Rosary Cathedral

More pictures of the cathedral next week. Having computer problems at the moment.

These were taken rather quickly after an ordination.

Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago returned to Toledo to celebrate the feast of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, on October 2, 1946. He had served as the second bishop of Toledo.

Sketch from 1932 Diocesan Yearbook.See the completed work here (second photo):

The cornerstone, inscribed: "In Nomine Domini Hic Lapis Primarius Die XXVII Junii A.S. MCMXXVI Clero Populoque Toletano Laetanibus Samueli Alphonso Episcopi Impositus Fuit."

The cornerstone, inscribed: "In Nomine Domini Hic Lapis Primarius Die XXVII Junii A.S. MCMXXVI Clero Populoque Toletano Laetanibus Samueli Alphonso Episcopi Impositus Fuit."

This was the original cathedra, what used to be called the bishop's throne.

I really think this might be the best picture I've ever taken. Just in time, too.

I really think this might be the best picture I've ever taken. Just in time, too.

There are plenty more to be posted over the next few days.

Cardinal Csernoch, who as Primate of Hungary had crowned Bl.Karl of Austria as King of Hungary, was present at the laying of the cornerstone of Rosary Cathedral, in 1926.