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.
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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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] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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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 |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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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] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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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] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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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] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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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 |
St. Anthony's Catholic Church is a parish church in the Diocese of Davenport. The parish complex is located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States, at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets. It is the first church congregation organized in the city of Davenport and the second Catholic congregation, after St. Raphael's in Dubuque, in the state of Iowa. The parish buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church Complex in 1984. The designation includes the church and the former school building, which is the parish's original church building and the oldest standing church building in Iowa. The designation also included the rectory, which was partially torn down in 2009. The complex was also listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1992 as St. Anthony's Church Square. The property has been known historically as Church Square. In 2020 the parish buildings, except for the parish center, were included as contributing properties in the Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District. Because of its recent construction date, the parish center is excluded as a contributing property.
St. Mary's Catholic Church was a parish of the Diocese of Davenport. The church building is located in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States, at the corner of Fillmore and W. 6th Streets. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Complex. The designation includes the church building and rectory on the west side of Fillmore Street, and the former parochial school building and convent on the east side. A former school building operated by the parish two blocks north on West Eighth Street is also on the National Register and is listed as St. Mary's Academy. The parish ceased operations in July 2020 when it was merged into St. Anthony's Church downtown. The parish campus is being acquired by the nonprofit organization Humility Homes & Services, which is operated by the Congregation of the Humility of Mary.
St. Joseph Catholic Church is a former Catholic parish in the Diocese of Davenport. Its former parish church is located in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The church and the rectory were listed together on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1999. After serving as the location of a Reformed Baptist congregation and a private elementary school named Marquette Academy, the parish property now houses a fundamentalist Christian ministry named One Eighty.
Bethel A.M.E. Church is located in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
First Baptist Church is located in central Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as Calvary Baptist Church/First Baptist Church. It is affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA.
The former Swedish Baptist Church is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The congregation was organized in 1883 in the city's Swedish neighborhood and included about 50 people. The building was originally a Presbyterian Church and was moved here from its original location at Eleventh and Scott Streets. In the 1920s it became Second Baptist Church and by the 1930s it was renamed Grand Avenue Baptist Church. The building subsequently housed other denominations, including the Mennonites, and now houses Kingdom Generation Church.
St. Mary's Academy is a historic building located in a residential area of the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building was built as a school building for St. Mary's Catholic Church, which is listed separately on the National Register.
St. Luke's Hospital was a hospital building on a bluff overlooking downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and the National Register of Historic Places. It has subsequently been torn down.
The Hibernia Hall, also known as the Hibernian Hall, is a Romanesque Revival building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is located on the east side of Brady Street, near the middle of the block. The Hibernian Hall was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.In 2020 it was included as contributing property in the Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District.
The Hose Station No. 1 is a historic building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1999. In 2019 it was included as a contributing property in the Davenport Motor Row and Industrial Historic District.
The former First Bible Missionary Church, located in the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States, is an historic structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was built as a Congregational Church.
The Fred B. Sharon House is a historic building located in the Cork Hill neighborhood of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The Henry H. Smith/J.H. Murphy House is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 1997 it was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties as the Octagon House.
The Schmidt Block , also known as the F.T. Schmidt Building, is a historic building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 2020 it was included as a contributing property in the Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District.
The Arthur Ebeling House is a historic building located on the west side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The Colonial Revival house was designed by its original owner, Arthur Ebeling. It was built from 1912 to 1913 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
St. Paul Lutheran Church is located in central, Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The church's original property, which subsequently housed other Protestant congregations, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, but has since been torn down. The present complex was built in 1952 and contains two buildings that are contributing properties in the Vander Veer Park Historic District. The present church building was completed in 2007.
The John C. Schricker House is a historic building located in the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The following year, it was included as contributing property in the Riverview Terrace Historic District.
The Joseph Motie House is a historic building located in the Cork Hill neighborhood of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.
The Union Arcade is an apartment building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 by its original name Union Savings Bank and Trust. Originally, the building was built to house a bank and other professional offices. Although it was not the city's largest bank, and it was not in existence all that long, the building is still associated with Davenport's financial prosperity between 1900 and 1930. From 2014 to 2015 the building was renovated into apartments and it is now known as Union Arcade Apartments. In 2020 it was included as a contributing property in the Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District.
Gustav A. Hanssen was an American architect. He designed private residences in Davenport, Iowa and later moved to San Diego, California. Several of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).