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The Co-Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was until 2020 the
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of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau (Latin: ''Dioecesis Junellensis'') was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northwestern United States, comprising the southeastern part of the state of Alaska. It was led ...
and is currently a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau. The cathedral is located at 416 Fifth Street in
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. The cathedral may be the smallest in
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History

In 1885, John Althoff was sent by
Charles John Seghers Charles John Seghers (also written as ''Charles-Jean Seghers''; 26 December 1839 – 28 November 1886) was a Belgian clergyman and missionary bishop. He is considered to be the founder of the Alaska Mission. Biography Early years and formation S ...
and a parish was created for the growing mining community in Alaska's Silverbow Basin. A church was built in 1886 on the same block on Fifth Street where the cathedral currently sits. This church was replaced in 1910 with the present cathedral building. The church was consecrated and elevated to the status of
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in 1951, when the Diocese of Juneau was created.
Robert Dermot O'Flanagan Robert Dermot O'Flanagan (March 9, 1901 – December 31, 1972) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Juneau in Alaska from 1951 to 1968. Biography Early life Robert O'F ...
was appointed the first Bishop of Juneau, having served as a priest in Alaska since 1933. In 1962, the cathedral parish established a mission church in the
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to serve the community in the Mendenhall Valley and around the
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area. A decade later, in 1972, the mission church was separated from the cathedral parish by
Francis Thomas Hurley Francis Thomas Hurley (January 12, 1927 – January 10, 2016) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska from 1976 to 2001. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese o ...
and became St Paul the Apostle Parish. In 2019, fundraising began for a major renovation of the cathedral with support from Andrew E. Bellisario. On September 17, 2020, the Diocese of Juneau was merged with the Archdiocese of Anchorage. The church building is now the co-cathedral of the archdiocese, along with Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in
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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 Christian groups, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and the Armenian Apostolic Church) and a few prominent church ...


References


External links


Official Cathedral Site

Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau Official Site
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