St. Patrick Cathedral

at 1118 N Mesa St, El Paso , 79902-4010 United States

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3. Catholic Church

<p><b>St. Patrick Cathedral</b> is the seat of the <a href="/pages/w/144709482210788">Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso</a>, <a href="/pages/w/108337852519784">Texas</a>. The <a href="/pages/w/105607546139024">cathedral</a> is located at 1118 N. Mesa Street, north of the downtown area. It is the <a href="/pages/w/230703253757312">mother church</a> for 668,000 Catholics in the diocese (as of the 2006 survey). The cathedral parish operates one of El Paso's Catholic high schools, <a href="/pages/w/103103979729884">Cathedral High School</a>, and St Patrick Elementary School adjacent to the church.</p><h2>History</h2><p>The church was designed by <a href="/pages/w/138696326167031">Barnett, Haynes & Barnett</a>, an architectural firm from <a href="/pages/w/110665328957709">St Louis</a>, Missouri. It was built in the form of a <a href="/pages/w/179453838913334">Byzantine</a> <a href="/pages/w/106221289408549">basilica</a>, in the <a href="/pages/w/108252592532495">Italian Renaissance</a> style. In raising funds for the cathedral's construction, the diocese offered to allow the first group to raise $10,000 for the project to name the new cathedral. A group of Irish Catholic women met the challenge and chose St. Patrick as patron. At the time El Paso was a major center of the mining industry in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, with many of the miners being Irish. The ground was broken on April 8, 1914 and the church and the <a href="/pages/w/112848702062243">cornerstone</a> were <a href="/pages/w/143967915617683">blessed</a> in a ceremony by Fr Edward Barry on November 12, 1916. The interior of the cathedral is adorned with Roman columns, elaborate <a href="/pages/w/106158439415906">fresco</a>es that depict biblical scenes and the <a href="/pages/w/109282675765395">Stations of the Cross</a> are carved in <a href="/pages/w/236902913133835">bas-relief</a> on the interior walls. The high <a href="/pages/w/103804336324593">altar</a> contains a 2.5-meter-tall statue of the <a href="/pages/w/111370238890585">Sacred Heart of Jesus</a> with a large canopy over the altar, topped with a golden eagle. The church seats about 800 people for Mass. In <a href="/pages/w/106238899406970">alcove</a>s along the walls there are a picture of <a href="/pages/w/110517055665386">Our Lady of Guadalupe</a> and a life-size classical sculpture of St Patrick. The <a href="/pages/w/112210012137922">stained-glass windows</a> depict scenes from the life of Jesus and the Church.</p>

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St. Patrick Cathedral is El Paso based place and this enity listed in School category. Located at 1118 N Mesa St TX 79902-4010. Contact phone number of St. Patrick Cathedral: (915) 533-4451