History & Significance
Cathedral · Est. Cornerstone laid 1888; dedicated July 10, 1892
St. Patrick Cathedral in Fort Worth, Texas, grew from the city's first Catholic parish (1876). Its Gothic Revival native-stone church, designed by Fort Worth architect James J. Kane and built under Father Jean Marie Guyot, had its cornerstone laid in 1888 and was dedicated July 10, 1892. Raised to co-cathedral in 1953, it became the cathedral of the new Diocese of Fort Worth when Pope Paul VI established the diocese on August 22, 1969. It serves as the seat of that diocese today.
Gothic Revival native-stone, with Second Empire and Prairie Style elements
- •Seat (cathedral) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth
- •Cornerstone laid 1888; dedicated July 10, 1892
- •Designed by Fort Worth architect James J. Kane in Gothic Revival style
- •Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 (St. Patrick Cathedral Complex)
- •Became the diocese's cathedral when Pope Paul VI created the Diocese of Fort Worth on August 22, 1969
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