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On May 19, 1882 Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Grand Rapids. [3] The diocese's first bishop Henry J. Richter chose Saint Andrew's as his cathedral and was consecrated in it on April 22, 1883. [2] Lightning struck the cathedral in 1901 and a fire destroyed part of the church building. It was rebuilt and expanded.
St. Isidore 628 Diamond Ave NE, Grand Rapids Established in 1897 [15] St. Jude 1120 Four Mile NE, Grand Rapids Established in 1946 [16] St. Mary 423 First St NW, Grand Rapids Established in 1857; cornerstone laid in 1873 [17] [18] St. Paul the Apostle 2750 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids Established in 1965 [19] St. Stephen 750 Gladstone Dr SE ...
The Diocese of Grand Rapids (Latin: Dioecesis Grandcataractensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in western Michigan in the United States. It comprises 80 parishes in 11 counties. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Detroit. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Grand Rapids.
Pages in category "Churches in Grand Rapids, Michigan" ... Basilica of St. Adalbert (Grand Rapids, Michigan) C. Cathedral of Saint Andrew (Grand Rapids, Michigan) P.
Cathedral of Saint Andrew: 192 / 59: 1: 1917–1927: Assumed title following 1917 Fountain Street Baptist Church fire. [9] Fountain Street Baptist Church: 217 / 66: 1: 1877–1917: Tallest building in Michigan from April 1877 to June 1877 until the completion of Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit, MI. Destroyed by fire in 1917. [26] [27]
On January 30, 1883, Richter was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Grand Rapids by Pope Leo XIII. [3] He received his episcopal consecration on April 22, 1883, from Archbishop William Elder, with Bishops Caspar Borgess and William McCloskey serving as co-consecrators, at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Grand Rapids [3]
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The partners also owned land, and in the 1870s began developing in the city of Grand Rapids. [2] In 1872, Moses V. Aldrich purchased the property where this building now stands from St. Andrew's Catholic Church for $56,000, which funded the church's move to what is now St. Andrew's Cathedral. Aldrich sold one-third of the property each to ...