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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, also known as St. Mary's Cathedral, is a 
The first Catholic church was constructed in Wichita in 1872. The cathedral parish was founded in 1887. The present cathedral church was begun in 1906 and it was consecrated on September 19, 1912. It was designed by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray. Cardinal
Official Cathedral SiteRoman Catholic Diocese of Wichita Official Site
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1912 Immaculate Conception, Wichita Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita Churches in Wichita, Kansas Renaissance Revival architecture in Kansas 1912 establishments in Kansas 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Kansas-church-stub
Catholic
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cathedral
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in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in ...
, United States
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. It is the seat of the Diocese of Wichita.
The first Catholic church was constructed in Wichita in 1872. The cathedral parish was founded in 1887. The present cathedral church was begun in 1906 and it was consecrated on September 19, 1912. It was designed by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray. Cardinal James Gibbons
James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth ...
of Baltimore dedicated the church in the presence of 30 other Catholic bishops. Archbishop John J. Glennon of St. Louis delivered the sermon. The cathedral was built at a cost of $500,000. The building was constructed of Bedford stone
Indiana limestone — also known as Bedford limestone in the building trade — has long been an economically important building material, particularly for monumental public structures. Indiana limestone is a more common term for Salem Limestone, ...
. It measures long and wide at the transepts. The dome is feet from the ground. The bronze doors, which were designed and created Domus Dei of Italy, were installed in 1997.
See also
*List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
The following is a list of the Catholic cathedrals in the United States. The Catholic Church in the United States comprises ecclesiastical territories called dioceses led by prelate bishops. Each bishop is assigned to a cathedral from which he ...
*List of cathedrals in the United States
This is a list of cathedrals in the United States, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in Episcopal polity, episcopal Christian groups, such as Catholic Church, Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
References
External links
Official Cathedral Site
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1912 Immaculate Conception, Wichita Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita Churches in Wichita, Kansas Renaissance Revival architecture in Kansas 1912 establishments in Kansas 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Kansas-church-stub