List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport

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This is a list of current and former churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1][2] The diocese includes 80 churches located throughout southeastern Iowa. The cathedral church of the diocese is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport. This list also includes two university chapels.


Burlington Deanery[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. John the Baptist Burlington St. John's founded 1852; Built 1883-1885; listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); Now in Divine Mercy Parish, founded 2017[3][4]
St. Paul Burlington St. Paul's founded 1839; Built 1892-1855; listed on NRHP; Now in Divine Mercy Parish, founded 2017[3][5]
St. Mary Dodgeville Founded 1850; Built 1904; Divine Mercy Parish[3]
St. Mary Fairfield Founded 1857; Built 2009[6]
St. Boniface Farmington Founded 1863
Sacred Heart Fort Madison Founded 1893; Built 1900; Holy Family Parish, founded in 2009[7]
Ss. Mary & Joseph Fort Madison Founded as St. Mary of the Assumption 1839; Built 1866-1870; listed on NRHP; Now in Holy Family Parish, founded in 2009[7][8]
St. John the Baptist Houghton Founded 1895; Built 1951[9]
All Saints Keokuk Founded as St. Peter's Parish 1839; Built 1879-1885; listed on NRHP; All Saints founded in 1982[10][11]
St. Joseph Montrose Founded 1860; Built 1969
St. Alphonsus Mount Pleasant Founded 1857; Built 2005[12]
St. James the Less St. Paul Founded 1838; Built 1892[9]
St. Mary West Burlington Founded 1886; Built 1916; Now in Divine Mercy Parish, founded 2017[3]
St. Mary of the Assumption West Point Founded 1841; Built 1863[13]

Clinton Deanery[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
Visitation Camanche Founded 1967; Built 1970
Assumption & St. Patrick Charlotte Founded 1882 as Assumption Parish; Built 1882; St. Patrick, Villa Nova was a separate parish founded in 1852. The two parish were merged at Charlotte in the 1990s.
Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Clinton Founded 1990; Built 2007-2009; The parish is a merger of the five parishes in Clinton.[14]
St. Patrick Delmar Founded 1880; Built 1928
St. Joseph DeWitt Founded 1850 as Ss. Simon & Jude Parish; Built 1880[15]
Ss. Philip & James Grand Mound Founded 1857; Built 1969
Our Lady of the River LeClaire Founded 1969 as a merger of St. James in Princeton and St. Henry in LeClaire; Built 1979[16]
St. Ann Long Grove Founded 1840; Built 1984-1985[17]
Sacred Heart Lost Nation Founded 1895; Built 1965-1966; Now in Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish
St. Mary Mechanicsville Founded 1857; Built 1969[18]
Immaculate Conception Petersville Founded 1853; Built 1904
St. Joseph Sugar Creek Founded 1855; Built 1896
St. Mary Tipton Founded 1855; Built 1969[19]
St. James Toronto Founded 1855; Built 1883; Now in Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish
St. Bernadette West Branch Founded 1856; Built 1960

Davenport Deanery[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
Our Lady of Lourdes Bettendorf Founded 1902; Built 1963[20]
St. John Vianney Bettendorf Founded 1867; Built 1970[21]
St. Andrew Blue Grass Founded 1976; Built 1990-1991[22]
St. Peter Buffalo Founded 1859; Built 1867
Christ the King Davenport Built 1952-1953; Renovated 2006; Chapel at St. Ambrose University[23]
Holy Family Davenport Founded 1897; Built 1909[24]
Our Lady of Victory Davenport Founded 1967; Built 1967-1968[25]
Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport Founded 1856 as St. Margaret's Parish; Built 1889–1891; listed on NRHP[26][27]
St. Alphonsus Davenport Founded 1908; Built 1912-1913[28]
St. Anthony Davenport Founded 1837; Built 1850–1853; listed on NRHP[29][30]
St. Paul the Apostle Davenport Founded 1909; Middle section of church built in 1909 with subsequent additions[31]
Ss. Mary & Mathias Muscatine Founded 1841 as St. Mathias; Built 1911[32]
St. Mary Wilton Founded 1857; Built 2006-2007[33]

