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The cathedral c. 1900-10. St. Joseph Parish, named after Saint Joseph, was founded by members of St. Patrick's Parish in Columbus in 1866 to alleviate overcrowding. Its pastor, the Rev. Edward M. Fitzgerald, began to plan for the church, raised money, formed a building committee and secured property on Broad Street and Fifth for $13,500. [1]
Christ Church Cathedral 39°06′03″N 84°30′27″W / 39.100922°N 84.507448°W / 39.100922; -84.507448 ( Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati [ 3 ]
Because of the rising Catholic population on the South Side of Columbus in the early 1900s, Bishop Henry K. Moeller called upon Father Charles Kessler, then the assistant pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral [2]: 221–222 to organize a new parish from the territory of St. Mary Church [3] under the patronage of St. Leo the Great.
The church spire towers 197 feet (60 m) above street level making it a prominent landmark and the tallest building in the historic German Village neighborhood south of downtown Columbus. [9] With the rest of German Village, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 1974.
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Holy Family Church is situated in Franklinton, the oldest neighborhood in Columbus. The Catholic population of the early 1850s consisted of only a few families, augmented for a short time by a small number of laborers who were constructing the National Road. Before 1833 Mass was celebrated occasionally in the homes of the few Catholic families.
The church reopened for worship on April 19, 2019, for the Palm Sunday Vigil Mass. [11] Following these renovations, the church was chosen as the best religious wedding venue in the city of Columbus by the readers of Columbus Monthly in 2022. [12] It also served as a performance venue for Central Ohio chamber orchestra ProMusica Columbus. [13]
The Gothic Revival building was completed in 1848 and is the oldest church in Columbus. [3] The church, along with the school and rectory also on the property, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [4] The parish was suppressed and its territory absorbed by St. Joseph Cathedral in 2023, but remains open for public ...