The Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart is a
cathedral church
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located in
San Angelo, Texas
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,
United States
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. It is the seat of the
Catholic Diocese of San Angelo. Sacred Heart Parish was founded in 1884, and it was named a cathedral in 1961. The present church was built in the
Modern
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architectural style.
History
Catholic priests had visited the area that is now San Angelo as early as the 17th century.
Catholicism did not organize here until after
Fort Concho
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was established in 1867. The Rev. Mathurin J. Pairier started visiting the area in 1874. He served the religious needs of Catholics at Fort Concho,
Ben Ficklin, and Santa Angela. Bart J. DeWitt donated the land on which the cathedral now stands, known as "The Catholic Block," on September 22, 1874. Plans for a church were begun after the
county seat
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was moved to San Angelo in 1882. The church, named Immaculate Conception, was completed two years later and Pairier was named the parish's first resident pastor. The stone church housed a diverse parish community of Mexican, English, Irish, and German Catholics.
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The parish's second pastor, the Rev. John Sheehan, invited the ]Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
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from San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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to start a parochial school. They did so in 1888. Part of the parish block was sold in 1906 during the pastorate of the Rev. Joseph Hoban when a new church building was under construction. It was this church that was named Sacred Heart.[
The Diocese of San Angelo was established by ]Pope John XXIII
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in 1961. Sacred Heart was named the Cathedral Church at that time.West Texas
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See also
*List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
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*List of cathedrals in the United States
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References
External links
Cathedral websiteDiocese of San Angelo website
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, state=collapsed
Religious organizations established in 1884
Sacred Heart, San Angelo
Modernist architecture in Texas
Buildings and structures in San Angelo, Texas
Churches in Tom Green County, Texas