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The Cathedral of Christ the King is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta. The cathedral is located on Peachtree Road in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. As of 2025, Christ the King Parish had over 5,300 registered families, making it one of the largest parishes in the archdiocese.
The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The current church building was completed in 1873 and is the oldest church in Atlanta, as well as one of the oldest standing buildings in the city. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The Archdiocese of Atlanta (Latin: Archdiœcesis Atlantensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northern Georgia in United States. The archdiocese is led by a prelate archbishop, who also serves as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. [1]
Atlanta 1897 [4] 1903 St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Atlanta 1911 [5] 1906 St. Joseph Catholic Church Marietta: 1952 [6] 1912 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church: Atlanta 1960 [7] 1936 Cathedral of Christ the King: Atlanta 1937 [8] 1936 St. Peter Catholic Church LaGrange [9] 1941 St. Thomas More Catholic Church Decatur: 1952 [10] 1942
On June 9, 1920, the church was formally consecrated by Bishop Edward Patrick Allen of the Diocese of Mobile, becoming the first Catholic church in Atlanta to have such a distinction. [25] In 1924, a dedicated building for the parochial school was built adjacent to the church by the Atlanta-based architectural firm of Pringle and Smith. [27]
The first site for St. Philip's was in downtown Atlanta, across from the State Capitol on the corner of what is now Washington Street and Martin Luther King Drive. By 1875 the small church had grown to be the largest Episcopal church in Georgia, and in 1907 St. Philip's was named the cathedral of the Diocese of Atlanta, which was formed that same year.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is a Catholic Church in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, the church was established as a mission in 1912 and is a contributing property of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park.
St. James Cathedral Diocese of Kearney: 1912–1917 [26] St. James Church Diocese of Rockford: 1908–1970 [27] St. John's Pro-Cathedral Diocese of Altoona: 1901–1923 [28] St. John the Apostle Cathedral Archdiocese of Oregon City: 1845–1862 [29] St. John the Evangelist Church: Diocese of Indianapolis: 1878–1906 [30] St. John the Evangelist