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Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Immaculate Conception (other)
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception is the name of several Catholic cathedrals. Among cathedrals that have both "St. Mary" and "Immaculate Conception" somewhere their official and common names: Australia * St Mary's Cathedral, Perth (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary), seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Perth (Western Australia) Canada * Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Canada, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston (Ontario) Ireland * St Mary's Pro-Cathedral (Pro-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary), episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland United States * Old Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco (also known as Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown), former seat of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (California) * Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver (also known as ...
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St Mary's Cathedral, Perth
St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, officially the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Australian cathedral. It is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth and seat of its archbishop, currently Timothy Costelloe. The cathedral is at the centre of Victoria Square, on the northern end of Victoria Avenue, Perth, Western Australia. The cathedral as it now stands was constructed in three main phases, with the first phase completed in 1865. Plans were drawn up for the replacement of the cathedral in the 1920s with a larger Perpendicular Gothic edifice. However, construction was interrupted by the onset of the Great Depression, leaving a new transept and sanctuary, with the aisle of the original cathedral as its nave. After being incomplete for 70 years, with portions of the cathedral requiring extensive repair work, funds were eventually raised in the late 1990s and early 2000s for the completion of the expansion. A new curved des ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Kingston In Canada
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada that includes part of the federal Province of Ontario in southeastern Canada. Its cathedral is St. Mary's Cathedral, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Kingston, Ontario. Ecclesiastical province Its suffragan sees are: * Diocese of Peterborough * Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario History * Established on 1819.01.12 as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Canada, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Québec. * Promoted as Diocese of Kingston on 27 January 1826, as a suffragan diocese of the (meanwhile promoted) Archdiocese of Quebec. Prior to 1841 when the Diocese of Toronto was created, the diocese included areas that are now part of the Dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, Thunder Bay and Toronto. * Lost territory repeatedly : on 1841.12.17 to establish Diocese of Toronto, on 1847.06.25 to ...
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St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
St Mary's Church (), known also as St Mary's Pro-Cathedral or simply the Pro-Cathedral, the Chapel in Marlborough Street or the Pro, is a pro-cathedral and is the episcopal seat of the Archbishop of Dublin (Catholic Church), Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primacy of Ireland, Primate of Ireland. Status The city of Dublin possesses two cathedrals, but unusually, both belong to one church, the minority Church of Ireland, which had been the Established Church in Ireland Irish Church Act 1869, until 1871. In contrast, the majority religion in Ireland, Roman Catholicism, has no cathedral in Republic of Ireland, Ireland's capital city and has not had one since the Protestant Reformation. As the official church, the Church of Ireland took control of most church property, including the Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (generally known as Christchurch) and St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, St Patrick's Cathedral. These two churches had long shared t ...
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Old Saint Mary's Cathedral In San Francisco
The Old Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a proto-cathedral and parish of the Roman Catholic Church located at 660 California Street at the corner of Grant Avenue in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It was built in 1854 in the Gothic Revival style, and was made a Designated San Francisco Landmark on April 11, 1968. History Old St. Mary's was established, as a mission, by Paulist Father Henry Ignatius Stark, C.S.P. The cornerstone was placed on Sunday, July 17, 1853, at the corner of California and Dupont Streets by the Bishop of Monterrey Joseph S. Alemany, built by Chinese laborers, with brick brought around Cape Horn, and granite cut in China. With its dedication by Alemany, now as the new Archbishop of San Francisco, at Christmas Midnight Mass, 1854, it became the first cathedral of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by William Craine and Thomas England, two of the earlie ...
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Cathedral Basilica Of The Immaculate Conception In Denver
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Denver of the Roman Catholic Church. It is located at the corner of Logan Street and Colfax Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of central Denver. History Construction of the cathedral started in 1902 and was completed in 1911 with a final cost of approximately $500,000. The inaugural Mass was held on October 27, 1912, and consecration was in 1921. On August 7, 1912, lightning struck the west tower causing damage to the upper ; however, this was repaired before the opening. The cathedral was raised to the status of minor basilica on Christmas Day 1979. On August 13 and 14, 1993 (for World Youth Day), Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass at the cathedral, one of only a few cathedrals in the United States so honored. In June 1997, lightning struck a second time, but this time damaged the east tower. The parish completed work to restore the tower within eight months. During the firs ...
