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The first Catholic church in Phoenix, the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was dedicated in 1881. It would remain the only parish in the city until 1924. [ 9 ] Also in 1881, the first Catholic church was constructed in Tempe - it would be replaced in 1903 by Old St. Mary's Church . [ 10 ]
The current building was dedicated on December 11, 1966, and became a cathedral with the formation of the Diocese of Phoenix in 1969, elevated to cathedral status under Pope Paul VI. The current rector is the Very Rev. Matthew Henry and the cathedral is overseen by the current bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, Bishop John P. Dolan.
The current church was elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1985. The oldest Catholic parish church in the greater Phoenix area, St. Mary's was the only parish in Phoenix until 1924 and is home to Arizona's largest stained glass windows collection and a 26-rank pipe organ built by the Schantz Organ Company.
St. Paul Catholic Church (Center, Missouri), listed on the NRHP in Missouri; St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church (New Bern, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina; St. Paul's Catholic Church (San Francisco) St. Paul's Catholic Church and Rectory, Sharpsburg, OH, listed on the NRHP in Ohio; St. Paul Roman Catholic Church (St. Paul ...
1881: St. Paul's, the first Episcopal church building in Arizona was erected in Tombstone with help from Endicott Peabody. St. Paul's is the oldest non-Roman Catholic Church in Arizona. 1889: Trinity Church in Phoenix was completed and held its first service on the first Sunday in January.
In 1998, the pastor of the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas lobbied the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix to buy land for a future elementary and high school.. The diocese tapped the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, known colloquially as the "Nashville Dominicans," to establish a presence in Phoenix and operate the new high school.
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Permission was granted to acquire the property of the former St. Thomas the Apostle Antiochene Orthodox Church in 1968. The first Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Easter Sunday. [1] The church was dedicated by Bishop Stephen Kocisko under the patronage of St. Stephen, the Proto-Martyr, on June 28, 1968. The Rev. Paul Bovankovich was appointed ...