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Second Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)

19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United StatesChurches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and MinneapolisRoman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Second Cathedral of Saint Paul
Second Cathedral of Saint Paul

The second Cathedral of Saint Paul was a building that served as the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Saint Paul in Minnesota from 1851 to 1858 and then as the Cathedral School, predecessor of Cretin High School, until its demolition in 1889.

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Second Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)
West 7th Place, Saint Paul Downtown

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