Iowa City Deanery[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. Joseph Columbus Junction Founded 1853; Built 1957
St. Thomas More Coralville Founded 1944 as Catholic Student Center in Iowa City; Built 2008-2009[34]
St. Peter Cosgrove Founded 1840; Built 1893
St. Joseph Hills Founded 1902; Built 1903[35]
Newman Catholic Student Center Iowa City Founded 1944; Built 1989
University of Iowa[36]
St. Mary of the Visitation Iowa City Founded 1841; Built 1867–1869; listed on NRHP[37][38]
St. Patrick Iowa City Founded 1872; Built 2008-2009[39]
St. Wenceslaus Iowa City Founded 1891; Built 1893[40]
St. Mary Lone Tree Founded 1872; Built 1915[35]
St. Patrick Marengo Founded 1860; Built 1881
St. Mary Nichols Founded 1874; Built 1920; listed on NRHP[35][41]
St. Mary Oxford Founded 1859; Built 1914[42]
Holy Trinity Richmond Founded 1854; Built 1877[43]
St. Mary Riverside Founded 1876; Built 1907; listed on NRHP[43][44]
St. Mary Solon Founded 1846; Built 1998[45]
St. Bridget Victor Founded 1873; Built 1927[46]
St. James Washington Founded 1859; Built 1962[47]
St. Joseph Wellman Founded 1912; Built 1962[43]
St. Joseph West Liberty Founded 1858; Built 1950[48]
St. Mary Williamsburg Founded 1887; Built 1920[49]

Ottumwa Deanery[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. Mary Albia Founded 1874; Built 1980[50]
St. Mary Magdalen Bloomfield Founded 1853; Built 1953
St. Patrick Brooklyn Founded 1860; Built 1912[46]
St. Mary Centerville Founded 1870; Built 1967[51]
Immaculate Conception Colfax Founded 1893; Built 1919[52]
St. Joseph East Pleasant Plain Founded 1902; Built 1960; Now in Ss. Joseph & Cabrini Parish founded in 2009[53]
St. Patrick Georgetown Founded 1851; Built 1860-1865; listed on NRHP[54]
St. Mary Grinnell Founded 1864; Built 1927[55]
Holy Trinity Keota Founded 1877 as St. Mary; Built 1950; Holy Trinity Parish was founded in 1992 with the Merger of St. Mary's, St. Elizabeth in Harper (non-extant), and Ss. Peter and Paul, Clear Creek[56]
St. Anthony Knoxville Founded 1870; Built 1977[57]
St. Peter Lovilia Founded 1904; Built 1906
Sacred Heart Melcher-Dallas Founded 1913; Built 1971[58]
St. Patrick Melrose Founded 1870; Built 1972
St. Joseph North English Founded 1904; Built 1964
St. Mary Oskaloosa Founded 1908; Built 1912[59]
St. Mary of the Visitation Ottumwa Founded 1849; Built 1931[60]
St. Patrick Ottumwa Founded 1879; Built 1956[61]
St. Mary Pella Founded 1869; Built 2009[62]
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Richland Founded 1944; Built 1951; Now in Ss. Joseph & Cabrini Parish founded in 2009[53]
St. Mary Sigourney Founded 1873; Built 1962[63]

Former churches[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
St. Joseph Bauer Founded 1853; Built 1875-1876; listed on NRHP[64]
Ss. Peter & Paul Clear Creek Founded 1857; Built 1898-1899; listed on NRHP[65]
Sacred Heart Clinton Founded 1891; Built 1891; now a chapel at Prince of Peace Preparatory
St. Boniface Clinton Founded 1861; Built 1908; listed on NRHP
St. Irenaeus Clinton Founded 1852; Built 1864-1871; listed on NRHP[66]
St. Joseph Davenport Founded 1855 as St. Kunegunda Parish; Built 1881-1883; listed on NRHP[67]
St. Mary Davenport Founded 1867; Built 1867; listed on NRHP[68]
St. Joseph Fort Madison Founded 1840; Built 1886; listed on NRHP[69]
St. Michael Holbrook Founded 1843; Built 1867; listed on NRHP[70]
St. Mary Muscatine Founded 1867; Built 1877
Ss. Peter & Paul Solon Founded 1861; Built 1916-1917; listed on NRHP[71]
Sacred Heart Valeria Founded 1873; Built 1896
St. Anne Welton Founded 1910; Built 1912

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barb Arland-Fye (May 4, 2023). "Reconfiguration aims to serve parishes, priests better". The Catholic Messenger. Davenport. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ A list of parishes, the year they were founded, and the year that the church was built can be found in: Schmidt, Madeleine M. (1981). Seasons of Growth: History of the Diocese of Davenport. Davenport, Iowa: Diocese of Davenport. pp. 326–29.; parishes founded and churches built after 1981 are noted in each parish listing above.
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  20. ^ "Home page". Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bettendorf. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  22. ^ "Home page". St. Andrew's Parish, Blue Grass. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  29. ^ "Home page". St. Anthony's Parish, Davenport. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  37. ^ "Home page". St. Mary's Parish, Iowa City. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  42. ^ "Home page". St. Mary Parish, Oxford. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  56. ^ "Home page". Holy Trinity Parish, Keota. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  63. ^ "Home page". St. Mary Parish, Sigourney. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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