List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines.[1] The diocese includes more than 80 churches located throughout southwestern Iowa. The cathedral church of the diocese is St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines.
Des Moines Region
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Location
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Description/Notes
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Ss. John and Paul
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1401 1st Ave S, Altoona
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Founded in 1983, current church dedicated in 1985[2]
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Our Lady's Immaculate Heart
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510 E. First St, Ankeny
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[3]
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St. Luke the Evangelist
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1102 NW Weigel Dr, Ankeny
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Founded in 2010, current church dedicated in 2015[4]
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St. Elizabeth Seton
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2566 Scotch Ridge Rd, Carlisle
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Founded in the 1970s, current church dedicated in 1980[5]
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All Saints
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650 NE 52nd Ave, Des Moines
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Founded in 1914, current church dedicated in 1920[6]
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Basilica of St. John
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1915 University Ave, Des Moines
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Built 1913–1927; listed on National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)[7]
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Christ the King
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5711 SW 9th St, Des Moines
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Founded in 1939 and current church dedicated the same year[8]
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Holy Trinity
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2926 Beaver Ave, Des Moines
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Founded in 1920, current church started construction in 1957[9]
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Our Lady of the Americas
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1271 E. 9th St, Des Moines
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[10]
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St. Ambrose Cathedral
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607 High St, Des Moines
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Parish of St. Ambrose founded in 1856. Current church dedicated in 1891, became a cathedral in 1911; listed on NRHP[11]
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St. Anthony’s
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15 Indianola Rd, Des Moines
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Founded in 1906, current church dedicated in 1931[12]
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St. Augustin’s
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545 42nd St, Des Moines
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Built between 1922 and 1924; listed on NRHP[13]
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St. Catherine of Siena
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1150 28th St, Des Moines
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Founded in the 1940s as the Newman Center at Drake University; current building was dedicated in 1997[14]
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St. Joseph
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3300 Easton Blvd, Des Moines
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Founded in 1924, current church dedicated in 1979[15]
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St. Mary of Nazareth
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4600 Meredith Dr, Des Moines
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Founded in 1963, church dedicated in 1965[16]
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St. Peter
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618 E 18th St, Des Moines
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Founded for Vietnamese immigrants[17]
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St. Theresa
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1230 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines
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Founded in 1950, current church dedicated in 1958[18]
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St. Mary
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460 NW Washington Ave, Elkhart
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[19]
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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1906 Sycamore St, Granger
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Original church built in 1901; current church dedicated in 1992[20]
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Holy Cross
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12704 NE 98th St, Maxwell
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[19]
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St. John the Apostle
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720 Orchard Hills Dr, Norwalk
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Founded in 1892 in Cumming as St. John Parish. Current church dedicated in Norwalk in 2005, parish became St. John the Apostle then[21]
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St. Pius X
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3663 66th St, Urbandale
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Founded in 1955, church dedicated in 1968[22]
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St. Boniface
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1200 Warrior Lane, Waukee
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[23]
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Sacred Heart
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1627 Grand Ave, West Des Moines
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Current church completed in 1967[24]
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St. Francis of Assisi
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7075 Ashworth Rd, West Des Moines
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Parish established in 1991; current church opened in 2000[25]
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Adair Region
Name
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Image
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Location
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Description/Notes
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St. John
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804 5th St, Adair
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[26]
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St. John
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24043 302nd Pl, Adel
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Founded in the early 1900s, current church dedicated in 1969[27]
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SS. Peter and Paul-St Mary-Our Lady of Grace-St. Timothy Parish
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St. Mary Church, 302 Chestnut St, Anita
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Merger of three other churches[28]
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105 W 6th St, Atlantic
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Now merged with three other churches[28]
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69488 Wichita Rd, Cumberland
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Now merged with three other churches[28]
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203 Adair St, Griswold
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Now merged with three other churches[28]
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St. Patrick and Holy Trinity Churches
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116 E. Division St, Audubon
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Now merged with Holy Trinity Parish[29]
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Holy Trinity Church, 208 Kilworth Street North, Exira
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Now merged with St. Patrick Parish[29]
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St Mary-St. Patrick-St. Cecelia
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214 Prairie St, Bayard
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Merger of St. Mary and St. Cecilia Parishes[30]
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St. Mary Church, 603 Main St, Guthrie Center
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Now merged with St. Patrick and St. Cecilia Parishes[30]
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St. Cecilia Church, 220 N. 1st St, Panora
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Now merged with St. Mary and St. Patrick Parishes[30]
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St. John
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303 NE Elm St, Greenfield
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[31]
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St. Patrick
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503 Main St, Massena
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[32]
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St. Patrick’s
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1312 Third St, Perry
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Founded in the 1870s, current church dedicated in 1902; listed on NRHP[33]
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Council Bluffs Region
Name
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Image
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Location
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Description/Notes
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Corpus Christi Parish
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Our Lady of Carter Lake Church, 3501 N. 9th StCarter Lake
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Founded in 1970. Became part of Corpus Christi Parish in 2011[34][35]
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Queen of the Apostles Church, 3304 4th Ave, Council Bluffs
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Became part of Corpus Christi Parish in 2011[34]
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St. Patrick
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4 Valley View Dr, Council Bluffs
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Founded in 1924, current church dedicated in 2018[36]
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St. Peter
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1 Bluff St, Council Bluffs
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Current church dedicated in 1887
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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
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24116 Marian Ave, Glenwood
