The St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the The existing structure was built in 1850.


The first church was built in 1718; the third built in 1789, was raised to cathedral in 1793. The cathedral was expanded in largely rebuilt in 1850, with little of the 1789 structure remaining.


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