Archdiocese of Miami
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The first Catholic family settled at the mouth of the Miami River in 1850. The family of William and Evelyn Wagner purchased several acres of land where Jackson Memorial Hospital is located today. There, a small Catholic chapel was built and services were conducted until 1889. It was destroyed by fire that year. Another Catholic family, that of Joseph and Catherine MacDonald asked Henry Flagler for lands on which to build a new Catholic Church in 1891. Flagler, through a Presbyterian, donated the land and that is where the first Catholic Church was built, just where it remains today in downtown Miami.
The Gesu parish was founded several months before Miami was incorporated as a city in 1896. The first church was built out of wood at a total cost of around $ 3,600.
Welcome to St. John Bosco Catholic Church of Miami. We are located in Miami, Florida. Our Parish is vibrant and diverse, representative of the community it surrounds us.
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