IN SCR0005

Recognizes the 150th anniversary of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception's dedication on December 8, 1860

Documents the cathedral's history beginning with a 35 by 65 foot log structure called St. Augustine's built in 1837, which burned down in 1857

Notes that Reverend Julian Benoit, a French-born priest who arrived in 1840, played the greatest role in developing the cathedral and established the first Catholic school in Fort Wayne in 1845

Acknowledges the cathedral's additions to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and its status as "the oldest building in continuous public use in northern Indiana"

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades