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The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis-Roi-de-France de Saint-Louis), formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, is a Catholic church in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] It was the first cathedral west of the Mississippi River and until 1844 the only parish church in St. Louis. [2]
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral or the New Cathedral, [3] [4] is a Catholic cathedral in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski.
It was dedicated in 1926 on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of St. Louis as a diocese, and was started by Archbishop Glennon and completed by Archbishop May. Work on the cathedral mosaics would not be completed for 60 years. The Vatican designated the Cathedral of St. Louis as a basilica in 1997 on the 150th anniversary of the ...
St. Louis saw a vast expansion in the variety and number of religious buildings during the late 19th century and early 20th century. The largest and most ornate of these is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, designed by Thomas P. Barnett and constructed between 1907 and 1914 in the Neo-Byzantine style. The St. Louis Cathedral, as it is known ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:43, 16 February 2021: 3,247 × 2,850 (1.88 MB): Rabanus Flavus {{Information |description={{en|1=Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (St. Louis, MO) - exterior, quarter view}} |date=2013-06-26 21:04:26 |source=File:Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (St. Louis, MO) - exterior, quarter view.jpg |author=Nheyob (changes by Rabanus Flavus ...
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In 1977, St. Henry Church (founded in 1885) merged with Immaculate Conception. [4] The parish became known as Immaculate Conception/St. Henry's and was staffed by the Augustinians. The former St. Henry's Church at Rutger and California Streets was destroyed as a result of two fires in the mid 1990s and had to be torn down. [5]