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MARY'S ON-THE-FLATS, the colloquial name of the parish of Our Lady of the Lakes, was the first Catholic church in Cleveland, organized in 1826 by IRISH Catholic immigrants. Before it closed in 1886, it spawned many west-side parishes and ST. JOHN CATHEDRAL.
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St. Mary's on the Flats, originally known as the Church of Our Lady of the Lake, [1]: 34–35 [2]: 8 was the first Catholic church building in Cleveland, Ohio.
The first significant number of Catholics in Cleveland were German and especially Irish immigrants who came in the late 1820s and 1830s to construct and maintain the OHIO & ERIE CANAL and to work in developing businesses. They were attended initially by itinerant missionaries.
ST. MARY'S ON-THE-FLATS, the colloquial name of the parish of Our Lady of the Lakes, was the first Catholic church in Cleveland, organized in 1826 by Irish Catholic immigrants.
When Rappe took office, the diocese contained 42 churches and 21 priests; the first and only Catholic church in Cleveland was St. Mary's on the Flats. [6] He soon established the city's first parochial school, which doubled as a chapel. [7] St. John's Cathedral, Cleveland. Rappe purchased an episcopal residence in 1848, founding a seminary there.
Nov 1, 2011 · His cathedral church was St. Mary’s on the “Flats,” Cleveland, the first, and at that time the only,church in his episcopal city. In November, 1852, he completed the present cathedral , an imposing brick structure of Gothic architecture , still ranking with the many fine churches of the diocese .
Jun 3, 2024 · The first Catholic Church was erected in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio in 1828. By the 1870s, Cleveland had one of the largest Catholic populations in the United States. Ursuline College was established in nearby Pepper Pike by the Catholic Church in 1871.
