History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Parish founded 1984; current church consecrated 2003; elevated to cathedral 2016
Our Lady of Walsingham was founded in 1984 in Houston as the first U.S. parish dedicated to Our Lady of Walsingham, established under the Anglican Use by former Episcopal clergy Fathers James Moore and James Ramsey within the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The present church, designed by Cram & Ferguson, was consecrated in 2003. In 2012 it became the principal church of the newly erected Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, and on February 2, 2016 it was elevated to a cathedral with the ordination of Bishop Steven J. Lopes, the ordinariate's first bishop.
Neo-Gothic, reflecting its Anglican heritage
- •Seat (cathedral) of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
- •Founded in 1984 as the first U.S. parish dedicated to Our Lady of Walsingham, under the Anglican Use
- •Present church designed by Cram & Ferguson, consecrated in 2003
- •Named principal church of the Ordinariate at its erection on January 1, 2012
- •Elevated to cathedral status on February 2, 2016, with the ordination of Bishop Steven J. Lopes
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