<Tr> <Th> NRHP reference #</Th> <Td> 75000057 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Added to NRHP </Th> <Td> February 10, 1975 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Cathedral Square neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States . It is the mother church of the Diocese of Providence . The Romanesque church was designed in 1873 by Patrick Keely and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 . </P> <P> On November 4, 1838, the first mass was celebrated at a small church dedicated to Sts . Peter and Paul . Within the next five years, the population of Catholics continued to grow and flourish . In 1844, a new Diocese was formed with its See at Hartford, Connecticut . Its Bishop, William Tyler elected to reside in Providence, as the majority of Catholics lived there . As the number of Catholics in the region continued to grow, the Sts . Peter and Paul Church building could not accommodate the increasing numbers of Irish Catholic immigrants . </P>

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