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1250 Wyoming Ave, Reno Founded in 1948, current church dedicated that same year [10] St. Ann 3 Melanie Dr, Dayton [11] St. Augustine Station Church: 113 Virginia St, Austin: Constructed in 1866, it is the oldest Catholic church in Nevada. [12] St Francis of Assisi 701 Mt Rose Hwy, Incline Village [13] St. Gall 1343 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville
Mass at Saint Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church celebrated by Randolph Calvo, Bishop of Reno. Saint Thérèse of the Little Flower Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno, in the U.S. state of Nevada. [1] A Catholic elementary school is also located on the grounds, called Little Flower School. [2]
The first Catholic church in Nevada was constructed in Virginia City in 1860 to serve the miners in that town. Another Catholic church was constructed in Carson City around the same time. [4] The first church in Reno was Saint Mary's, constructed there in 1871. [5] St. Thomas Church, the future cathedral, was finished in Reno in 1910.
Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno, Nevada, United States. It is located at 310 W. 2nd Street in Reno. It was built in 1908 as the rise in Reno's Catholic population warranted a larger church. The cathedral was nearly destroyed by a fire in 1909 and was restored the following year. [2]
It was used as a Catholic church as late as 2004 when construction on a larger building was completed and the parish moved to current location. [4] When the older building on Prater Way, Sparks, Nevada was photographed in 2014, it was operating under the name "Iglesia Cristiana Monte Sinai". [5]
With the establishment of Boulder City in 1931 to construct Hoover Dam, St. Andrew Parish was created there to serve the Catholic construction workers. [6] In 1976, Pope Paul VI renamed the Diocese of Reno the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas to reflect the growth of the Catholic population in southern Nevada. [6]
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Saint Mary's became an affiliate of Catholic Healthcare West in 2006. [2] Saint Mary's lost money under CHW ownership and in 2012, the hospital was sold to the for-profit Prime Healthcare Services. [3] [4]