Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle
5815 5th Avenue North, St Petersburg, Florida, 33710-7100History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Parish established 1950; present church dedicated 1963; elevated to cathedral 1968
St. Jude the Apostle Parish was established in St. Petersburg, Florida, by Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley on December 12, 1950, and the present church was solemnly dedicated on Pentecost Sunday, June 2, 1963. When Pope Paul VI created the Diocese of St. Petersburg in 1968, the church was elevated to a cathedral, becoming the seat of the new diocese under its first bishop, Charles Borromeo McLaughlin. The cathedral underwent a major $9 million renovation, rededicated in September 2013, and serves as the mother church of the Diocese of St. Petersburg.
Modern interpretation of the Byzantine style in a Latin-cross plan (1963)
- •Seat (cathedral) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida
- •Parish established December 12, 1950, by Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley
- •Present church dedicated June 2, 1963 (Pentecost Sunday)
- •Elevated to cathedral in 1968 when Pope Paul VI created the Diocese of St. Petersburg; Charles B. McLaughlin was the first bishop
- •Underwent a major $9 million renovation, rededicated September 2013
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