Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery

{{Short description|United States historic place in Boston, Massachusetts}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery South Boston MA 01.jpg

| caption =

| location = 181 Dorchester St. between W. Sixth and Tudor Sts., Boston, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|42|20|3|N|71|2|58|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA

| built = 1818

| architecture = Gothic Revival

| added = September 18, 1987

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 87001495{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery is a historic church on Dorchester Street between West Sixth and Tudor Streets in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1818–19, it is the oldest Roman Catholic church building in Massachusetts; the cemetery, established 1818 is also the state's oldest Catholic cemetery. The Gothic Revival chapel was originally built as a crypt for the remains of Father François Matignon, the first Catholic priest to come to Boston from France.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bos.7180|title=MACRIS inventory record for Saint Augustine Chapel|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-06-23}} Father Dennis J. O'Donovan and many other priests are also buried there.{{cite book|last=Kenney|first=William F. |title=Centenary of the See of Boston: A Newspaper Man's Compilation of the Leading Events of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Diocese of Boston, Oct., Nov., 1908|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXYeGQAACAAJ|accessdate=21 September 2019|year=1909|publisher=J.K. Waters Company}}

The chapel and cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The chapel is still in active, holding 5pm Mass on Saturdays.File:Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery South Boston MA 02.jpg