Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Oklahoma City)

Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help


35°30′9.8″N 97°31′50.15″W / 35.502722°N 97.5305972°W / 35.502722; -97.5305972
Location	3214 N. Lake Ave. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	cathedralokc.org
History
Founded	1919
Architecture
Status	Cathedral
Style	Italianate
Groundbreaking	July 3, 1923
Completed	February 1924
Specifications
Number of spires	One
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Clergy
Archbishop	Most Rev. Paul Coakley
Rector	Rev. John Metzinger

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a Catholic cathedral in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

History

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish was established in 1919 when Bishop Theophile Meerschaert, the first Bishop of Oklahoma City, assigned Monsignor Monnot its first pastor on January 19.^[1] Mass for the parish was initially celebrated in an automobile showroom on Classen Boulevard. The first church building was a wood structure built in May 1919 on NW 31st Street between Western and Lake. The following month a ground breaking was held for a combination church and school building.

Construction of the present church building was begun on July 3, 1923 and it was completed in February 1924. A frame rectory was completed in July of the same year. Pope Pius XI elevated Our Lady of Perpetual Help to a cathedral in 1931.^[1] It replaced St. Joseph Cathedral downtown.

Thirty Vietnamese families, refugees from the Vietnam War, joined the parish in 1975. Their numbers have continued to grow in the succeeding years.

In 1993 a renovation project was begun. It included a new pipe organ by W. Zimmer and Sons of Charlotte, North Carolina, a new baptistery, electrical work and other additions to the parish plant.

Past Rectors

Most Rev. Edward Weisenburger (2002-2012)

Parochial School

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School opened in September 1919 with 90 students in twelve grades.^[1] Three Sisters of Mercy served as the faculty. They resided in a frame house across the street from the school. The name of the school was changed in 1932 to Bishop John Carroll after the first Catholic Bishop in the United States. A new wing was added to the school in 1939 and a new convent was constructed in 1941. The former convent is now called Mercy Center and is used for a variety of parish functions. A gymnasium and classroom building was built as a part of the 1993 parish renovation project.

References

1 2 3 "Our History". Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

External links

Coordinates: 35°30′10″N 97°31′50″W / 35.502723°N 97.530598°W / 35.502723; -97.530598

Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Ordinaries	Prefects of Indian Territory Isidore Robot Ignatius Jean Bishops Theophile Meerschaert Francis Kelley Eugene J. McGuinness Victor Joseph Reed Archbishops John R. Quinn Charles Salatka Eusebius J. Beltran Paul Stagg Coakley

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parishes St. Joseph Old Cathedral, Oklahoma City Abbey St. Gregory's Abbey

Education	Higher Education St. Gregory's University High Schools Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Oklahoma City Mount St. Mary High School, Oklahoma City

Priests	Raised to the episcopate Stephen Aloysius Leven John Joseph Sullivan Anthony Taylor Edward Weisenburger Servant of God Stanley Rother

Miscellany	Sooner Catholic

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