Diocese of Dallas

Second oldest parish in the city of Dallas, but established when Oak Cliff was a separate city. More Information Official site Parish history

Founded and staffed by the Vincentians, who also staffed Trinity College/Dallas University across the street. More Information Official site Parish history

Originally dedicated to the Sacred Heart, this parish is the oldest in the city of Dallas. The parish merged with Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Little Mexico neighborhood (now Harwood) in 1965, and in 1977 the Cathedral was renamed in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In 2023 the cathedral was elevated to a National Shrine by the US Conference fo Catholic Bishops. More Information Official site Author’s Note The original altarpiece appears to be lost forever....

Established in 1914 in response to the flood of Mexican refugees fleeing the anti-Catholic dictatorship in Mexico, this parish was merged with the cathedral in 1965. This gentrified neighborhood was once Little Mexico. All that remains on the site is an image of Our Lady of Gudalaupe. The church was first served by Vincentians, who staffed Holy Trinity, then by the Carmelites. St. Ann’s school was located next to the church, and the building still stands today, containing a restaurant and a Japanese samaurai collection....

The school was founded in 1905 and the present church, the 5th church in Dallas and the 3rd oldest extant one, was built in 1910. The original 1905 temporary church, later used as a parish hall, stood on the corner of Texas and Floyd and was extant in 2009, though it now appears to be gone. The church was built by the Oblate fathers for the German population. From 1977 to 2007, the buildings were used for St....

Part of the deal when the first parish in Dallas was named Sacred Heart was that the second church would be named in honor of St. Patrick. This parish (which became the third oldest in the Dallas city limits once Oak Cliff was annexed) was located across from City Park. The church was flattened by I-30, and where it once stood is now squarely in the middle of the Canyon....

Original site of St. Paul Sanitarium. The hospital moved to its present location on Harry Hines Blvd in the 1960’s, and the original building was razed. The Daughters of Charity continued administration of the hospital until it was sold around the year 2000. Today it is part of UT Southwestern. More Information History of St. Paul Sanitarium UT Southwestern pamphlet on St. Paul’s history Sanitarium in the 1921 Sanborn map

Original site of Holy Trinity College, the Vincentian college. The school was later renamed to Dallas University/University of Dallas. The school closed in 1929 and its charter was reused for the current University of Dlalas. The building later housed Jesuit Prepatory School until it moved next to St. Rita and this building was sadly razed. More Information School in the 1922 Sanborn map

Original site of Ursuline Academy and the Ursuline Convent. It is unclear why this building was demolished. More Information Ursuline history article - Includes pictures of this convent Additional Ursuline history article - Includes pictures Convent in the 1922 Sanborn map

Founded by the Rt. Rev. Edward Joseph Dunne, bishop of Dallas, on Oct. 13, 1903, as the fourth parish in Dallas (Oak Cliff had just been annexed, so Blessed Sacrament was now in the Dallas city limits). The name of the parish and the name of the bishop are not coincidence. The founding pastor was the Rev. Joseph P. Lynch, who had been a priest for just 3 years. Within a few years he would become bishop of Dallas....

The first black parish in Dallas, founded in 1905, is now home to the area’s Polish community. More Information Official site Parish history