History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Dedicated January 31, 1909 (parish roots 1867)
The Cathedral of St. Mary in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne. Its parish was founded in 1867 by Rev. William Kelly as St. John the Baptist, and was rededicated to St. Mary after Pope Leo XIII established the diocese in 1887. Bishop James J. Keane initiated the present Gothic Revival cathedral, designed by the Omaha firm of Fisher and Lowery and built of Wyoming gray sandstone beginning in 1906; it was dedicated on January 31, 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Gothic Revival, built of Wyoming gray sandstone
- •Seat (cathedral) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming
- •Parish founded 1867 as St. John the Baptist; rededicated to St. Mary after the diocese was established in 1887
- •Present cathedral built 1906-1909 of Wyoming gray sandstone, designed by Fisher and Lowery of Omaha
- •Cornerstone laid July 7, 1907; dedicated January 31, 1909
- •Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1974 (ref. 74002026)
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