St. John's Cathedral (Lafayette, Louisiana)

St. John's Cathedral
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the church
Location	St. John St., Lafayette, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°13′21″N 92°1′26″W / 30.22250°N 92.02389°W / 30.22250; -92.02389Coordinates: 30°13′21″N 92°1′26″W / 30.22250°N 92.02389°W / 30.22250; -92.02389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916
Architect	Cousin
Architectural style	Romanesque
Governing body	Roman Catholic Church
NRHP Reference #	79001067[1]
Added to NRHP	July 27, 1979

The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, originally called l'Église St-Jean du Vermilion, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral. It was the first church in the Lafayette Parish, founded in 1821 on property donated by Jean Mouton.^[2] This structure was completed in 1916 in the Romanesque Revival style.^[1]

The Cathedral features a museum with memorabilia and exhibits about the history of the Cathedral and the parish.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana.

• Cathedral website

Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana Ordinaries Bishops Jules Benjamin Jeanmard Maurice Schexnayder Gerard Louis Frey Harry Joseph Flynn Edward Joseph O'Donnell Charles Michael Jarrell Priests who became bishops Glen Provost Churches Cathedral St. John's Cathedral, Lafayette Parish churches: Education Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau Catholic High School, New Iberia Hanson Memorial High School, Franklin Notre Dame High School, Crowley Opelousas Catholic School, Opelousas Sacred Heart High School, Ville Platte St. Edmund High School, Eunice St. Thomas More School, Lafayette Teurlings Catholic High School, Lafayette Vermilion Catholic High School, Abbeville Catholicism Portal