St. John Apostle and Evangelist, 15 Plaza Square, St. Louis, MO 63103 (314) 421-3467

Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist Parish | 15 Plaza Square | St. Louis, Missouri 63103

(314) 421-3467

St. John the Apostle & Evangelist Parish was founded in 1847. It served Catholics moving to the first suburb of the original village/city of St. Louis. The area had been a peach orchard. Names of many of the Catholic founding families of St. Louis, of diverse nationalities, appear in the parish record books.

The present church was dedicated on 4 November 1860. It has, since then, been in continuous daily use. In the late 1800’s the Old Cathedral, on the riverfront, was no longer adequate in size & its location had become undesirable. Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick then designated St. John’s, for some twenty years, the Cathedral Church of this Archdiocese. The Archbishop occupied a residence, across the main plaza of the church, on what was then 16th Street.
In 1960, for the 100th anniversary of the church dedication, and coinciding with the Plaza

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