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{{short description|Historic church in Virginia, United States}}

{{Distinguish|Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Richmond, Virginia)}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                           = The Church of the Sacred Heart
| nrhp_type                      =
| designated_other1              = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date         = September 11, 2002<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number       = 127-0676
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image                          = Church of the Sacred Heart Richmond VA.JPG
| caption                        = The Church of the Sacred Heart in 2011.
| location                       = 1401 Perry St., [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]]
| coordinates                    = {{coord|37|31|21|N|77|26|57|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin                       = Virginia#USA
| built                          = {{Start date|1901}}
| architect                      = McGuire, Joseph Hubert, Sitterding, Fritz
| architecture                   = [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance]]
| added                          = November 20, 2002
| area                           = {{convert|0.7|acre}}
| refnum                         = 02001368<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Church of the Sacred Heart''', is a [[Catholicism|Catholic church]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] that was built in 1901. The congregation was initially [[Irish American|Irish]] and [[German American|German]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Richmond/127-0676_Church_of_the_Sacred_Heart_2002_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]]| accessdate=2012-08-21}}</ref>

It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name=nris/>

==History==
In 1901 Sacred Heart Church, designed by [[Joseph Hubert McGuire]], was built using funding provided by [[Ida Mary Barry Ryan]] on land purchased in 1876 by Bishop [[James Gibbons]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=Mrs John A. |title=The Part Taken by Women in American History |date=1912 |publisher=Perry-Nalle publishing Company |page=536 |via=Wikisource |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_part_taken_by_women_in_American_history.djvu/575}}</ref> Ryan and her husbland would later fund construction of the [[Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Richmond, Virginia)|Cathedral of the Sacred Heart]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KL4YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA319 Lafort, Remigius. ''The Catholic Church in the United States'', New York. The Catholic Editing Company. 1914, p. 148]</ref> The first pastor was Rev. Thomas J. Waters.<ref name=Lafort>Lafort, p. 159</ref>

The parish hosts the South Richmond conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://sacredheartrva.org/ Church website]
*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Richmond/ChurchSacredHeart_photo.htm Image of the church]

{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}

[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Richmond, Virginia]]
[[Category:German-American culture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Irish-American culture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1901]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States]]
[[Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia]]

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