Cathedral of St. John Berchmans (Shreveport, Louisiana)
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This article is about Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans of Shreveport. For Saint John Berchmans Church (disambiguation), see St. John Berchmans Church.
The Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport, in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is one of only eight parish churches in the world dedicated to the Jesuit Saint John Berchmans.[1][2] In 2016, the cathedral acquired relics of the heart of St. John Berchmans from the Jesuit order in Belgium, displayed in a reliquary near the main altar.[3]
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Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans | |
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32°29′52″N 93°45′01″W | |
Location | 939 Jordan St. Shreveport, Louisiana |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Website | www |
History | |
Founded | 1902 |
Consecrated | January 16, 1929 |
Past bishop(s) | William Benedict Friend Michael Duca |
Architecture | |
Style | Tudor revival, Gothic revival |
Groundbreaking | July 31, 1927 |
Completed | 1928 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Shreveport |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Francis Ignatius Malone |
Rector | Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum |
Vicar(s) | Rev. Monsignor J. Carson Lacaze |
Deacon(s) | John Basco |
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