Affiliation Roman Catholic Completed 1888 Designated January 6, 1981 Length 56 m Phone +1 402-280-3031 | Website link Width (nave) 138 ft. Opened 1888 Capacity 1,080 Groundbreaking 1887 | |
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Address Creighton University, St. John's Church, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, United States Architectural style English Gothic architecture Similar Sacred Heart Catholic, Holy Family Catholic, St John African Methodist, Immaculate Conception Church a, St Frances Cabrini Catholic | ||
St. John's Parish is a Roman Catholic church located at 2500 California Plaza on the Creighton University campus in Omaha, Nebraska within the Archdiocese of Omaha and is a ministry of the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
History
The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1888, drawing 4,000 people, which was the largest crowd ever assembled in Nebraska up to that point. The building was designed by local architect P.J. Creedon in the English Gothic style. In 1897 the church was made a regular parish after the city's original bishop intended for it to only serve as a temporary church for the college-age attendees. John A. Creighton donated much of the original funding for the building. Mary Creighton, John's brother's wife, donated jewellery to the parish construction fund before there was a building.
In 1923 an addition to the building was consecrated by Bishop Patrick A. McGovern, a member of the first graduation class of Creighton College and the only bishop ever consecrated in St. John's.
Renovations to the building were completed in 2006. In February 2015, an elevator was added to the side of St. John's to make the lower level accessible from the main church.