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St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the fourth parish in the city and one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville. [citation needed] Founded as a church for German immigrants on the east side of Louisville in 1853, the church building was completed and dedicated on August ...
The cathedra, upholstered in red suede, has painted on its back the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Louisville. Symbols on the coat of arms, important to Louisville and the Archdiocese, include: The fleur de lis, representing Louisville's French heritage; A crozier; A Star of David, an early symbol of the Virgin Mary
St. Boniface Catholic Church (also known as St. Bonifacius Kirche Complex) is a historic church at 501-531 E. Liberty Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Established in 1836, St. Boniface was the first German Catholic parish in the city. [2] It is also the oldest, continuously existent, Catholic parish in the city of Louisville.
The Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral is a Catholic parish church at 310 West Stephen Foster Avenue in Bardstown, Kentucky.It is the original cathedral of the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, originally erected as the Diocese of Bardstown — "proto-cathedral" means the original cathedral of a see that has transferred or moved.
In 1991 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville leased the building for 25 years to Dismas House Charities to be use as a rehabilitation center known as "Dismas House".On March 17, 2004, over 600 attended a the 150th celebration. The original 1854 Church and school which was situated behind the church on 13th Street were torn down without ...
On December 9, 1937, Pope Pius XI elevated the Diocese of Louisville to the Archdiocese of Louisville. At the same time, the pope erected the Diocese of Owensboro, taking western Kentucky from the new archdiocese. [10] The Dioceses of Covington, Owensboro, and Nashville were now designated as suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Louisville ...
There are 135,421 Roman Catholic Louisvillians who are part of the Archdiocese of Louisville, covering 24 counties in central Kentucky, and consisting of 121 parishes and missions spread over 8,124 square miles (21,040 km 2). [1] The Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville is the seat of the Archdiocese of Louisville.
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) St. Rose Priory; St. Theresa Catholic Church (Rhodelia, Kentucky) Spalding University; J. Mark Spalding; St. Thomas–St. Vincent Orphanage; Richard Stika