| February 1851 | Fr. John Furlong receives permission from Archbishop John Purcell of Cincinnati to form St. Patrick Parish. The new Irish parish continues to meet at Holy Cross with different Mass times from the German speakers of Holy Cross. |
| 1852 | Fr. James Meagher becomes the pastor of the newly-constituted parish on the corner of Grant Avenue and Naghten Street. |
| Sept. 5, 1852 | Archbishop Purcell lays the cornerstone. |
| Sept. 25, 1853 | Archbishop Purcell solemnly dedicates the new church. |
| 1854 | School building is built.
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| 1857 | Rectory building is constructed. |
| 1866 | To relieve overcrowding, St. Joseph (later to become the Cathedral) is established on Broad Street. |
| 1867 | St. Patrick’s Pastor, Rev. Edward Fitzgerald, is consecrated Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas and leaves St. Patrick’s. |
| 1867 | Bishop Rosecrans arrives in Columbus as Pastor of St. Patrick’s. St. Patrick’s serves as the pro-cathedral until St. Joseph Cathedral is ready on Christmas Day 1872. Bishop Rosecrans moves to the Cathedral rectory. |
| 1885 | Bishop John Watterson invited the Dominican Order to take over administration of St. Patrick’s. |
| Early 1890’s | First church organ is installed. |
| Sept. 12, 1905 | Bishop James Hartley, a son of the parish, invites Dominicans to establish Aquinas High School. |
| 1909 | Bishop Hartley donates the main altar in thanksgiving for his vocation. |
| 1920 | Present stained glass windows are installed. |
| May 1935 | During routine roof repairs, the entire roof is set ablaze and collapses into the church. Walls and stained glass are preserved. |
| 1935 -1936 | The Church is repaired and renovated; the present Stations of the Cross, the confessionals on the north and south walls, and a new organ were installed; Fr. James McKenna establishes the Shrine and Guild of Blessed Margaret. |
| 1950 | Population shifts from city to suburbs. Highways are built and neighborhood is greatly diminished. |
| 1959 | Elementary School is closed. |
| 1965 | Aquinas High School is closed. |
| 1970-80’s | St. Patrick’s is considered an aging inner city parish. |
| 1990 | Faithful Roman Catholics are attracted back to St. Patrick’s by its orthodoxy and Dominican preaching. |
| Late 1990’s | Parish realized the goal of building a parish center and refurbishing of church structure. |
| Sept. 2003 | Parish opens new parish center and renovated church building on the date of its Sesquicentennial. |
| Jan. 2016 | St. Patrick hosted the Dominican Province of St. Joseph’s start of the 800th Jubilee Year of the founding of the Order of Preachers. Mass was broadcast on EWTN, followed by a gala celebration at the Ohio Statehouse. |
| Jan. 2016 | St. Patrick's first live streamed broadcast from the Church. |
| Mar. 2016 | Fr. Peter Totleben, OP, ordained by Bp. Frederick Campbell in St Patrick Church; the first ordination in the Church since the 19th Century. |
| Sept. 2017 | St. Patrick's Dominican Community is elevated to the status of Priory, ensuring at least six Friars always in residence. |
| Summer 2018 | The church's 83 year old slate roof is replaced, with lightning protection added. |
| Nov. 2019 | St. Patrick parish dedicates the restored/renovated/completed Muller Pipe Organ, Muller II/22. |
| Oct. 2021 | Bp. Robert J. Brennan elevates the Shrine of St. Margaret of Castello to the status of a Diocesan Shrine. |
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