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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Churches of the West: Catholic Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston Texas.

Churches of the West: Old Catholic Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston Texas

This is  the new Co Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, which replaced the old one in 2005.  The new cathedral is a very large church located just one block from the old cathedral.


Old Catholic Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston Texas


This is the old Co Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston Texas.  The new Co Cathedral is located one block over and this cathedral, originally a 1912 church that was elevated to the status of Co Cathedral in 1959.  The other cathedral for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is located in Galveston, with that church being the Mother Cathedral for Texas.
Iphone photograph from the highway, with the new Co Cathedral also partially visible.