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Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Immaculate Conception (Peoria, Illinois)
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (commonly known as St. Mary's Cathedral) is a cathedral of the Catholic Church located in Peoria, Illinois, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Peoria, where the Catholic televangelist and sainthood candidate Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was born and raised, and ordained a priest. Since 2019, the cathedral has been his place of burial. The cathedral is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the North Side Historic District (Peoria, Illinois), North Side Historic District. History The first Mass in the vicinity of Peoria was celebrated at Fort Crevecoeur, across the Illinois River from the present city. The Récollets stationed at the fort included the Revs. Gabriel Ribourde, Zenobius Membre and Louis Hennepin. Father Reho celebrated Mass in the city of Peoria in 1839, and the Rev. John A. Drew founded St. Mary's Church in 1846. The church that would become the first St. Mar ...
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Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Immaculate Conception In Indiana
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. It is located at 1207 Columbia Street in Lafayette, Indiana. It is also a contributing property in the St. Mary Historic District. History The congregation began in 1843 when a small group of Irish Catholic families in the area met for Mass in rented space. By the following year, they raised enough money to construct their own building. The brick ''Church of Sts. Mary and Martha'' stood at the intersection of Fifth and Brown Streets and was completed in 1846. In 1850, a school was constructed on adjacent land which came under the administration of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1858. In 1860, parishioner Lawrence Stockton donated a plot of land on Columbia Street to the Reverend Edmund Kilroy for construction of a church, rectory, and school. Preliminary work began shortly thereafter, but stopped when the Civil War began in April 1861. The Re ...
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Cathedral Of Saint Mary In Austin
Saint Mary's Cathedral is the cathedral parish of the Catholic Diocese of Austin located in Austin, Texas, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, as St. Mary's Cathedral. History The origins of this church date to the 1850s when the largely Irish Catholic community in Austin, (originally called "Waterloo"), built a small stone church named St. Patrick's on the corner of 9th and Brazos Streets. It was built of locally quarried limestonThe parish continued to grow, due in no small part to the increase in German Catholics. In 1866, the parish decided they needed a new church and could afford masonry construction. While the Irish preferred that the church retain the name of St. Patrick, the German residents hoped the new church would be dedicated to a patron saint who reflected their heritage. Both sides compromised and agreed that the new church be named in honor of Mary. In 1872, after Austin was made the permanent capital of the state, th ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Portland
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (''Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia'') is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western Oregon in the United States. Established in 1846, it was the second Catholic archdiocese established in the United States after the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (The Archdiocese of New Orleans is older, having been created in 1793 when the city was still Spanish territory, but became an Archdiocese in 1850.) In 2004, during a sexual abuse scandal, it became the first archdiocese to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The mother church of the archdiocese is St. Mary's cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. As of 2023, the archbishop of Portland is Alexander Sample. Statistics The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon has the following suffragan dioceses: * Diocese of Baker in Oregon * Diocese of Boise in Idaho * Diocese of Helena in Montana * Diocese of Great Falls-Billings in Montana As of 2024, the archdiocese served 43 ...
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Basilica Of St
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name to the ''basilica'' architectural form. Originally, a basilica was an ancient Roman architecture, ancient Roman public building, where courts were held, as well as serving other official and public functions. Basilicas are typically rectangular buildings with a central nave flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles, with the roof at two levels, being higher in the centre over the nave to admit a clerestory and lower over the side-aisles. An apse at one end, or less frequently at both ends or on the side, usually contained the raised Tribune (architecture), tribunal occupied by the Roman magistrates. The basilica was centrally located in every Roman town, usually adjacent to the forum and often opp ...
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Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception (other)
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception may refer to: Austria *New Cathedral, Linz, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Linz Benin *Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception, Ouidah Bolivia *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Concepción Burkina Faso *Ouagadougou Cathedral, Ouagadougou Canada *Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Saint John, New Brunswick) Chile *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Iquique China *Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing *Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Changsha) *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Chengdu *Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hangzhou) *Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Nanjing) *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Ürümqi Colombia *Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Santa Fe de Antioquia *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Neiva Dominican Republic *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, La Vega Ecuador *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno ...
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