History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Dedicated December 19, 1898 (lower church 1891; designated cathedral 1984)
St. Mary's Cathedral, the oldest Catholic parish in the Pikes Peak region (with roots in the first regional Mass in 1860), built its present Gothic Revival church to a design by the firm Pease and Barber; the lower church was completed in 1891 and the upper church dedicated on December 19, 1898. Bell towers were added in 1902 and spires in 1907. When Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Colorado Springs on November 10, 1983, St. Mary's became its cathedral and the seat of its first bishop, Richard Hanifen. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Gothic Revival (bell towers 1902, spires 1907)
- •Cathedral seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs (diocese established November 10, 1983)
- •Present church dedicated December 19, 1898; lower level completed 1891
- •Designed by the firm Pease and Barber in the Gothic Revival style
- •Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (added June 3, 1982) as 'St. Mary's Catholic Church'
- •Oldest Catholic parish in the Pikes Peak region, tracing to the first area Mass in 1860
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