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The Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport, in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is one of only eight parish churches in the world dedicated to the Jesuit Saint John Berchmans.〔 See St. John Berchmans Church (disambiguation) for the list of the nine churches dedicated exclusively to St. John Berchmans. The St. John Berchmans Church in Brussels is not ''de jure'' a parish church.〕 ==History== The old parish church traces its origin to the year 1902, when a group of Jesuit priests arrived in Shreveport to establish and staff a new parish and high school for boys. The parish's first rector was Fr. John F. O'Connor, S.J. By 1924, building a larger church was deemed necessary for the growing congregation. The cornerstone of the structure was laid on .〔 Construction was finished by June 1928, and the church was consecrated on .〔 The church was designated a co-cathedral for the Diocese of Alexandria–Shreveport in 1977. That diocese was split, however, on 23 June 1986, creating the Diocese of Shreveport. St. John Berchmans became the cathedral church of the new diocese.〔 The Jesuits relinquished administration of the parish to the diocese in October 1988. Soon after, from 1992 to 1994, a major renovation was completed, which added both a vestibule and free-standing chapel with a seating capacity of 100 persons. The school is now co-educational for grades Pre-K-8.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. John Berchmans Catholic School )〕One of its notable alumni is Don Hathaway, the sheriff of Caddo Parish from 1980 to 2000.〔Citation needed〕 The Cathedral was renovated in 2014; the High Altar and Tabernacle were restored and some elements installed in the 1992-1994 renovations were removed.〔http://www.sjbcathedral.org/cathedral-renovations-2014/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cathedral of St. John Berchmans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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