History
1879 – Saint Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral is built at 13th & M.
September 7, 1890 – St. Teresa School dedicated. The school opened on September 15, 1890 with 209 students.
March 29, 1904 – First Christian Church at 14th & K St. purchased by the Diocese to be renovated as the Cathedral
August 8, 1906 – Renovations begin on church
August 28, 1906 – Church burns down in a fire; rebuilding starts immediately
December 8, 1911 – Saint Mary’s Cathedral is dedicated
1917 – Name of St. Teresa’s School changed to Cathedral School. The class of 1917 received the first dipolomas from “Cathedral High School.”
July 15, 1919 – Sacred Heart Parish is established, taking all parishioners east of 20th and north of “O” Streets.
January 22, 1921 – Blessed Sacrament parish is broken off from St. Mary’s, taking all the households south of “A”
February 23, 1926 – St. Mary’s Parish is divided again with the establishment of St. Teresa Parish to the east.
March 13, 1949 – The new school building opens to the east of the Cathedral. Saint Mary’s is the only parish in Lincoln to offer all the grades through high school.
March 19, 1949 – The old school building at 13th and M Streets burns down
May 27, 1956 – Cathedral High School graduates its last class. Pius X High School opens on A St. the following fall.
November 1956 – Current rectory is built
1963 – The red brick exterior is painted over in an off-white
June 30, 1963 – The interior of the Cathedral was re-dedicated. The baldachino took the place of the old high altars.
August 18, 1965 – The Cathedral of the Risen Christ is dedicated; St. Mary’s is henceforth referred to as “the Old Cathedral”
June 15, 1993 – Saint Mary’s Parish, with 1200 families, is split in half when North American Martyrs Parish is established in the Highlands.
1993 – The baldachino comes down; the current crucifix and tabernacle go up.
May 27, 2019 – St. Mary’s School closes Permanently
Pastors
2021 – Present Fr. Joseph Walsh
2005 – 2021 Fr. Douglas Dietrich
1985 – 2005 Monsignor Paul Witt
1983 – 1985 Fr. Peter Gadient
1980 – 1983 Monsignor James Dawson
1955 – 1980 Monsignor John Flynn
1937 – 1955 Monsignor Clarence J. Riorden
Past Mass Schedules
2006 – Present; Saturday 4 pm; Sunday 8 am, 10 am, 12:30 pm, 5 pm
1997 – 2005 Saturday 4 pm; Sunday 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm
1982 – 1997 Saturday 4 pm & 6 pm; Sunday 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
1976 – 1982 Saturday 6 pm; Sunday 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
1969 – 1976 Saturday 6 pm; Sunday 7:30 am, 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
1966 – 1969 Sunday 6 am, 7:30 am, 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
1943 – 1966 Sunday 6 am, 7 am, 8 am, 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm
1933 – 1943 Sunday 6 am, 7 am, 8 am, 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 Noon
