Holy Family Old Cathedral | |
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61°13′2.53″N 149°53′52.69″W / 61.2173694°N 149.8979694°W | |
Location | 811 W. Sixth Ave. Anchorage, Alaska |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Website | www.holyfamilycathedral.org |
History | |
Founded | 1915 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Augustine A. Porreca McEntire and Pendergast |
Style | Art Deco |
Groundbreaking | 1946 |
Completed | 1948 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Anchorage–Juneau |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Andrew E. Bellisario |
Vicar(s) | Fr. Pius Youn, O.P. Fr. Matthew Heynen, O.P. |
Pastor(s) | Fr. James Junipero Moore, O.P. |
Deacon(s) | Rev. Mr. David Van Tuyl Rev. Mr. Gustavo Azpilcueta |
Holy Family Old Cathedral, located in the commercial downtown section of Anchorage, Alaska in United States of America, was the cathedral and mother church of former Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage from the erection of that archdiocese 1966 to its canonical suppression in 2020. Growth of the city rendered the cathedral too small for major cathedral functions, leading to official elevation of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church as a co-cathedral for the Archdiocese of Anchorage in 2014.
When Pope Francis erected the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau with the combined territory of the former Archdiocese of Anchorage and the former Diocese of Juneau, canonically suppressing both former jurisdictions, in 2020, he designated Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral as the principal cathedral and the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau, Alaska, which had served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Juneau, as the co-cathedral of the new jurisdiction. Holy Family Church thus ceased to be a cathedral, but continues to serve as a parish church of the Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau.