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List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport

This is a list of current and former churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1][2] The diocese includes 80 churches located throughout southeastern Iowa. The cathedral church of the diocese is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport. This list also includes two university chapels.

Diocese of Davenport in red


Burlington Deanery edit

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. John the Baptist   Burlington St. John's founded 1852; Built 1883-1885; listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); Now in Divine Mercy Parish, founded 2017[3][4]
St. Paul   Burlington St. Paul's founded 1839; Built 1892-1855; listed on NRHP; Now in Divine Mercy Parish, founded 2017[3][5]
St. Mary Dodgeville Founded 1850; Built 1904; Divine Mercy Parish[3]
St. Mary Fairfield Founded 1857; Built 2009[6]
St. Boniface Farmington Founded 1863
Sacred Heart Fort Madison Founded 1893; Built 1900; Holy Family Parish, founded in 2009[7]
Ss. Mary & Joseph   Fort Madison Founded as St. Mary of the Assumption 1839; Built 1866-1870; listed on NRHP; Now in Holy Family Parish, founded in 2009[7][8]
St. John the Baptist Houghton Founded 1895; Built 1951[9]
All Saints   Keokuk Founded as St. Peter's Parish 1839; Built 1879-1885; listed on NRHP; All Saints founded in 1982[10][11]
St. Joseph Montrose Founded 1860; Built 1969
St. Alphonsus Mount Pleasant Founded 1857; Built 2005[12]
St. James the Less St. Paul Founded 1838; Built 1892[9]
St. Mary West Burlington Founded 1886; Built 1916; Now in Divine Mercy Parish, founded 2017[3]
St. Mary of the Assumption West Point Founded 1841; Built 1863[13]

Clinton Deanery edit

Name Image Location Description/Notes
Visitation   Camanche Founded 1967; Built 1970
Assumption & St. Patrick   Charlotte Founded 1882 as Assumption Parish; Built 1882; St. Patrick, Villa Nova was a separate parish founded in 1852. The two parish were merged at Charlotte in the 1990s.
Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace   Clinton Founded 1990; Built 2007-2009; The parish is a merger of the five parishes in Clinton.[14]
St. Patrick   Delmar Founded 1880; Built 1928
St. Joseph   DeWitt Founded 1850 as Ss. Simon & Jude Parish; Built 1880[15]
Ss. Philip & James   Grand Mound Founded 1857; Built 1969
Our Lady of the River   LeClaire Founded 1969 as a merger of St. James in Princeton and St. Henry in LeClaire; Built 1979[16]
St. Ann   Long Grove Founded 1840; Built 1984-1985[17]
Sacred Heart   Lost Nation Founded 1895; Built 1965-1966; Now in Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish
St. Mary Mechanicsville Founded 1857; Built 1969[18]
Immaculate Conception   Petersville Founded 1853; Built 1904
St. Joseph   Sugar Creek Founded 1855; Built 1896
St. Mary   Tipton Founded 1855; Built 1969[19]
St. James   Toronto Founded 1855; Built 1883; Now in Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish
St. Bernadette   West Branch Founded 1856; Built 1960

Davenport Deanery edit

Name Image Location Description/Notes
Our Lady of Lourdes   Bettendorf Founded 1902; Built 1963[20]
St. John Vianney   Bettendorf Founded 1867; Built 1970[21]
St. Andrew   Blue Grass Founded 1976; Built 1990-1991[22]
St. Peter   Buffalo Founded 1859; Built 1867
Christ the King   Davenport Built 1952-1953; Renovated 2006; Chapel at St. Ambrose University[23]
Holy Family   Davenport Founded 1897; Built 1909[24]
Our Lady of Victory   Davenport Founded 1967; Built 1967-1968[25]
Sacred Heart Cathedral   Davenport Founded 1856 as St. Margaret's Parish; Built 1889–1891; listed on NRHP[26][27]
St. Alphonsus   Davenport Founded 1908; Built 1912-1913[28]
St. Anthony   Davenport Founded 1837; Built 1850–1853; listed on NRHP[29][30]
St. Paul the Apostle   Davenport Founded 1909; Middle section of church built in 1909 with subsequent additions[31]
Ss. Mary & Mathias   Muscatine Founded 1841 as St. Mathias; Built 1911[32]
St. Mary   Wilton Founded 1857; Built 2006-2007[33]

