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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
80000048

Architectural style
  
Gothic architecture

Added to NRHP
  
23 October 1980

Built
  
1859 (1859)-1860

Opened
  
1859

Phone
  
+1 260-424-1485

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Location
  
Jefferson and Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, Indiana

Address
  
1122 S Clinton St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, USA

Similar
  
St Matthew Cathedral, Grand Wayne Conventi, Foellinger‑Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Saint Paul's Evangelic, Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is the primary cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, headed by Most Rev. Kevin Carl Rhoades. The parish was established in 1836, making it the oldest in Fort Wayne. The church was erected in 1860.

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The original church on what is now Cathedral Square was St. Mary's church (separate to the present-day St. Mary church in Fort Wayne), opened between 1834 and 1835. In 1840, Rev. Louis Mueller began construction on a new church, the Cathedral of St. Augustine. St. Augustine's served as the church until a fire destroyed it in 1859. In 1859-1860, Rev. Julian Benoit erected a third church and named it the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in honor of the Blessed Virgin. The Cathedral building still stands today, maintained through various renovations over the decades, the most recent by Schenkel and Sons, Inc.

The Cathedral grounds, called the Cathedral Square, includes the Chancery of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, MacDougal Chapel, Cathedral Center for C.C.D. classes (formerly the Cathedral Boys School), and the Rectory (the priests' residence), and the grave of the last Miami Indians chief, Joseph Richardville. Recently, the Cathedral Museum housed in the basement of MacDougal Chapel and diocesan offices located in the Cathedral Center were moved to a new location a few blocks north of Cathedral Square.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Current staff

  • Pastor - Rev. Msgr. Robert C. Schulte. He has been the rector of the church and Vicar-General of the diocese since 1999.
  • Associate pastors - Rev. Fr. Dale Bauman and Rev. Fr. Fernando Jimenez
  • References

    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Wikipedia