Foundation
Although St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica was built as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas in 1903, its roots reach back into the nineteenth century. Early history notes that priests riding on horseback or traveling by buggy braved the inclement weather, mud and mosquitoes to minister to the Catholics living in the small community that had grown up around the sawmill and port of Beaumont, Texas. After the railroad came through Southeast, Texas, these missionary priests often used it for travel to Beaumont. The historical records of these itinerant missionary priests reach back to 1853. Saint Anthony’s baptismal register testifies to the first baptism recorded in Beaumont on June 6, 1875. In 1879, Rev. Vital Quinon encouraged the Catholic community in Beaumont to build St. Louis Church at the corner of Bowie and Orleans. This was the first Catholic Church in Beaumont and was a wooden frame structure that could accommodate about three hundred people.
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