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The Cathedral of the Madeleine is a
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in
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, United States. It was completed in 1909 and currently serves as the
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, or
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, of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. It is the only cathedral in the U.S. under the patronage of
St. Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurre ...
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Description

The cathedral was built under the direction of
Lawrence Scanlan Lawrence Scanlan (September 28, 1843 – May 10, 1915) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. A missionary and pioneer bishop, he served as the first Bishop of Salt Lake from 1891 until his death in 1915. Early life Scan ...
, the first
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of Salt Lake City, who dedicated it to St. Mary Magdalene. It was designed by architects Carl M. Neuhausen and Bernard O. Mecklenburg. The exterior is predominantly a
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design, while the inside displays more
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details. Construction began in 1900 and was completed in 1909. It was dedicated by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of
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. It is theorized that Bishop Scanlan chose Mary Magdalene as the patron saint of the Diocese of Salt Lake because her feast day is on July 22, two days before
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, a celebration commemorating the arrival of the Mormon pioneers in Salt Lake Valley, so that Catholics would have something to celebrate alongside the region's dominant faith. The interior of the cathedral was created under the direction of Joseph S. Glass, the second bishop of Salt Lake. Bishop Glass enlisted John Theodore Comes, one of the preeminent architects in the country, to decorate the interior of the cathedral. His plans for the interior were largely based upon the Spanish Gothic style. The colorful murals and polychrome were added at this time, as were the ornate shrines. In 1916, Bishop Glass also changed the name of the cathedral to the French spelling after visiting her purported tomb. In the 1970s, the exterior of the building was restored, and between 1991 and 1993, the interior of the cathedral was renovated and restored under Bishop William K. Weigand. This included not only the removal of dust and dirt and restoration of the interior but also changes to the liturgical elements of the cathedral to bring them into conformity with certain widespread changes in liturgical practice that developed after the
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. This included constructing a new
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, moving the cathedra, creating a separate chapel for the
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, and adding an ample baptismal font. The Blessed Sacrament Chapel also contains the tomb of Bishop Scanlan. Resting atop the tomb is a case containing a small relic of Saint Mary Magdalene. The cathedral in Salt Lake City and the Basilica of
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in France are the only cathedrals in the world holding first-class relics of the saint and are named in her honor. The major restoration of the interior of the cathedral was accomplished through the vision of Monsignor M. Francis Mannion. The cathedral is home to the only co-educational Catholic Choir School in the United States. The Madeleine Choir School, established in 1996, now serves over 400 students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight. Composer
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notably served as the church's organist from 1920 to 1925. File:Cathedral Madeline 1908.jpg, The cathedral in 1908 File:Salt Lake City Catholic Cathedral.jpg, Cathedral of the Madeleine, looking east File:Magnificent Architecture of the Cathedral of the Madeleine.jpg, Interior of the cathedral File:Cathedral of the Madeleine interior - Salt Lake City 01.jpg, Reredos and Bishop Scanlan's tomb File:Cathedral of the Madeleine organ.JPG, Pipe organ and loft File:Utah stations of the cross with the relic of the true cross.jpg, Stations of the Cross procession with the relic of the True Cross File:Our Lady of Zapopan relic on tour for veneration in the atrium of the Cathedral.jpg,
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See also

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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 ...
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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 ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City, Utah, Un ...


References


External links

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Diocese of Salt Lake City Official Site



Madeleine Choir School official site
{{Authority control Madeleine Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City Churches in Salt Lake City Roman Catholic churches completed in 1909 Cathedrals in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City Mary Magdalene 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States