Immaculate Conception High School (Celina, Ohio)
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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Complex
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Front of the church
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| Location | Anthony and Walnut Sts., Celina, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 40°33′7″N 84°34′22″W / 40.55194°N 84.57278°WCoordinates: 40°33′7″N 84°34′22″W / 40.55194°N 84.57278°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Andrew DeCurtins; John Burkhart |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival, English Perpendicular |
| MPS | Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 79002833 |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 1979 |
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Celina, Ohio, United States. Founded later than many other Catholic parishes in the heavily Catholic region of western Ohio, it owns a complex of buildings constructed in the early 20th century that have been designated historic sites because of their architecture. Leading among them is its massive church, built in the Romanesque Revival style just 43 years after the first Catholic moved into the city: it has been called northwestern Ohio's grandest church building.
Catholics were active in southern Mercer County by the 1830s; St. John the Baptist parish in Maria Stein and St. Rose parish in St. Rose were established in 1837, and St. Henry parish in St. Henry and St. Joseph parish in St. Joe were also founded before 1840. Despite the growing Catholic presence to the south, the county seat was strongly Protestant in its early history: when it was platted in 1834, the proprietors donated lots for the use of congregations of the Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian faiths, and not a single Catholic was resident in the village for more than a quarter of a century. Beginning with Owen Gallagher in 1860, Catholics began to migrate into Celina, and starting in 1864, Mass was celebrated biweekly in a factory owned by one of the members. At this time, no priest lived in Celina; the celebrant was typically Joseph Gregory Dwenger, then the pastor of Holy Rosary parish in nearby St. Marys. A parish was formally erected in Celina in 1864 and dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
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