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The first Mass was celebrated on Palm Sunday, April 3, 1966, and the cathedral was consecrated by Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J., on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, June 17, 1966. Jesuit priests served the parish until 1982, when priests from the Diocese of Fairbanks took over. [ 2 ]
The Diocese of Fairbanks (Latin: Dioecesis de Fairbanks) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the northern part of the state of Alaska in the United States. It was formerly named the Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska (1894–1917), the Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska (1917–1951), and the Vicariate ...
State Diocese Newspaper / Magazine Circulation Frequency Year founded Alaska: Anchorage: Catholic Anchor: 11,000 [1]: Monthly 1999 Fairbanks: The Alaskan Shepherd
The Immaculate Conception Church [2] is a historic church and former cathedral [3] at 115 N. Cushman Street in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Built in 1904, it was the first Roman Catholic Church erected in Alaska's interior. [ 4 ]
On visits to Sitka, he would celebrate mass in an old Russian carriage barn. After the discovery of gold near Juneau, Althoff moved his mission there. He celebrated the first mass and baptism in Juneau in an interdenominational "Log Cabin Church" in 1882. [3] The Alaska missions continued to expand as more missionaries arrived in the region.
Steven John Maekawa, O.P. (born 22 November 1967) is an American prelate and Dominican friar of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop for the Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska since 2023. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as a priest in the Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau , where he was the pastor of Holy Family Old Cathedral .
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks (2 C, 10 P) ... Pages in category "Catholic Church in Alaska" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.