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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Mobile, Alabama)

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The altar was moved forward and the altar rails were removed. The cathedra was moved to its present location on the south end of the sanctuary facing the congregation. At this time, Bishop May also added a bronze representation of the Risen Christ above the baldachin and a large
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When the Mobile settlement was relocated to its present site in 1711, a new parish church was built and was known as Notre Dame de la Mobile (Our Lady of Mobile). In 1781, during the Spanish occupation of Mobile, the parish took its current name, Immaculate Conception.
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The building, laid out in an east-west axis, is 164 ft (50 m) long and 90 ft (27 m) wide. The ceiling is 60 ft (18 m) at its highest point, and its twin towers rise to 103 ft (31 m).
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had the damaged stained glass windows sent to the Franz Meyer workshops in Munich for repair. Here the craftsmen used the original drawings as a guide in their restoration efforts. He replaced the fire-damaged
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led the most recent restoration effort in the 2000s. Under his direction, the cast-iron fence was restored and repaired, and the cathedral exterior was cleaned and repaired. An interior overhaul, executed by
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Located on South Claiborne Street in downtown, it is bounded by Dauphin Street on the north, Franklin Street on the west, and Conti Street on the south. The front of the church faces east, toward the
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Disaster struck on March 19, 1954, when a homeless man, seeking shelter in the church, caused a fire that destroyed the sanctuary. The church still stood, but the interior suffered damage from fire,
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The twelve main windows, six on the south wall and six on the north wall, are approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) wide and 23 feet (7.0 m) tall. Each window depicts an event involving
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After the restoration was complete, Archbishop Lipscomb traveled to Rome with the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Louisville, Mobile and New Orleans as a part of the Bishops'
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is the subject of the window in the Reconciliation Room, under the north tower. The window under the south tower, in the stairway to the choir loft, appropriately depicts
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Smaller windows are found in each of the eight doors in the foyer, behind the cathedral’s main doors, at the church’s front entrance. These depict, from left to right,
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The cathedral, designed in 1833, by Claude Beroujon, a former seminarian turned architect, is laid out in a Roman
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Buck, Sharon V., "The Stained Glass Windows of Mobile's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception",
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Over the course of time, the cathedral experienced its share of disasters, including an explosion, a
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Conference of the United States of America. At this meeting on December 3, 2004, he presented
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, South Claiborne Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL
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View of the west end of the nave from the organ balcony showing sanctuary and apse.
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with a photograph of the restored Cathedral Basilica in 2004. Photo courtesy of
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Church Street East Historic District, Lower Dauphin Street Historic District (
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Two large windows flank the portico, one under each of the two towers. The
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ceiling above the main aisle. The coffers are decorated with alternating
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Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission
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Interior column caps and barrel vault ceiling over the south aisle.
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with a photograph of the completed work by Conrad Schmitt Studios.
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19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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made modifications to the sanctuary in compliance with the 1970
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Mobile’s Cathedral Parish was established on July 20, 1703, by
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East end of nave showing organ and choir balcony and entrance.
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Detail of portico ceiling and columns, north end or portico.
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Section of foundation wall under line of columns above nave.
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A gallery of photographs taken October 23, 1936, for the
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Mobile was elevated to a diocese in 1829, and Frenchman,
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Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier
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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile
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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile
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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile

30°41′24″N 88°02′45″W / 30.69000°N 88.04583°W / 30.69000; -88.04583
Mobile, Alabama
United States
Denomination
Roman Catholic Church
www.mobilecathedral.org
Michael Portier
Architect(s)
Style
Greek Revival
Groundbreaking
spires
Materials
Brick
Archdiocese
Mobile
Archbishop
Thomas J. Rodi
Rector
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
ID71000102
French
cathedral
Roman Catholics
Mobile, Alabama
Archbishop
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile

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