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In 1850, St. James became the cathedral of the diocese, with Bishop Richard V. Whelan as the first bishop of Wheeling. In 1872, in response to the rising devotion to Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary throughout the universal Church and the burgeoning labor movement among the Catholics of the coal fields, Bishop Whelan petitioned Rome to change the ...
In March 2019, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sued the diocese, alleging violations of West Virginia consumer protection laws. [24] Morrisey said that the diocese advertised itself as a safe place for children while "knowingly employed pedophiles and failed to conduct adequate background checks" on workers in Catholic schools ...
The 1831 church was dedicated in 1833, to some extent resembling reduced St. Mary's Seminary Chapel in Baltimore, Maryland as an early Gothic Revival church. The 1896 remodeling by architects Thomas J. Collins and Son was extensive in scope, completely changing the church into a stone-clad Victorian Gothic structure, resembling the architects' St. Francis Roman Catholic Church in Staunton ...
St. Francis Xavier Church is a historic church at 532 Market Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This church was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] St. Francis Xavier is one of the four original churches of the Diocese of Wheeling. [2] St. Xavier is also the oldest church building in Parkersburg.
The first Catholic priest to visit what is now West Virginia came in 1832. [2] In 1836, the Rev. Alexander L. Hitzelberger of Norfolk, Virginia visited relatives in Charleston and celebrated Mass in the courthouse. Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan of Richmond visited the city in 1842. Pope Pius IX established the diocese of Wheeling on July 19 ...
Michael Joseph Bransfield (born September 8, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Bransfield served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia from 2005 to 2018.
John Joseph Swint (December 15, 1879 – November 23, 1962) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling in West Virginia from December 1922 until his death in 1962. He was auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from May to December 1922.
St. James Catholic Church (Jamestown, North Dakota), listed on the NRHP in North Dakota Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater , Vancouver, Washington; known as St. James Catholic Church until 2013 St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) , a historic church found eligible for listing on the National Register of ...