The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at 870 West Howard Avenue in Biloxi, Mississippi, is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi The Diocese of Biloxi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that encompasses 17 counties in south Mississippi. It was erected on March 1, 1977, when it was split from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson. Th ...

. It was designed by

Theodore Brune Theodore "Theo" Brune (born 1854 - died 1932) was a German-American architect in Biloxi, Mississippi. He designed many churches on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and in Mississippi including the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin M ...

and built by J.F. Barnes & Company of Greenville, Mississippi in 1902. The

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1984. Brune was a German-American architect who designed several churches on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.Theodore Brune
Biloxi Historical Society by Ray L. Bellande The

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It e ...

design for the Blessed Virgin Mother Catholic Church on West Howard Avenue was constructed after the original church was destroyed by the Great Biloxi Fire of November 1900 on the same site. Stained glass windows were donated to the church by Julia Dulion Lopez (1857-1918) in memory of her late husband in early 1906. The windows were built by Reis and Reis of Munich, Germany and installed by Frederick Thornley of New York.The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 9, 1906, p. 1

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Official Cathedral Site

Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi Official Site

Historical Marker Database - Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Biloxi, Mississippi)
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