St. Edward's Catholic Church

St. Edward's Catholic Church was the first church in the United States to have electric lighting.^[1] The lighting was installed by Edison Illuminating Company.^[2] The church is located in Shamokin, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Harrisburg.

Description

St. Edward's church burned down in 1971 and was rebuilt. The church was then renamed as the Mother Cabrini Catholic Church in 1995 when local Catholic Churches (former coal region parishes of Assumption BVM, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus Kostka) merged. Mother Cabrini still is a fully functioning church.

References

↑ "History". Mother Cabrini Parish. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
↑ Thomas Edison, known world-wide as one of the most prolific inventors in history, held 1,097 U

External links

Official website

Diocese of Harrisburg

Bishops	Ordinaries Jeremiah F. Shanahan Thomas McGovern John W. Shanahan Philip R. McDevitt George L. Leech Joseph Thomas Daley William Henry Keeler Nicholas C. Dattilo Kevin C. Rhoades Joseph P. McFadden Ronald William Gainer Auxiliaries Lawrence F. Schott Joseph T. Daley

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Patrick, Harrisburg Basilicas Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Conewago Basilica of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Danville Parishes St. Edward's Church, Shamokin

Education	High Schools Bishop McDevitt High School, Harrisburg Delone Catholic High School, McSherrystown Lancaster Catholic High School, Lancaster Lebanon Catholic High School, Lebanon Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School, Coal Township Trinity High School, Camp Hill York Catholic High School, York

Priests	Edward C. Malesic William J. Waltersheid

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Coordinates: 40°47′22″N 76°33′05″W / 40.78939°N 76.55133°W / 40.78939; -76.55133

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