William and Mary, where previously no Catholic ministerial services were available. In 1939, the chapel was dedicated as St. Bede parish. On 8 September 1941, the first pastor of St. Bede Fr. Thomas Walsh dedicated the parish to Our Lady of Walsingham. The church was blessed in 1942.
References
- ^ "Our Parish History". bedeva.org. Saint Bede Catholic Church. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- Erickson, Mark (8 May 2013). "A lost Spanish mission on the York River". dailypress.org. Daily Press. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- "The Virginia Martyrs". nationalwalsinghamshrine.org. National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- "Colonial Period: Ajacan, The Spanish Jesuit Mission". marinersmuseum.org. Mariners Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- "History". nationalwalsinghamshrine.org. National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Retrieved 6 February 2020.