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St. Mary Cathedral (Lansing, Michigan)

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Catholic cathedral in Lansing, Michigan, US

Church in Michigan, United States
St. Mary Cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
42°44′8″N 84°33′22″W / 42.73556°N 84.55611°W / 42.73556; -84.55611
Location229 Seymour Street Lansing, Michigan
CountryUnited States
Language(s)English (1913-current)
Polish (parish hall, August 1916-September 1921)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitestmarylansing.org
History
StatusActive
Founder(s)Fr. Lafayette Isadore Brancheau
DedicationImmaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DedicatedDecember 8, 1913
ConsecratedDecember 8, 1913; 111 years ago (December 8, 1913)
Relics heldSaint Lawrence the Deacon, Saint Dominic, Saint Barbara
EventsCornerstone laid: July 4, 1911 (Bishop Edward D. Kelly)
Past bishop(s)Fr. Lafayette Isadore Brancheau (December 1913-November 1915)
Rev. Msgr. John W. O'Rafferty (1915-1940)
Diocese of Lansing:
M. Rev. Joseph H. Albers (1937-1964)
Architecture
Architect(s)Edwyn A. Bowd
Architectural typeCathedral
StyleNorman Architecture-Gothic Architecture
Years built1910-1913
Groundbreaking1910; 114 years ago (1910)
CompletedDecember 8, 1913
Construction cost$135,000
Specifications
Capacity1,400 (1913)
Nave length108 ft (33 m)
Nave width63 ft (19 m)
Nave height50 ft (15 m)
Number of floors1 nave
2 transept wings
4 bell tower
Number of towers2
Tenor bell weight
St. Mary Cathedral
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Arealess than one acre
Built1913
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.90001716
Added to NRHPNovember 2, 1990
Administration
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit (1913-1937)
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Lansing (1913-current)
ParishLansing Parish (to 1937)

St. Mary Cathedral is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Lansing, Michigan one block north of the Michigan State Capitol. It is the seat of the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing.

History

St. Mary's Church

Before the cathedral was built, St. Mary Church, located north of the present church, was dedicated in Lansing in 1866. However, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Lansing's population grew. The church purchased the land that the present St. Mary's sits on in 1900, and a temporary new church was constructed in 1903. Construction of the permanent new church began in 1911 from a design by Edwyn A. Bowd, and was completed in 1913. The stained glass windows were made in Munich, Germany and installed in 1923. In 1937, the church became the cathedral for the newly formed Diocese of Lansing.

In January 1938, a serious fire broke out in the rectory and Bishop Joseph H. Albers, the survivor of a World War I gas attack, collapsed inside the building before he was rescued by firefighters.

The church has seen four renovations. The first was in the 1920s which added the stained glass windows, Gothic details, and decorative painting behind the altar. The second was in 1954 and removed some of the Gothic details in the sanctuary. Another renovation from 1967 to 1968 removed the communion rail, side altars, and stations of the cross and reconfigured many other elements. The most recent was in 1986 that restored some of the elements removed from the previous renovation.

Description

Cathedral interior

St. Mary Cathedral is a Gothic Revival style church constructed in a cruciform shape of rock-face limestone with the water table and other details of smooth-faced limestone. The church sits on a granite foundation, and had a red ceramic tile gable roof. On the main facade is a central, Gothic-arched portal flanked by two smaller portals of similar design. A rose window is recessed above the center entrance. On the corners are large square towers, one taller than the other by the height of the belfry. The towers are set flush with the front wall.

On the interior is a vestibule in front, opening through glass doors into the nave, which measures 108 feet by 63 feet. The nave has terrazzo floors, and a high, vaulted plaster ceiling.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lavery, Kevin (December 6, 2013). "The bells of St. Mary's ring out at centennial". Current State. WKAR.
  2. "St. Mary Cathedral". Michigan Stained Glass Census. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Saint Mary Cathedral. Lansing, Michigan. 1980. p. 62. hdl:2027/mdp.39015071403409. OCLC 605708676.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ Robert O. Christensen (September 1990), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Mary Cathedral
  6. "Our Church History". St. Mary Cathedral. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  7. Michalek, George (2012). "History of the Bishops". Diocese of Lansing. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  8. St. Mary Cathedral Central Committee (May 2013). "Self-Guided Tour" (PDF). St. Mary Cathedral. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing
Bishops
Ordinaries
Joseph H. Albers
Alexander M. Zaleski
Kenneth Joseph Povish
Carl Frederick Mengeling
Earl Boyea
Auxiliaries
Michael Joseph Green
James Stephen Sullivan
Churches
List of churches
St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing
St. Mary of Good Counsel Church, Adrian
St. Patrick's Church, Ann Arbor
St. Joseph Church and Shrine, Cambridge Township
St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Jackson
St. Elizabeth's Church, Tecumseh (former)
St. Mary Church, Westphalia
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Higher education
Siena Heights University
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Father Gabriel Richard High School (Ann Arbor)
Lansing Catholic High School
Lumen Christi Catholic High School (Jackson)
Powers Catholic High School (Flint)
St. Thomas More Academy (Burton)
Priests
Paul Vincent Donovan
Steven J. Raica
Gerald Lee Vincke
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Most Blessed Sacrament (Detroit)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Gaylord)
St. Andrew (Grand Rapids)
St. Augustine (Kalamazoo)
St. Mary (Lansing)
St. Peter (Marquette)
Mary of the Assumption (Saginaw)
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Diocese of Saginaw


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