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Current church dedicated in 1955[37]
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St. Patrick and St. Columbanus Parishes
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St. Patrick Church, 308 4th St, Neola
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Founded in 1882. Now merged with St. Columbanus Parish[38]
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St. Columbanus Church, 22720 Weston Ave, Underwood
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Now merged with St. Columbanus Parish[38]
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Osceola Region
Name
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Image
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Location
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Description/Notes
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Sacred Heart
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407 N. Main St #401,Chariton
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Founded as St. Mary Parish in 1869. Sacred Heart Church was dedicated in 1915[39]
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St. Patrick
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504 Grove Ave, Corning
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[40]
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St. Francis
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213 W. Jackson St, Corydon
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[41]
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Holy Spirit and St. Edward Parishes
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Holy Spirit Church, 107 W. Howard St, Creston
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Now merged with St. Edward Parish[42]
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St. Edward Church, 104 W. Union St, Afton
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Founded in the 1870s, current church dedicated in 1923. Now merged with St. Edward Parish[43][44]
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St. Bernard, St. Joseph and St. Patrick Church
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St. Patrick Church, 460 Wabonsy St, Grand River
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Now merged with St. Bernard and St. Joseph Parishes[45]
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St. Bernard Church, 222 E Pearl St,,Osceola
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Now merged with St. Patrick and St. Joseph Parishes[45]
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St. Joseph, Mt. Ayr
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Now merged with St. Bernard and St. Patrick Parishes[45]
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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210 S Wesley St,Indianola
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Founded in the 1950s, current church dedicated in 1958[46]
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St. Patrick
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3396 155th St, Cumming
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Parish founded in 1855, church dedicated in 1868. Church was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1979. It is listed on NRHP[47]
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St. Mary of the Assumption
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222 N. Washington Ave,Lacona
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Founded in 1910, current church dedicated in 1911[48]
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St. Patrick
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600 W. Michigan St, Lenox
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Founded in the 1870s, church dedicated in 1916[49]
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St. Brendan
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1007 NW Church St,Leon
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Founded in 1865[50]
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St. Augustine
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111 E Belmont St, Milo
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Founded in 1915, current church dedicated in 1979[51]
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Immaculate Conception
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101 St James St, St. Marys
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Founded in 1870, current church dedicated in 1901[52]
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St. Joseph
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1026 N 8th Ave, Winterset
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Founded in the 1870s, current church dedicated in 1911[53]
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Portsmouth Region
Name
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Image
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Location
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Description/Notes
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St. Mary/St. Patrick Parishes
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St. Mary Church, 715 Hawthorne St, Avoca
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Founded in the mid 1870s. Now merged with St. Patrick church[54]
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St. Patrick Church, 718 Antique City Dr, Walnut
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Founded in the mid-1870s. Now merged with St. Patrick church[54]
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St. Peter & St. Joseph Parish
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St. Peter Church, 501 5th St, Defiance
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Founded in the 1880s, current church dedicated in 1928. Now merged with St. Joseph Church[55][56]
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St. Joseph Church 212 2nd St, Earling
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Now merged with St. Peter Church[56]
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St. Patrick and Sacred Heart Parishes
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St. Patrick Church, 312 S. 3rd St, Dunlap
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Now merged with Sacred Heart Parish[57]
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Sacred Heart Church, 33 7th St, Woodbine
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Now merged with St. Patrick Parish[57]
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St. Michael
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2001 College Pl, Harlan
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Founded in 1888, current church dedicated in 1964[58]
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St. Anne
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112 W 3rd St, Logan
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[59]
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St. Patrick
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215 N 7th St, Missouri Valley
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Founded in 1882, current church dedicated in 1892[60]
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Holy Family
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307 S. Mulberry St #2036, Mondamin
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St. Mary of the Assumption
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208 St Marys Ave, Panama
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[61]
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St. Mary, Our Lady of Fatima
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502 4th St, Portsmouth
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Church dedicated in 1951[62]
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St. Boniface
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305 Duren St, Westphalia
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Constructed in 1882; listed on NRHP
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Red Oak Region
Name
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Image
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Location
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Description/Notes
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St. Clare, St. Joseph and Sacred Heart Churches
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St. Clare Church, 314 E Lincoln St, Clarinda
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Now merged with Sacred Heart and St. Joseph Parishes
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Sacred Heart Heart Church, 707 Main St, Bedford
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Now merged with St. Clare and St. Joseph Parishes
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St. Joseph Church, 131 W High St, Villisca
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Now merged with Sacred Heart and St. Clare Parishes
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St. Mary
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1306 Washington StHamburg
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Founded in 1874[63]
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St. Patrick
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304 3rd St, Imogene
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Founded as a mission in 1880, Current church constructed between 1915 and 1919; listed on NRHP[64]
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St. Mary
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1510 Highland Ave, Red Oak
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Founded in 1874, current church dedicated in 1963[65]
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St. Mary
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512 W. Thomas Ave,Shenandoah
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Founded in 1870[66]
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Name
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Image
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Location
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Description/Notes
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Historic All Saints
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320 N Fremont St, Stuart
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Church dedicated in 1910, was deconsecrated in 1995 after a large fire. Now operated as a cultural center. It is listed on NRHP[67]
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Holy Family
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2217 Avenue B, Council Bluffs
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Deconsecrated in 2024, church building to be sold[68]
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- ^ "St. Luke's Historical Timeline". St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
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- ^ "Holy Family Church".
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Churches |
- List
- List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines
- Cathedral
- St. Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines
- Parishes
- St. Peter's, Council Bluffs
- St. Patrick's, Cumming
- Basilica of St. John, Des Moines
- St. Anthony, Des Moines
- St. Augustin, Des Moines
- St. Patrick Church, Imogene
- St. Patrick's, Perry
- All Saints, Stuart
- St. Boniface, Waukee
- St. Boniface, Westphalia
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