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In 1841, the diocese was moved from Bardstown to Louisville, and Saint Louis Church became Saint Louis Cathedral. Bishop Flaget, now the Bishop of Louisville, decided in 1849 that a new cathedral should be built. However, Bishop Flaget died on February 11, 1850, a few months after the laying of the cornerstone for the new church building.
Most of the early Catholic settlers in Kentucky were English Catholics from Maryland. [4] The Vatican in 1789 elevated the prefecture to the Diocese of Baltimore, the first diocese in the United States, covering the entire nation. [3] The first Catholic church west of the Appalachian Mountains, Holy Cross, was constructed at Pottinger Creek in ...
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the fourth parish in the city and one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville . [ citation needed ] Founded as a church for German immigrants on the east side of Louisville in 1853, the church building was completed and dedicated on ...
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 11:37 (UTC). Text ...
The Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral is a Catholic parish church at 310 West Stephen Foster Avenue in Bardstown, Kentucky.It is the original cathedral of the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, originally erected as the Diocese of Bardstown — "proto-cathedral" means the original cathedral of a see that has transferred or moved.
German immigrants in the 19th century brought not only a large Catholic population, but also the Lutheran and Evangelical denominations, which are represented today in Louisville by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, and the United Church of Christ, respectively. The city is home to two megachurches.
Roman Catholic churches in Louisville, Kentucky (13 P) Pages in category "Churches in Louisville, Kentucky" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The historic Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded on May 31, 1822. The original church building was completed in 1824; a new Romanesque Revival facade was added in 1870. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] Christ Church became the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of ...