St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans)

Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
View of the façade from across Jackson Square
29°57′28″N 90°03′49″W / 29.95778°N 90.06361°W / 29.95778; -90.06361
Location	Jackson Square New Orleans, Louisiana
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Membership	6,000+[citation needed]
Website	www.stlouiscathedral.org
History
Status	Cathedral Minor basilica
Founded	1720
Dedication	Saint Louis
Architecture
Style	Spanish Colonial (Renaissance) French Neo Gothic
Groundbreaking	1789
Completed	1850s
Specifications
Number of spires	3
Spire height	130 ft (40 m)
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of New Orleans
Clergy
Archbishop	Gregory Aymond
Rector	Philip G. Landry

The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (French: Cathédrale-Basilique de Saint-Louis, Roi-de-France, Spanish: Catedral-Basílica de San Luis, Rey de Francia), also called St. Louis Cathedral, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States alongside the Royal Presidio Chapel in Monterey, California.^[1] It is dedicated to Saint Louis, also known as King Louis IX of France. The first church on the site was built in 1718; the third, under the Spanish rule, built in 1789, was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. The second St. Louis Cathedral was burned during the great fire of 1788 and was expanded and largely rebuilt and completed in the 1850s,^[2] with little of the 1789 structure remaining.

Saint Louis Cathedral is in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the Place John Paul II (French: Place Jean-Paul II), a promenaded section of Chartres Street (rue de Chartres) that runs for one block between St. Peter Street (rue Saint-Pierre) on the upriver boundary and St. Ann Street (rue Sainte-Anne) on the downriver boundary. It is located next to Jackson Square and facing the Mississippi River in the heart of New Orleans, situated between the historic buildings of the Cabildo and the Presbytère.