LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A new pastor has been appointed ... presently pastor of the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown and St. Michael Parish in Fairfield. Father Hammer replaces ...

When the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, Kentucky, was consecrated in 1819, it became the first Catholic cathedral west of the Allegheny Mountains. (photo: David Asher photos ...

Father Bill Hammer, who is now pastor at both the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, Ky., and the St. Michael Parish in Fairfield, Ky., will replace Pohl at St. Margaret Mary ...

Joseph Parker Mattingly, 73, of Bardstown, Kentucky, died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at his residence. He was born February 12, 1943 in Loretto, KY. He worked ... burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.

The people of Bardstown (pop. 4,135), Ky. were shocked and angry at the meanness of man. On a dark night last week, thieves broke into 133-year-old St. Joseph’s Cathedral, oldest Roman Catholic ...

Leo was a devoted Catholic and lifelong member of the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, KY, where he enjoyed the fellowship of the bereavement committee and tallying weekly ...

Bardstown, Ky was named "Most Beautiful Small ... is the Basilica of Saint Joseph, and it is the first cathedral built West of the Allegheny Mountains. So we run really deep in spirit here ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11 ... the current pastor of Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown and St. Michael Parish in Fairfield. Fr. Hammer sent out a statement following the ...