Iowa City Deanery edit

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. Joseph   Columbus Junction Founded 1853; Built 1957
St. Thomas More   Coralville Founded 1944 as Catholic Student Center in Iowa City; Built 2008-2009[34]
St. Peter Cosgrove Founded 1840; Built 1893
St. Joseph   Hills Founded 1902; Built 1903[35]
Newman Catholic Student Center   Iowa City Founded 1944; Built 1989
University of Iowa[36]
St. Mary of the Visitation   Iowa City Founded 1841; Built 1867–1869; listed on NRHP[37][38]
St. Patrick   Iowa City Founded 1872; Built 2008-2009[39]
St. Wenceslaus   Iowa City Founded 1891; Built 1893[40]
St. Mary   Lone Tree Founded 1872; Built 1915[35]
St. Patrick Marengo Founded 1860; Built 1881
St. Mary   Nichols Founded 1874; Built 1920; listed on NRHP[35][41]
St. Mary   Oxford Founded 1859; Built 1914[42]
Holy Trinity   Richmond Founded 1854; Built 1877[43]
St. Mary   Riverside Founded 1876; Built 1907; listed on NRHP[43][44]
St. Mary   Solon Founded 1846; Built 1998[45]
St. Bridget Victor Founded 1873; Built 1927[46]
St. James   Washington Founded 1859; Built 1962[47]
St. Joseph   Wellman Founded 1912; Built 1962[43]
St. Joseph   West Liberty Founded 1858; Built 1950[48]
St. Mary Williamsburg Founded 1887; Built 1920[49]

Ottumwa Deanery edit

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. Mary Albia Founded 1874; Built 1980[50]
St. Mary Magdalen Bloomfield Founded 1853; Built 1953
St. Patrick   Brooklyn Founded 1860; Built 1912[46]
St. Mary Centerville Founded 1870; Built 1967[51]
Immaculate Conception Colfax Founded 1893; Built 1919[52]
St. Joseph East Pleasant Plain Founded 1902; Built 1960; Now in Ss. Joseph & Cabrini Parish founded in 2009[53]
St. Patrick Georgetown Founded 1851; Built 1860-1865; listed on NRHP[54]
St. Mary Grinnell Founded 1864; Built 1927[55]
Holy Trinity   Keota Founded 1877 as St. Mary; Built 1950; Holy Trinity Parish was founded in 1992 with the Merger of St. Mary's, St. Elizabeth in Harper (non-extant), and Ss. Peter and Paul, Clear Creek[56]
St. Anthony Knoxville Founded 1870; Built 1977[57]
St. Peter Lovilia Founded 1904; Built 1906
Sacred Heart Melcher-Dallas Founded 1913; Built 1971[58]
St. Patrick Melrose Founded 1870; Built 1972
St. Joseph North English Founded 1904; Built 1964
St. Mary Oskaloosa Founded 1908; Built 1912[59]
St. Mary of the Visitation   Ottumwa Founded 1849; Built 1931[60]
St. Patrick Ottumwa Founded 1879; Built 1956[61]
St. Mary Pella Founded 1869; Built 2009[62]
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Richland Founded 1944; Built 1951; Now in Ss. Joseph & Cabrini Parish founded in 2009[53]
St. Mary Sigourney Founded 1873; Built 1962[63]

Former churches edit

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. Joseph   Bauer Founded 1853; Built 1875-1876; listed on NRHP[64]
Ss. Peter & Paul   Clear Creek Founded 1857; Built 1898-1899; listed on NRHP[65]
Sacred Heart   Clinton Founded 1891; Built 1891; now a chapel at Prince of Peace Preparatory
St. Boniface   Clinton Founded 1861; Built 1908; listed on NRHP
St. Irenaeus   Clinton Founded 1852; Built 1864-1871; listed on NRHP[66]
St. Joseph   Davenport Founded 1855 as St. Kunegunda Parish; Built 1881-1883; listed on NRHP[67]
St. Mary   Davenport Founded 1867; Built 1867; listed on NRHP[68]
St. Joseph   Fort Madison Founded 1840; Built 1886; listed on NRHP[69]
St. Michael   Holbrook Founded 1843; Built 1867; listed on NRHP[70]
St. Mary   Muscatine Founded 1867; Built 1877
Ss. Peter & Paul   Solon Founded 1861; Built 1916-1917; listed on NRHP[71]
Sacred Heart   Valeria Founded 1873; Built 1896
St. Anne   Welton Founded 1910; Built 1912

References edit

  1. ^ Barb Arland-Fye (May 4, 2023). "Reconfiguration aims to serve parishes, priests better". The Catholic Messenger. Davenport. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ A list of parishes, the year they were founded, and the year that the church was built can be found in: Schmidt, Madeleine M. (1981). Seasons of Growth: History of the Diocese of Davenport. Davenport, Iowa: Diocese of Davenport. pp. 326–29.; parishes founded and churches built after 1981 are noted in each parish listing above.
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  20. ^ "Home page". Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bettendorf. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  63. ^ "Home page". St. Mary Parish, Sigourney. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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