Cathedral of Our Lady of Chaldeans, Mother of God [Chaldean]

History & Significance

Cathedral · Est. Parish founded 1948; present church completed 1980; elevated to cathedral 1982

Mother of God Cathedral, also known as Our Lady of Chaldeans, is a Chaldean Catholic cathedral in Southfield, Michigan. The parish was established in 1948, and the present Byzantine Revival church building was completed in 1980. It became a cathedral in 1982 when the Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit was established, and it serves as the seat of that eparchy, anchoring the largest Chaldean Catholic community outside the Middle East.

Byzantine Revival

• •Seat (cathedral) of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit
• •Parish established in 1948 as Mother of God Church
• •Present church building completed in 1980; elevated to cathedral in 1982
• •Located at 25585 Berg Road, Southfield, Michigan
• •Central church of Michigan's Chaldean Catholic community, the largest such diaspora outside the Middle East