History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Cornerstone laid 1882; dedicated May 1883
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri, grew from the city's earliest Catholic parish, with its current structure's cornerstone laid in 1882 by Bishop John Joseph Hogan and dedicated in May 1883 after the Diocese of Kansas City was established in 1880. Built on the highest ground in the city, it stood about 150 feet tall, then the tallest structure in Kansas City. In 1969 Bishop John Cody replaced the deteriorating copper dome with one covered in 23-carat gold leaf, giving it the nickname the "Gold Dome." Today it serves as a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
Gothic Revival masonry church crowned by a gold-leafed dome
- •Co-cathedral of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph (paired with the Cathedral of St. Joseph since the 1956 merger by Pope Pius XII)
- •Current cathedral's cornerstone laid 1882; dedicated May 1883 under Bishop John Joseph Hogan
- •Diocese of Kansas City established by Pope Leo XIII in 1880
- •Distinctive dome re-covered in 23-carat gold leaf in 1969 under Bishop John Cody (the 'Gold Dome')
- •A contributing property in the Quality Hill neighborhood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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