Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Rapid City, South Dakota)

Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help


44°3′34.85″N 103°13′37.99″W / 44.0596806°N 103.2272194°W / 44.0596806; -103.2272194
Location	606 Cathedral Drive Rapid City, South Dakota
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	cathedralolph.org
History
Dedication	May 7, 1963
Architecture
Status	Cathedral
Style	Modern
Groundbreaking	1960
Completed	1962
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Rapid City
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Robert Gruss
Rector	Rev. Steve Biegler

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the cathedral church of the Catholic Church located in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. It serves as the third mother church of the Diocese of Rapid City.

History

The Diocese of Rapid City was founded as the Diocese of Lead in 1902.^[1] St. Patrick's Church in Lead served as the diocese's first cathedral.^[2] The See city was transferred to Rapid City in 1930 and St. Mary's Church downtown was renamed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at that time.^[3] The parish started to outgrow the cathedral church and Mass was held in the school gymnasium. Bishop William T. McCarty, C.Ss.R. initiated the process to build a new cathedral. The cathedral rector, Msgr. Michael Roach, oversaw the construction of the new church on land donated on the outskirts of Rapid City by Katherine Wapole in memory of her husband William.^[3]

Groundbreaking for the new cathedral was held in 1960 and it was completed in 1962. It was placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, an icon housed in the Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Rome. The cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on May 7, 1963. The interior of the cathedral, designed in the Modernist style, features marble imported from Italy.^[3]

References

↑ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Rapid City". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
↑ "St. Patrick's Church". GCatholic. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
1 2 3 "Remember when the new cathedral was built?" West River Catholic (April 2013)

External links

Diocese of Rapid City

Bishops	Bishops of Lead John Stariha Joseph Francis Busch Bishops of Rapid City John Jeremiah Lawler William Tibertus McCarty Harold Joseph Dimmerling Charles J. Chaput Blase J. Cupich Robert Dwayne Gruss Coadjutor Leo Ferdinand Dworschak

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Historic St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church, Central City St. Augustine Church, Dallas St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto, Oelrichs St. John's Catholic Church, Paxton Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rapid City St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Francis

Education	High Schools Red Cloud High School, Pine Ridge St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City

Priests	Lawrence Harold Welsh

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Coordinates: 44°03′35″N 103°13′38″W / 44.05968°N 103.22722°W / 44.05968; -103.22722

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