St. Patrick’s Cathedral is located along 5th Avenue at 50th Street. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, built between 1858–1879 in Gothic style to replace the Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which was small and badly damaged by fire. Since the great majority of New York’s Catholics in the mid-19th century were Irish immigrants, it is small wonder that the cathedral was dedicated to the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick. Today, New York’s Catholic population is far more mixed, including many descendants of Italians, Poles, Hispanics, and even Hungarians.