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Cathedral of Saint
Andrew
Cathedral of Saint
Andrew
Established: 1833
Most Reverend Walter A. Hurley, Bishop
of Grand Rapids
Rev. Steven D. Cron, Rector
Mass:
Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m.;
Saturday 4 p.m.;
Sunday 10 a.m., 12 Noon Spanish;
Televised Mass: Broadcast, Channel Fox 17,
Sunday at 10 a.m.
Father Frederic Baraga established the beginnings
of Saint Andrew Church when he built the first church, St.
Mary's Mission, in 1833 amid Indian cornfields on the west
bank of the Grand River.
Two years later, when Father Andreas Viszoczky
became the pastor, he found a small church, rectory, and school
building that Father Baraga had built. After the Indian population
dispersed, Father Viszoczky built a new church on Monroe Avenue,
naming the parish for St. Andrew, his patron saint. This church
was soon too small for its growing population and, in 1875,
a new church was built at its present location on Sheldon
Avenue. The Grand Rapids Diocese was formed seven years later,
and the first bishop, Henry Joseph Richter, chose Saint Andrew
as his new cathedral.
Today the Cathedral of Saint Andrew proudly
stands in the central city as a place of acceptance and hospitality
to its neighbors and to the community at large. Ancona,
Rev. Msgr. G. (2001). Where the Star Came to Rest.
France: Édition du Signe.
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