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The Bells of St. Patrick’s

Consecrated by Bishop Bayley on December 8, 1862

  • St. Patrick — 3,000 pounds
  • Blessed Virgin — 1,536 pounds
  • St. James — 888 pounds
  • St. Bridget — 375 pounds

Consecrated by Bishop Corrigan on February 21, 1875

  • St. John the Baptist — 2,100 pounds
  • St. Peter & St. Paul, Apostles — 1,262 pounds
  • St. Gabriel, Archangel — 648 pounds
  • St. Aloysius, Confessor — 534 pounds
  • St. Rose of Lima, Virgin — 456 pounds
  • St. Cecilia — 280 pounds

The weight of all ten bells is 11,264 pounds. Newspaper reports give differing weights for some of the bells. I have chosen to use the weights stated by Bishop Corrigan in his Diocesan Journal.

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