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St. Gertrude 6200 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago Parish founded in 1912; current church dedicated in 1931 [19] St. Gregory the Great 5545 N Paulina St, Chicago Founded in 1904 St. Henry 6325 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago Founded in 1851, closed in 2021 [20] St. Ignatius 6559 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago Founded in 1906, closed in 2021 [21] St. Jerome
Father Reho celebrated Mass in the city of Peoria in 1839, and the Rev. John A. Drew founded St. Mary's Church in 1846. The church that would become the first St. Mary's Cathedral was built in 1851. [3] [4] Chicago architect Casper Mehler designed the present cathedral to reflect the style of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. [5]
The major changes in Peoria will include the closure of St. Bernard, which opened in 1903. It is the smallest of Peoria's Catholic parishes, with a Mass count of only 41 people, according to ...
In 1839, Father Raho, an Italian priest, visited Peoria, remaining long enough to build the old stone church in Kickapoo. In 1843, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Chicago, taking the Illinois parishes from the Dioceses of St. Louis and Vincennes. St. Mary's, the first Catholic church in Peoria proper, was erected by John A. Drew in 1846.
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On February 12, 2002, John Paul II appointed Jenky as bishop of the Diocese of Peoria. [3] He was installed on April 10 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. [2] In an April 2012 "Men's March" homily, Jenky denounced the federal Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, and members of the U.S. Senate. He compared them to the early persecutors ...
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