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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska)

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donated the land in Grand Island in 1869 and a church, named St. Mary's, was built under the direction of the Rev. M.J. Ryan. The building, however, was destroyed by a windstorm before its dedication. A second attempt at building a church in 1873 was stopped because of an economic depression. A
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The cathedral was redecorated in the 1950s and again in the 1980s. Old St. Mary's, which had been used as a gymnasium, was torn down in 1965. Two new parishes were created in Grand Island in 1973. St. Leo's was created in the southwest part of the city and Resurrection in the northwest. A new
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was laid on May 7; the building was completed in July, and the new church was dedicated in September 1877. It was a frame structure built on a brick foundation. The Rev. P.J. Erlach was named the parish's first resident pastor in that year.
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consecrated the new cathedral on July 5, 1928. The parish continued to grow and in 1949 Blessed Sacrament parish was created on the north side of the city. The present
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The parish continued to grow, and by the late 1880s a larger church was needed. The Rev. Wunibald Wolf was sent to Grand Island to build the church. Bishop
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style and construction was begun in 1926 and completed in 1928. The new cathedral was designed by Brinkman & Hagan and was modeled after
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divided the Diocese of Omaha into two parts, establishing the Diocese of Kearney in western Nebraska. Four years later,
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laid the cornerstone for the new church on August 15, 1888; the building was dedicated on July 7, 1889 by the diocesan
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After the railroad arrived in Hall County in 1868, it was decided that a church should be built. The
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St. Mary's Church, however, was considered inadequate for a cathedral. Bishop
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was completed in 1951. The old rectory and two other houses were used as a
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would visit once a year to celebrate Mass and administer the Sacraments.
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social hall was built on the site of the old St. Mary's School in 2001.
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added four additional counties to the new diocese. In 1917, the
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
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studied building styles during his travels. He decided on the
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National Register of Historic Places in Hall County, Nebraska
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, O'Connor
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to Grand Island, and the diocese was renamed accordingly.
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third attempt was initiated on February 17, 1877. The
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Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska) is located in Nebraska
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska) is located in the United States
Grand Island, Nebraska
40°55′16″N 98°20′32″W / 40.92111°N 98.34222°W / 40.92111; -98.34222
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cathedral church
Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
Grand Island, Nebraska
United States
National Register of Historic Places
Iowa City, Iowa
Hall County, Nebraska
Wood River
Omaha
Columbus
Union Pacific Railroad
cornerstone
James O’Connor
Omaha
vicar general
Pope Pius X
Pope Benedict XV
see city
Kearney
James Duffy
Gothic Revival
Sainte-Chapelle
Paris

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