Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
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. Immaculate Conception Parish was established in 1869.[2]
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Location | 935 Bilbo Street Lake Charles, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°13′36″N 93°13′00″W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1913 |
Built by | Reinhart and Donovan |
Architect | Favrot & Livaudais |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 94001201[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 7, 1994 |
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The church was designed by the architectural firm of Favrot & Livaudais and it was built in 1913.[3][4] On January 29, 1980 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Lake Charles[5] and Immaculate Conception became the cathedral for the new diocese.
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1994.[1]
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.
School
Immaculate Conception Cathedral School is the parish's primary and lower secondary school.[6] It opened on February 19, 1950. As of 2019 (circa) it has around 20 teachers and a principal with around 410-430 students. The four-classroom St. Charles Annex addition was established as part of a capital campaign made in 2007; it also has a multipurpose room serving as a library, an art room, and a computer lab.[7]
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Immaculate Conception Cathedral". GCatholic. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- National Register Staff (July 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2018. With nine photos from 1994.
- "Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 19, 2018. (with three photos and two maps)
- "Diocese of Lake Charles". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- "Our Church." Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Retrieved on February 16, 2019.
- "Our History." Immaculate Conception School. Retrieved on February 16, 2019. "In 1949, Monsignor Louis H. Boudreaux, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, undertook the building of a parochial grade school."
External links
Media related to Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Lake Charles, Louisiana) at Wikimedia Commons- Immaculate Conception Cathedral
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral School
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles Official Site