List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
The following is a list of the Catholic cathedrals in the United States. The Catholic Church in the United States comprises ecclesiastical territories called dioceses led by prelate bishops. Each bishop is assigned to a cathedral from which he is pastor to the people of his diocese. Some dioceses also have a co-cathedral or a pro-cathedral. This is a complete list of the 193 cathedrals of the Latin Church (Roman Rite) and the 20 cathedrals of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the United States.


Latin Church
Former cathedrals
Image | Cathedral | Diocese | Years | Ref |
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Assumption Cathedral | Diocese of Evansville | 1944-1965 | [1] | |
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Basilica of St. Francis Xavier | Diocese of Vincennes | 1834-1898 | |
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Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral | Diocese of Bardstown | 1819-1841 | |
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Basilica of St. Louis, King of France | Archdiocese of St. Louis | 1818-1914 | |
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Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral | Archdiocese of New York | 1815-1879 | [2] |
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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Natchitoches | 1853-1910 | [3] |
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Basilica Shrine of St. Mary | Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina | 1912-1925 | [4] |
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Belmont Abbey | Territorial Abbacy of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians | 1910-1977 | |
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Diocese of Gaylord | 1971-1975 | [5] |
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Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales | Diocese of Oakland | 1962-1993 | |
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Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar | Diocese of Charleston | 1854-1861 | |
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Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus | Diocese of Joliet in Illinois | 1948-1955 | [6] |
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Cathedral of Saint Vibiana | Archdiocese of Los Angeles | 1876-1994 | |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Crookston | 1912-1990 | |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Burlington | 1867-1972 | [7] |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Burlington | 1977-2018 | [7] |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Leavenworth | 1868-1947 | |
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Cathedral of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | Diocese of Helena | 1884-1925 | [8] |
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Chapel of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Rapid City | 1930-1962 | [9] |
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Church of St. Peter | Diocese of Jefferson City | 1956-1988 | |
Church of Sts. Peter and Paul | Diocese of Alton | 1859-1923 | ||
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Church of the Immaculate Conception | Diocese of Fairbanks | 1962-1966 | |
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Holy Angels Cathedral | Diocese of Saint Cloud | 1889-1937 | [10] |
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Holy Family Old Cathedral | Archdiocese of Anchorage | 1966-2020 | |
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Holy Family Cathedral | Diocese of Orange | 1976-2019 | |
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Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral | Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie | 1857-1937 | |
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Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral | Diocese of Evansville | 1965-1999 | [11] |
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Mission Santa Barbara | Diocese of Both Californias, Diocese of Monterey |
1840-1849 1853-1876 |
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Old Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston | 1959-2008 | |
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Old Saint Mary's Cathedral | Archdiocese of San Francisco | 1854-1891 | |
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Old Saint Mary's Church | Diocese of Philadelphia | 1808-1838 | [12] |
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church | Diocese of Concordia | 1887-1945 | |
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Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater | Diocese of Nesqually | 1850-1907 | |
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Pro-Cathedral of St. Thomas the Apostle | Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina | 1868-1912 | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | Diocese of Amarillo | 1927-1975 | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | Diocese of Dodge City | 1951-2001 | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | Diocese of Duluth | 1896-1957 | [13] |
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Sacred Heart Church | Diocese of Raleigh | 1924-2017 | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | Diocese of Knoxville | 1988-2018 | [14] |
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St. Ann's Cathedral | Diocese of Great Falls | 1904-1907 | [15] |
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Ste. Anne de Detroit | Diocese of Detroit | 1833-1848 | [16] |
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St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral | Diocese of Orlando | 1968-1976 | [17] |
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St. Columba Cathedral | Diocese of Youngstown | 1943-1954 | [18] |
St. Francis de Sales Chapel | Diocese of Toledo | 1910-1940 | [19] | |
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St. James Cathedral | Diocese of Jamestown | 1889-1891 | [20] |
St. James Cathedral | Diocese of Kearney | 1912-1917 | [21] | |
St. James Church | Diocese of Rockford | 1908-1970 | [22] | |
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St. John's Pro-Cathedral | Diocese of Altoona | 1901-1923 | [23] |
