Saint John's Cathedral - Denver, CO
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N 39° 44.303 W 104° 58.718
13S E 501830 N 4398721
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral is located at 1350 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado 80203
Waymark Code: WMBCJM
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2011
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This Cathedral was originally organized before Colorado was a State as the Church of Saint John in the Wilderness. Father John H. Kehler arrived by stagecoach on January 17, 1860, met with some of the local miners and held mass two weeks later..and had a fairly large audience-- perhaps due to the fact that he came with two daughters of marriageable age! Denver became incorporated as a City the next year.
The first cathedral was dedicated on November 7, 1881, at the corner of 20th and Welton. That Cathedral was destroyed by a May 15, 1903 fire. The current Cathedral's cornerstone was laid on January 24, 1909, and the first service held within on November 5, 1911.
The current Bishop Robert O'Neill , made news in 2009 by marrying a lesbian couple here, see (
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