Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral (353 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg)

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Designed by local architect Balston C. Kenway and built in 1880, the St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral belongs to the Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Its facade was renovated in 1896 by architect Samuel Hooper. In April 2017, it became a municipally-designated historic site.

Pastors (Archdiocese of St. Boniface)

Period	Rector
1869-1872	Joseph McCarthy
1872-1874	J. B. Beaudin
1874	A. Lacombe
1874-1879	J. B. Beaudin
1879	L. G. Gladu
1879-1880	A. Lacombe
1880-1882	J. B. Beaudin
1882	L. Lebret
1882-1885	Joseph Lavoie
1885-1889	Charles Oullette
1889-1890	L. Lebret
1890-1894	L. V. Fox
1894-1895	Louis Philippe Adelard Langevin (1855-1915)
1895-1903	Didace E. Guillet (1853-1923)
1903-1908	Charles Cahill (1857-1917)
1908-1912	Richard M. D'Alton
1912-1913	Charles Cahill (1857-1917)
1913-1918	William Patton

Rectors (Archdiocese of Winnipeg)

Period	Rector
1918-1919	John Dutton (1888-1919)
1919-1920	R. G. MacGregor
1920-1934	Thomas William Morton (1862-1945)
1935-1939	Joseph Everett Cahill (1899-1962)
1939-1946	?
1946-1962	Joseph Everett Cahill (1899-1962)
1962-1968	?
1968-1997	Roy Joseph Henry Larrabee (1920-2009)
1997-2004	Darrin J. G. Gurr
2004-2010	Michael Karl Koryluk (1944-2020)
2010-2013	Ward Jamieson
2013-present	Geoffrey Angeles

Photos & Coordinates

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (circa 1882) by F. V. Bingham Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2024-0013 Postcard view of the interior of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (circa 1910) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2015-0045 St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral (June 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Aerial view of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral (August 2024) Source: George Penner Interior of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral (2016) Source: Desiree Rolfe Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89037, W97.14364 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery / Chapel and Winter Vault (506 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Manitoba Organization: Archdiocese of Winnipeg

Some Old Winnipeg Buildings by Randy Rostecki
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 29, 1972-1973 Season

Sources:

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral (353 St. Mary Avenue), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, November 2016.

Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Archdiocese of Winnipeg.

We thank Desiree Rolfe and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 August 2024

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