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Peoria Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic) 40°41′55″N 89°35′06″W / 40.698583°N 89.585028°W / 40.698583; -89.585028 ( Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria,
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. Mary's Cathedral was built in 1851. [3] [4] Chicago architect Casper Mehler designed the present cathedral to reflect the style of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. [5]
He consolidated Costa Catholic School in Galesburg, Illinois, (1972), Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island, Illinois, (1974), La Salle Catholic School (1978) and Peoria Notre Dame High School (1988). [10] In 1987, Pope John Paul II appointed John J. Myers as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Peoria to assist Bishop Edward O'Rourke. [11]
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria's restructuring plan has proposed no longer using St. Bernard, which opened in 1903 on the East Bluff. This Peoria church has operated for 120 years, but its future ...
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The Rockford area would be part of the Diocese of Chicago, followed by the Archdiocese of Chicago, for the next 64 years. In Elgin, the first Catholic church, St. Mary's, opened in 1851. [8] That same year, Bishop James Van de Velde of Chicago purchased land for the first Catholic church in Aurora. [9]
Its suffragan dioceses are the other Catholic dioceses in Illinois: Belleville, Joliet, Peoria, Rockford, and Springfield. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin , archbishop of Chicago from 1982 to 1996, was arguably one of the most prominent figures in the American Catholic church in the post- Vatican II era, rallying progressives with his "seamless ...
The cornerstone for the present church was blessed by Bishop Loras Lane in August 1958 and it was dedicated on May 15, 1960. Bishop Arthur O'Neill designated St. Peter's as the diocesan cathedral on October 11, 1970.