St. Augustine Chapel & Cemetery

Augustine Chapel Cemetery was built in 1818, the Chapel was opened July 4, 1819, and the site was expanded in 1831. It is located in the heart of South Boston on Dorchester Street. Mass on Saturdays and is pastorally served by the pastors and priests of South Boston. Bishop Jean Lefebvre Cheverus, the first Bishop of the Boston archdiocese, built the chapel as a final resting place, for his friend

Father Francis Antony Matignon, Boston’s first Catholic priest, who died in September 1818. Father Matignon is buried near the altar. Many priests are entombed within the Chapel and cemetery grounds. More than 600 people are buried within the Cemetery grounds. Augustine’s Chapel is the oldest surviving Gothic-revival building in Massachusetts. It was restored and preserved by countless parishioners over the years. Augustine Chapel is a place of great historical and cultural importance. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The multitude of services it has held over the years, the parishioners who have tirelessly supported and maintained the grounds, and the priests who have faithfully served the community over the past 200 years combine to make this Chapel and Cemetery an important part of the South Boston and Archdiocese of Boston’s rich history. If you would like to support the preservation of St. Augustine's Chapel and Cemetery, please send donations to:

St. Augustine Chapel Fund
841 East Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127

Information provided by the South Boston Historical Society