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Cathedral of Saint Patrick of Charlotte

Cathedral of Saint Patrick
Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina) - front.JPG
Front view of the Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Location in North Carolina
35°12′20″N 80°50′44″W / 35.2055°N 80.8456°W / 35.2055; -80.8456Coordinates: 35°12′20″N 80°50′44″W / 35.2055°N 80.8456°W / 35.2055; -80.8456
Location

1621 Dilworth Road East Charlotte,

North Carolina North Carolina
Country  United States
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Website www.stpatricks.org
History
Founded 1938
Consecrated September 4, 1939
Architecture
Architect(s) Frank Frimmer
Style Neo-Gothic
Groundbreaking 1938
Completed 1939
Specifications
Materials Limestone
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Charlotte
Clergy
Bishop(s) Most Rev. Peter Jugis
Rector Rev. Christopher A. Roux

1621 Dilworth Road East Charlotte,

The Cathedral of Saint Patrick is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Charlotte and is the seat of its prelate bishop.

In 1843, St. Joseph Church in Mt. Holly was built. It was to be the first Catholic church in Western North Carolina. On St. Patrick's Day 1852, the cornerstone was laid for the city of Charlotte's first Catholic church, St. Peter Church. Work was completed in 1893.

St. Peter Church was under the care of the Benedictine monks from Belmont Abbey. A neighboring convent of the Sisters of Mercy, also in Belmont had operated a school in Charlotte known originally as St. Mary's Seminary. The name was later changed to the O'Donoghue School, and in September 1930 it was moved to the Dilworth neighborhood. It was not until the 1930s that an additional church was needed to accommodate the growing Catholic population of the region.

St. Patrick Church was built adjacent to the O'Donoghue School, in the Dilworth neighborhood.John Henry Phelan of Beaumont, Texas donated the funds to build St. Patrick Church, in loving memory of his parents, Patrick and Margaret Adele Phelan. Construction of the church began on St. Patrick's Day, 1938.


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