History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Parish founded 1887; present cathedral consecrated September 19, 1912
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita, Kansas, serves as the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. Its parish was founded in 1887, the same year Pope Leo XIII erected the diocese. Designed by architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, the present church was begun in 1906 and consecrated on September 19, 1912, dedicated by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore amid 30 other bishops, with Archbishop John J. Glennon of St. Louis preaching. Built of Bedford stone, it remains the diocese's mother church.
Renaissance Revival, with a 135-foot dome
- •Seat (cathedral) of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
- •Cathedral parish founded in 1887, the year the diocese was erected by Pope Leo XIII
- •Present church begun 1906 and consecrated September 19, 1912
- •Designed by architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray and built of Bedford stone
- •Dedicated by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore with Archbishop John J. Glennon preaching
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