Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Lake Charles, Louisiana)


The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Lake Charles. Immaculate Conception Parish was established in 1869.
The church was designed by the architectural firm of Favrot & Livaudais and it was built in 1913. On January 29, 1980 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Lake Charles and Immaculate Conception became the cathedral for the new diocese.
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1994.
The cathedral church enshrines a century old image of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception made of Carrara marble. The venerated image was granted a Canonical coronation by the Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.

School

Immaculate Conception Cathedral School is the parish's primary and lower secondary school. It opened on February 19, 1950. it has around 20 teachers and a principal with around 410-430 students. The four-classroom St. Charles Annex addition was established as part of a capital campaign made in 2007; it also has a multipurpose room serving as a library, an art room, and a computer lab.