Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Biloxi, Mississippi)

Historic church in Mississippi, United States

United States historic place


Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


30°23′49″N 88°53′28″W / 30.39694°N 88.89111°W / 30.39694; -88.89111
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1902
Architect	Theodore Brune
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
MPS	Biloxi MRA
NRHP reference No.	84002193 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 18, 1984

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at 870 West Howard Avenue in Biloxi, Mississippi, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi. It was designed by Theodore Brune and built by J.F. Barnes & Company of Greenville, Mississippi in 1902.^[2] The cathedral was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Brune was a German-American architect who designed several churches on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.^[2] The Gothic design for the Blessed Virgin Mother Catholic Church on West Howard Avenue was constructed after the original church was destroyed by the Great Biloxi Fire of November 1900 on the same site.^[3] Stained glass windows were donated to the church by Julia Dulion Lopez (1857-1918) in memory of her late husband in early 1906. The windows were built by Reis and Reis of Munich, Germany and installed by Frederick Thornley of New York.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Theodore Brune Biloxi Historical Society by Ray L. Bellande
^ The Biloxi Daily Herald February 8, 1902 p. 9
^ The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 9, 1906, p. 1

External links

Media related to Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Biloxi, Mississippi) at Wikimedia Commons

Official Cathedral Site
Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi Official Site
Historical Marker Database - Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Biloxi, Mississippi)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi

Ordinaries

Bishops: Joseph Lawson Howze; Thomas John Rodi; Roger Morin; Louis Frederick Kihneman

Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Biloxi

Education

High schools: Our Lady Academy, Bay St. Louis; Resurrection High School, Pascagoula; Sacred Heart Catholic School, Hattiesburg; St. Patrick Catholic High School, Biloxi; Saint Stanislaus College, Bay St. Louis

Closed schools: Mercy Cross High School, Biloxi*; St. John High School, Gulfport*

* Closed in 2007 and replaced by St. Patrick Catholic High School

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