St. Joseph Cathedral (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

St. Joseph Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1990.^[1]

St. Joseph Cathedral
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	401 Main Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°27′07″N 91°11′13″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1853-1856
Architect	Father John Cambiaso
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	90000502[1]
Added to NRHP	March 22, 1990

History

St. Joseph Parish was founded as the Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores in 1792; its name was changed some time after Louisiana became a State in 1812 as English became more and more the language of the population in Baton Rouge. The present church building, the Parish's third, was begun in 1853 ^[2][3][4] and completed in 1856.^[5]

The church was designated the cathedral church of the Diocese of Baton Rouge by Pope John XXIII in the bull of erection "Peramplum Novae Aureliae" dated July 22, 1961; the erection of the diocese took place on November 8, 1961, with Most Rev. Robert Emmet Tracy as is first bishop.^[6][3][4] The church building underwent a significant interior renovation in 1967 and was re-dedicated on September 30, 1970.^[2][3][4]

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  Cathedral interior
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  Cathedra
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  Chapel
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  Baptismal font
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  Pipe organ

See also

• Catholicism portal

• List of tallest buildings in Baton Rouge
• List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
• List of cathedrals in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "History". Cathedral of St. Joseph. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
3. "St. Joseph Cathedral" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 15, 2018. with a photo and a map
4. National Register Staff (November 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Joseph Cathedral". National Park Service. Retrieved May 15, 2018. With six photos from 1989.
6. "Diocese of Baton Rouge". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

External links

Media related to St. Joseph Cathedral (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Cathedral Site
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge Official Site