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  2. Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Houston) - Wikipedia

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    [4] Due to the tremendous growth in the city of Houston, in 1959, the Holy See permitted the Most Reverend Wendelin J. Nold, fifth bishop of the Galveston Diocese, to erect a cathedral of convenience in the city. [5] Because of its central location, he chose Sacred Heart Church, built in 1911, to serve as co-cathedral and installed an episcopal ...

  3. List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

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    The Texas Historical Commission (THC) in 2017 established a historical marker. [20] Sacred Heart Church Galveston: Galveston This is a part of the Holy Family Parish, which is a multi-location parish established on August 15, 2009 as a merger of several existing parishes.

  4. Holy See - Wikipedia

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    The Holy See [7] [8] (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair [9] ', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, [10] is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. [11]

  5. List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) - Wikipedia

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    As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...

  6. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Built as a cathedral, now a museum Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: 3,980 [69] 6,829.3 [69] 101,992 [69] 9,500 [69] 1839–1883 Moscow Russia: Eastern Orthodox Rebuilt from 1995 to 2000 Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan: 3,822 [citation needed] 1997–2001 Yerevan Armenia: Oriental Orthodox Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral

  7. Portal:Catholic Church/The Town and the World - Wikipedia

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    The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, "holy seat") is the episcopal see of Rome.The incumbent of the see is the Bishop of Rome — the Pope.The term Holy See, as used in Canon law, also refers to the Pope and the Roman Curia—in effect, the central government of the Catholic Church—and is the sense more widely used today.

  8. St. Mary Cathedral Basilica (Galveston, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    This did not change the status of Galveston as a see city nor St. Mary Cathedral's place in the diocese. [10] Since St. Mary Cathedral was the first Catholic cathedral in the state of Texas, and the original Diocese of Galveston encompassed the entire state, it has the distinction of being the mother church of all the Catholic dioceses in Texas ...

  9. Portal:Catholic Church/Holy See - Wikipedia

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    The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, "holy seat") is the episcopal see of Rome.The incumbent of the see is the Bishop of Rome — the Pope.The term Holy See, as used in Canon law, also refers to the Pope and the Roman Curia—in effect, the central government of the Catholic Church—and is the sense more widely used today.