Welcome to the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel!

      A parish of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
            Very Rev. Father John David Byrnes, JCL, JV, Rector
   321 St. Mary Street
PO Box 10
Loretto, PA 15940
  Phone: 814-472-8551​​

The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in Loretto
Founded in 1799 by Father Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin.
A donation from Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, the present church
​was constructed during the years 1900-1901.
The church was honored with the title of Minor Basilica by His Holiness Pope John Paul II in 1996.  
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