The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at 870 West Howard Avenue in
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi ( ; ) is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It lies on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast in southern Mississippi, bordering the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport to its west. The adjacent cities ar ...
, is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi
The Diocese of Biloxi () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church that encompasses 17 counties in southern Mississippi in the United States. The diocese was erected on March 1, 1977, when it was split from the ...
. It was designed by
Theodore Brune and built by J.F. Barnes & Company of Greenville, Mississippi in 1902.
[ The ]cathedral
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was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1984.
Brune was a German-American
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architect who designed several churches on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.[Theodore Brune]
Biloxi Historical Society by Ray L. Bellande The Gothic design for the Blessed Virgin Mother Catholic Church on West Howard Avenue was constructed after the original church was destroyed by the Great Biloxi Fire of November 1900 on the same site. Stained glass windows were donated to the church by Julia Dulion Lopez (1857–1918) in memory of her late husband in early 1906. The windows were built by Reis and Reis of Munich, Germany and installed by Frederick Thornley of New York.[The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 9, 1906, p. 1]
See also
*List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
The Catholic Church in the United States comprises ecclesiastical territories called dioceses, eparchies, and ordinariates led by prelate Ordinary (church officer), ordinaries known as bishops. Each bishop is assigned to a cathedral from which ...
*List of cathedrals in the United States
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References
External links
Official Cathedral Site
Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi Official Site
Historical Marker Database - Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Biloxi, Mississippi)
Churches in Harrison County, Mississippi
Buildings and structures in Biloxi, Mississippi
Gothic Revival church buildings in Mississippi
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Nativity
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1902
Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi
Tourist attractions in Harrison County, Mississippi
National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Mississippi
1902 establishments in Mississippi
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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