Built 1913 Opened 1913 Phone +1 337-436-7251 Architect Favrot & Livaudais | NRHP Reference # 94001201 Architectural style Italianate architecture Added to NRHP 7 October 1994 | |
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Location 935 Bilbo St.
Lake Charles, Louisiana Address 935 Bilbo St, Lake Charles, LA 70602, USA Similar Church of the Good Shepherd, Pontchartrain Beach, Six Flags New Orleans, Carousel Gardens Amusem, Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' | ||
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Lake Charles, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Immaculate Conception Parish was established in 1869.
The church was designed by the architectural firm of Favrot & Livaudais and it was built in 1913. On January 29, 1980 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Lake Charles and Immaculate Conception became the cathedral for the new diocese.
The cathedral church enshrines a century old image of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception made of Carrara marble. The venerated image was granted a Canonical coronation by the Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.
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