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The present church and rectory were built in the Modern and Art Deco architectural styles from 1965 to 1967 for $1.5 million. [1] On January 14, 1988 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Lexington, [3] and Christ the King became the cathedral for the new diocese. The Cathedral Center was added to the parish facilities in 1992.
It is one of the oldest church buildings in Kentucky and the largest one room log structure. The church was the site of a large frontier Christian revival in 1801 hosted by the local Presbyterian congregation that met in the building, with nearly 10,000 people attending. According to the museum "[i]n 1804, a small group of Presbyterian ...
The first Catholic immigrants to the Kentucky area came from Maryland in 1785. By 1796, approximately 300 Catholic families were living in the new state of Kentucky. [ 3 ] Among the early missionaries was Stephen Badin who set out on foot for Kentucky on in 1793, sent by Bishop John Carroll of the Diocese of Baltimore .
The Roman Catholic St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, is a minor basilica in the United States. Construction of the cathedral began under the Diocese of Covington's third bishop, Camillus Paul Maes, in 1895 to replace an 1834 frame church that was inadequate for the growing congregation.
Sacred Heart Church (Bellevue, Kentucky) St. Aloysius Church (Pewee Valley, Kentucky) St. Augustine Catholic Church (Grayson Springs, Kentucky) St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church (Paducah, Kentucky) St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (Wilder, Kentucky) St. Joseph Catholic Church (Camp Springs, Kentucky)
The first Catholic church west of the Appalachian Mountains, Holy Cross, was constructed at Pottinger Creek in 1792. [4] In 1792, the Commonwealth of Kentucky was admitted to the union. [5] In 1793, Stephen T. Badin estimated that 300 Catholic families were living in Kentucky, clustered in six settlements around Bardstown. [6]
Linda Blackford: On Pentecost, Brother Christian Matson decided to point a new way forward, a ‘language of love’ in the Catholic Church for LGBTQ people in Kentucky and around the world.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church (Paducah, Kentucky) Saint Francis of Assisi Complex; St. George's Roman Catholic Church (Louisville) St. James Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) Saint James' Episcopal Church (Pewee Valley, Kentucky) St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (Wilder, Kentucky) St. John's Methodist Church (Shelbyville ...