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]

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Location935 Bilbo Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Coordinates30°13′36″N 93°13′00″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1913
Built byReinhart and Donovan
ArchitectFavrot & Livaudais
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.94001201[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1994
The canonically crowned image of the Blessed Virgin Mary as presently enshrined within the cathedral's high altar.

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
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Immaculate Conception Cathedral". GCatholic. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  3. 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.
  4. "Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018. (with three photos and two maps Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine)
  5. "Diocese of Lake Charles". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  6. "Our Church." Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Retrieved on February 16, 2019.
  7. "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."


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