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==Description==

==Description==

The Basilica was built between 1785 and 1787, and is constructed of [[brownstone]] with three-foot-thick walls. It measures {{frac|2|1|2}} stories high, three bays wide and five bays deep. It features a [[Federal architecture|Federal]] style entrance with a semi-circular arched doorway and an 80-foot-high [[spire]], added in 1873. Attached to the chapel is a three-story [[rectory]], also built in 1787. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church constructed of stone in the United States. [[Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin|Prince Gallitzin]] spent the first five years of his priesthood at Conewago Chapel from 1795 to 1799.<ref name=“arch”>{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2013-08-21| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} ”Note:” This includes {{cite web| url={{NRHP-PA|H001254_01H.pdf}}| title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Conewago Chapel| accessdate=2011-12-08| author=David C. Stacks| format=PDF| date=1973–1974}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The Basilica was built between 1785 and 1787, and is constructed of [[brownstone]] with three-foot-thick walls. It measures {{frac|2|1|2}} stories high, three bays wide and five bays deep. It features a [[Federal architecture|Federal]] style entrance with a semi-circular arched doorway and an 80-foot-high [[spire]], added in 1873. Attached to the chapel is a three-story [[rectory]], also built in 1787. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church constructed of stone in the United States. [[Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin|Prince Gallitzin]] spent the first five years of his priesthood at Conewago Chapel from 1795 to 1799.<ref name=>{{cite |url=https://..//|title=National Register of Historic Places Pennsylvania |=National |author=David C. Stacks| date=1973–1974 date= 2025 }}</ref>

It was decreed a minor basilica on June 30, 1962.<ref name=GCatholic>{{cite web| url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/northamerica/0888.htm| title=Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus| accessdate=2013-08-21| publisher=GCatholic.org}}</ref> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.<ref name=nris/>

It was decreed a minor basilica on June 30, 1962.<ref name=GCatholic>{{cite web| url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/northamerica/0888.htm| title=Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus| accessdate=2013-08-21| publisher=GCatholic.org}}</ref> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.<ref name=nris/>

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Historic church in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, also known as Conewago Chapel, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus located in Conewago Township (Adams County), Pennsylvania. The church is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.

The Basilica was built between 1785 and 1787, and is constructed of brownstone with three-foot-thick walls. It measures 2+1⁄2 stories high, three bays wide and five bays deep. It features a Federal style entrance with a semi-circular arched doorway and an 80-foot-high spire, added in 1873. Attached to the chapel is a three-story rectory, also built in 1787. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church constructed of stone in the United States. Prince Gallitzin spent the first five years of his priesthood at Conewago Chapel from 1795 to 1799.[3]

It was decreed a minor basilica on June 30, 1962.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

  • Interior of chapel

    Interior of chapel

  • Altar

    Altar

  • Bell

    Bell

  • 1841 gravestone

    1841 gravestone

The following priests have served as pastor of the church:[5]

  1. William Wappeler (1741–1748)
  2. T. Schneider (1748–1753)
  3. Mathias Manners (Mathias Sittensperger) (1753–1758)
  4. James Frambach (1758–1768)
  5. James Pellentz (1768–1800)
  6. Francis X. Brosius (1800–1803)
  7. S. Cerfourmont (1803–1804)
  8. Louis de Barth (1804–1812)
  9. Adam Brit (1812–1822)
  10. Mathew Lekeu (1822–1843)
  11. N. Steinbacher (1843–1846)
  12. Michael Tuffer (1846–1847)
  13. Joseph Enders (1847–1858)
  14. John Cattani (1858–1865)
  15. Simon Dompieri (1865–1866)
  16. A. Carlier (1866–1868)
  17. Burchard Villiger (1868–1869)
  18. I. Bellwalder (1869–1871)
  19. Joseph Enders (1871–1884)
  20. Patrick Forhand (1884–1888)
  21. John Mullaly (1888–1891)
  22. Thomas Hayes (1891–1893)
  23. Timonthy Oleary (1893–1898)
  24. Daniel Haugh (1898–1899)
  25. William B. Cowardin (1899–1901)
  26. Hugo A. Loague (1901–1902)
  27. E. Halfetermeyer (1902–1909)
  28. Germanus Kohl (1909–1914)
  29. Charles Koch (1914–1925)
  30. John F. O’ Donnell (1925–1947)
  31. Harold E. Keller (1947–1953)
  32. John P. Bolin (1953–1966)
  33. Thomas J. McGough (1966–1980)
  34. George W. Rost (1980–2000)
  35. Lawrence J. McNeil (2000–2013)
  36. James E. Lease (2013–2015)
  37. Joseph Howard (2015–2020)
  38. Dwight Schlaline (2020-present)

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