Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, Catholic cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi.
The Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle is a brick church in a modified Gothic design with a cruciform floor plan, dedicated in 1900. Its square front tower is capped by a spire reaching 119 feet (36 m). The steeple was rebuilt and sheathed in copper and slate in 2010.
A church first built in 1846 was destroyed during the Civil War in 1862. The current building was reconstructed in the Gothic Revival style in 1900 to replace what was lost.
The cathedral is named for Saint Peter the Apostle and holds daily and weekly masses in both English and Spanish, reflecting the bilingual makeup of Jackson's Catholic community. A gallery of photographs documents the 2008 Midnight Mass.
You can visit the church throughout the day and walk around at your own pace to observe the building's architecture. Try visiting outside of service times if you want to explore without interruption.
The cathedral's organ was built by Rieger Orgelbau of Austria in 1987, replacing an earlier Kilgen instrument. It has two manuals, 25 stops and 38 ranks, and is dedicated to the memory of Bishop Joseph Brunini, who led the diocese from 1968 to 1984.
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