Holy Family Cathedral

History & Significance

Cathedral · Est. Parish founded 1899; present cathedral dedicated April 1, 1914

Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, Oklahoma, traces to the city's first Catholic parish, founded in 1899. The present Gothic Revival church, designed by Tulsa architect J.P. Curtin of Curtin, Winkler, and Macdonald, was dedicated on April 1, 1914, and was the tallest building in Tulsa until the Mayo Hotel opened in 1923. It became the cathedral and seat of the newly established Diocese of Tulsa in 1973 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 1982.

Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic)

• •Seat and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa
• •Tulsa's first Catholic parish, founded in 1899; present church dedicated April 1, 1914
• •Designed by Tulsa architect J.P. Curtin (firm Curtin, Winkler, and Macdonald)
• •Became cathedral upon the Diocese of Tulsa's establishment in 1973
• •Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 1982