Cathedral of Saint Mary in St. Cloud
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The Cathedral of St. Mary is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud
located in St. Cloud, Minnesota
, United States
. The St. Cloud Diocese serves central Minnesota
and a Catholic population of about 150,000 with the current Bishop
being John F Kinney.
church was built for the parish in 1864. The gothic-style church burned to the ground in 1920 and the construction of a new building starting in 1922 with construction ending in 1931. The church is similar to a 5th century basilica in Ravenna
, Italy
. In 1937, St. Mary’s became the Cathedral of the St. Cloud Diocese after a fire burned Holy Angels Church, St. Cloud’s diocese for almost 60 years.
Located within St. Mary’s is a shrine to Saint Cloud including a number of relics, like a bone fragment from Saint Cloud himself and others from five other saints.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud is a Roman Catholic diocese in Minnesota. It was founded on September 22, 1889, out of territory that had been evangelized by the missionary priest Father Francis Xavier Pierz...
located in St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 65,842 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stearns County...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The St. Cloud Diocese serves central Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and a Catholic population of about 150,000 with the current Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
being John F Kinney.
History
Saint Mary’s Parish was founded in 1855 with a wood framed church; a more permanent and larger Gothic-styleGothic art
Gothic art was a Medieval art movement that developed in France out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe, but took over art more completely north of the Alps, never quite effacing more classical...
church was built for the parish in 1864. The gothic-style church burned to the ground in 1920 and the construction of a new building starting in 1922 with construction ending in 1931. The church is similar to a 5th century basilica in Ravenna
Ravenna
Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. In 1937, St. Mary’s became the Cathedral of the St. Cloud Diocese after a fire burned Holy Angels Church, St. Cloud’s diocese for almost 60 years.
Located within St. Mary’s is a shrine to Saint Cloud including a number of relics, like a bone fragment from Saint Cloud himself and others from five other saints.