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The Cathedral of Saint Joseph is home to Wheeling's oldest Catholic parish, dating to 1822 and Mother Church to the city's other parishes. It has been the liturgical heart of the Diocese of Wheeling (originally) since the diocese's erection by Pope Pius IX in 1850 and is an architectural and artistic treasure in both the city and state.
The first Catholic parish in Wheeling was St. Joseph, established in 1822. In the 1840s, Whelan became concerned that his diocese was too vast to administer. He therefore requested that the Vatican divide the diocese into two, using the Allegheny mountains as a natural boundary.
Schmitt was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling on May 28, 1955, by Bishop Thomas John McDonnell. Schmitt's first assignment after his ordination was as associate pastor of the cathedral, while also serving as master of ceremonies to Archbishop John Swint. In 1963, Schmitt ...
Sacred Heart parish was established on August 1, 1866, when Bishop Whelan, who was now Bishop of Wheeling, purchased the Dunbar property in Charleston. A two-story brick building served as a church and school. In 1869, the congregation constructed a frame church measuring 60 by 25 feet (18.3 m × 7.6 m) for $1,500.00. [2]
John Joseph Swint (December 15, 1879 – November 23, 1962) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling in West Virginia from December 1922 until his death in 1962. He was auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from May to December 1922.
Wheeling is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago , it is primarily in Cook County, approximately 23 mi (37 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census , the population was 39,137. [ 4 ]
Cathedral Parish School, also known as Wheeling Catholic Elementary and Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Chancery, was a historic elementary school building located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896–1897, to service the St. Joseph Cathedral parish. A gymnasium addition was built in 1939. It is a three-story brick ...
John Joseph Kain (May 31, 1841 – October 13, 1903) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Wheeling from 1875 to 1893 and as the first American-born Archbishop of Saint Louis from 1896 to 1903.