St Mark's Catholic Church (Thomas)
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St Mark Catholic Church was a Catholic Church in Thomas organized by Father John B. Canepa on January 20, 1905. It was a center for the Italian community in Birmingham. A wooden church was completed in 1906. It was replaced by a stone church dedicated on Columbus Day, October 12, 1939. The church was closed in 1997.
References
- Lovett, Rose Gibbons (1980) The Catholic Church in the Deep South: The Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, 1540-1976 Birmingham, AL: The Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama