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By 1990 the once grand church had fallen on hard times. In 1991 Bishop Daniel A. Cronin appointed Fr. Edmond R. Levesque pastor of the beleaguered church telling him at the time that unless Father
Levesque could reverse the pattern of decline, that St. Anthony Church would have to be closed. Over the
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who was living in Rhode Island at the time. The original pulpit, which had been designed by
Castagnoli was replaced with one designed by Nincheri and built by the Del Bono Arte Del Marno company of Italy. Nincheri also added several stained glass windows and paintings of each of the four evangelists.
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was brought in as supervising architect. The church exterior was completed in
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Catholics who lived in the North End of New
Bedford. The new parish was under the care of first pastor, Fr. Hormisdas Deslauriers (1861–1916), an energetic leader who would have great influence on the parishes future development. The first mass was celebrated on Oct 6th 1895 at ‘’North Union Hall’’
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Canadian architect of the late 19th early 20th century who designed many important buildings in his native country and was active in the establishment of the first Institute of architects in Canada. He also designed three large and important catholic churches in the United States.
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This instrument remains essentially intact, and was partially restored in 2005 by Daniel
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