St. John the Apostle Cathedral | Archdiocese of Oregon City | 1845-1862 | [24] | |
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St. John the Evangelist Church | Diocese of Indianapolis | 1878-1906 | [25] |
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St. John the Evangelist | Diocese of Philadelphia | 1838-1864 | [26] |
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St. Joseph New Cathedral | Diocese of Buffalo | 1915-1976 | [27] |
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St. Joseph Old Cathedral | Diocese of Oklahoma City | 1905-1931 | [28] |
St. Laurence Church | Diocese of Amarillo | 1975-2011 | ||
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St. Margaret’s Cathedral | Diocese of Davenport | 1881-1891 | [29] |
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St. Mary Basilica | Diocese of Natchez | 1837-1977 | [30] |
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St. Mary's Cathedral | Diocese of Chicago | 1843-1871 | [31] |
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St. Mary's on the Flats | Diocese of Cleveland | 1847-1852 | |
St. Mary's Church | Diocese of Albany | 1847-1852 | [32] | |
St. Mary's Church | Diocese of Bismarck | 1910-1945 | [33] | |
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St. Mary’s Church | Diocese of Lincoln | 1887-1965 | |
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St. Mary’s of Seven Sorrows Church | Diocese of Nashville | 1847-1914 | [34] |
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral | Diocese of Rochester | 1868-1937 | [35] |
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St. Patrick Church | Diocese of Columbus | 1867-1872 | |
St. Patrick Church | Diocese of Grass Valley | 1868-1886 | ||
St. Patrick’s Church | Diocese of Lead | 1902-1930 | ||
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St. Patrick’s Church | Archdiocese of New Orleans | 1850-18?? | |
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St. Patrick Pro-Cathedral | Archdiocese of Newark | 1865-1956 | |
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St. Patrick Proto-Cathedral | Diocese of San Jose | 1981-1990 | |
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St. Peter’s Church | Diocese of Allegheny | 1876-1889 | |
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St. Peter's Church | Diocese of Richmond | 1850-1906 | [36] |
St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral | Archdiocese of Baltimore | 1789-1821 | [37] | |
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Saints Peter and Paul Church | Diocese of Detroit | 1848-1877 | [38] |
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St. Philomena's Cathedral | Diocese of Omaha | 1908-1916 | [39] |
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St. Raphael Cathedral | Diocese of Dubuque | 1837-1861 | [40] |
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St. Raphael Cathedral | Diocese of Madison | 1946-2005 | |
St. Thomas Pro-Cathedral | Diocese of Winona | 1889-1950 | [41] |
Anglican use
Ordinariate | Image | |
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham |
Eastern Catholic cathedrals
Ukrainian Greek Catholic cathedrals
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States is organized into a metropolia (or province) consisting of a metropolitan archeparchy and three suffragan eparchies.
Metropolia | Metropolia Map | Eparchy | Image | Cathedral |
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Archeparchy of Philadelphia | ![]() |
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
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St. Nicholas Cathedral | ||
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St. Josaphat Cathedral | ||
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St. Vladimir's Cathedral |
Ruthenian Catholic cathedrals
The Ruthenian Catholic Church in the United States is organized into the sui iuris Province of Pittsburgh, consisting of a metropolitan archeparchy and three suffragan eparchies. The eparchies also serve the faithful of other Byzantine Rite Churches without established hierarchies in the United States, namely those of the Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Macedonian, Russian, and Slovakian Byzantine Catholic Churches.
Metropolia | Metropolia Map | Eparchy | Image | Cathedral |
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St. John the Baptist Cathedral |
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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist | ||
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Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel | ||
Eparchy of Phoenix | St. Stephen Cathedral (Phoenix, Arizona) | |||
Eastern Catholic cathedrals of eparchies immediately subject to the Holy See
The following particular churches of various Eastern Rites are not suffragan to Metropolitan sees, but are instead exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, while they remain part of their respective patriarchal, major archiepiscopal or other rite- & tradition-specific particular Churches.
Former Cathedrals
Image | Cathedral | Eparchy | Years | Ref |
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Cathedral of St. Ann (Brooklyn, New York) |
Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg of the US and Canada | 1981-2012 | [42] |
St. Maron Maronite Church (Detroit, Michigan) |
Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles | 1966-1977 | [43] | |
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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Munhall, Pennsylvania) |
Archeparchy of Pittsburgh | 1929-1993 | [44] |
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Cathedral of St. Mary (Van Nuys, California) |
Eparchy of Phoenix | 1982-2010 | [45] |
See also
- List of Catholic churches in the United States
- List of cathedrals in the United States
- List of basilicas#North American & Central American Basilicas
- Roman Catholic Marian churches
- Category:Roman Catholic churches in the United States (including sub-categories for shrines, cathedrals, and former churches) – churches are listed by state, territory, or D.C.
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
- List of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
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