St. John XXIII Catholic Church (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

St. John XXIII Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish located in Cedar Rapids, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Dubuque and is located at 8100 Roncalli Dr. One of the newer parishes in the Archdiocese, it is named after Pope John XXIII. The current pastor is Rev. Dustin Vu.

History

Blessed John XXIII parish was created on September 3, 2000 in a ceremony led by Archbishop Jerome Hanus, OSB, at a ceremony at Taft Middle School. The parish was created in response to a growing number of Catholics in the southwest portion of the city, and to provide for people living in surrounding areas as well.

For the first three years and five months, the parish hosted Masses at Taft Middle School. During this time a combined building with church, school, meeting spaces, offices, and kitchen facilities was designed by Novak Design Group. The building was built by Kleiman Construction Company. Archbishop Hanus consecrated the new church on February 1, 2004. The parish has indicated that they eventually plan to build a larger church structure adjoining the current building in a few years.

They failed to mention plans to merge two parishes and essentially destroy the iconic St. Patrick's Church in Fairfax. The old church was deconsecrated a few months shy of its 100th birthday.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "Life | TheGazette". Easterniowalife.com. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2013-12-17. 

External links

• Parish website

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Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels
Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin
Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City
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