Commemorative Book

Bishops CupCathedral Classic

Commemorative Book

2014

1st Annual

Our Beloved BishopRobert J. Cunningham

1 Bishops Cup Cathedral Classic

Bishops Cup Cathedral Classic 2


MonsignorNeal Quartier


ReverendJames OHara


Most Rev.Patrick Anthony Ludden


Past Bishops

Most Rev. James M. Moynihan ordained May 29, 1995

Most Rev. Joseph T. OKeefe ordained August 3, 1987

Most Rev. Thomas J. Costello ordained March 13, 1978

Most Rev. Frank J. Harrison ordained November 16, 1977

Most Rev. David Frederick Cunningham ordained August 4, 1970

Most Rev. Walter Andrew Foery ordained September 1, 1937

Most Rev. John Aloysius Duffy ordained June 11, 1933

Most Rev. Daniel Joseph Curley ordained May 15, 1923

Most Rev. John Grimes ordained August 6, 1912

Most Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden ordained May 1, 1887


Most Rev.John Grimes


Most Rev.Daniel Joseph Curley


Most Rev.Joseph T. OKeefe


Most Rev.James P. McPeak


Most Rev.Joseph M. Champlin


Any mention of the Cathedral would not be complete without acknowledging the legacy of Monsignor Joseph Champlin.

After being ordained a priest, Father Champlin served as an associate at the Cathedral for several years. He went on to serve as the pastor of Holy Family Church in Fulton and at St. Josephs in Camillus prior to returning to the Cathedral as Rector in 1995. He served in this role until 2005.

During his tenure as the Cathedrals Rector, Father Joes faith, words and actions touched countless individuals. He knew everyone by name and made everyone feel welcome in the Cathedral, no matter who they were.

He will be remembered for his many accomplishments; authoring over 50 books, creating the Guardian Angels Society and being honored by President Bush for his work with the Society and his extensive travels covering lectures and retreats. His remains are interred in the Crypt at the Cathedral.

His weekly radio messages always concluded with words of advice to live by, Youve tried everything else, why not try God?


ArchitectArchimedes Russel


The early 1840s were a busy time in Syracuse. The population was over 11,000, up from 7,000 in 1830. Railroad service had recently come to Syracuse. The first dental chair had been invented by Syracusan Milton Waldon Hanchett. The very first New York State Fair brought more than 15,000 attendees to its original location at North Salina and Division Streets. Syracuse was growing; the small towns around Syracuse were being incorporated; the Erie Canal was being expanded; and Syracuse was becoming one of the most active towns in the Underground Railroad movement.

At that time, the neighborhood around Montgomery and Madison Streets was a residential and business area for physicians, attorneys, and laborers. An Episcopal church that had formerly been located at Warren and Washington Streets had been moved to this location. The Catholic Society of Syracuse purchased that Episcopal Church for $400. And on Christmas Day 1842, the first Catholic Mass took place in Syracuse at what was later known as St. Marys Parish. Syracuse was described as a large and elegant city in the 1850s. Soon after, however, many were sent off to the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln visited the city in 1861 in Vanderbilt Square (between Salina and Warren Streets) and again in 1865 while his funeral train passed through. The 1870s brought the establishment of St. Josephs Hospital and Syracuse University, as well as telephone and electrical service, and a professional baseball and basketball team.

Due to the wave of Irish, Italian and other immigrants to the area the Catholic population had grown to over 50,000. Previously, Syracuse had been part of the Diocese of Albany. On November 26, 1886 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse was established by Pope Leo XIII with Rt. Rev. Patrick A. Ludden as Bishop. Initially, the Diocese of Syracuse had 64 secular and 10 religious priests, 46 parish and 20 mission churches, 15 chapels, 16 parochial schools, 2 academies, 5 orphan asylums, and 2 hospitals. For many years, St. Marys stood uncompleted. The parish set the cornerstone for the new church in 1874, and in 1886 the nave, built of stone on a design of Lawrence J. OConnor, was formally dedicated. But the debts had risen, the tower was unfinished and the constrained lot was too small for a formal sanctuary. For this reason it was rejected as the Cathedral in 1887.

St. John the Evangelist church in Syracuse was the pro-cathedral until 1903. In 1904, Bishop Patrick Ludden selected Saint Marys Church to become the new Cathedral. Archimedes Russell was commissioned to expand the new Cathedral designing a new sanctuary and bell tower. It was dedicated on March 13, 1904. In 1909, Russells bell tower was completed. Bishop Ludden then used his own money to purchase the La Concha Turkish bath. It was demolished in order to build a sanctuary also of Russells design. There were many who opposed the building of a sanctuary over a bath house, but Bishop Ludden simply responded with, Didnt you know that cleanliness is next to Godliness?

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was consecrated in 1910 and for the dedication, Pope Leo XIII presented Bishop Ludden with a brick taken from the Holy Door at St. Peters Basilica in Rome. When Bishop Ludden died in 1912, he was buried in the crypt under the Cathedral. Three other Diocese Bishops and two former rectors now join him in the crypt. The old St. Marys Church was eventually demolished in 1914 to make room for the Catholic Academy. Since then a Rectory by James A. Randall and a Baptistry by James D. Curtin have been added to the site. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception now serves 272,500 Catholics in the Diocese of Syracuse.

The Cathedral Cornerstone Society is a bold new concept in giving which is being launched in conjunction with the 1st Annual Bishops Cup Cathedral Classic Golf Tournament. The concept, and its structure, is in keeping with the tenants of pastoral planning that the Christian faithful assist its Parish leader in the discernment and expression of its mission, as well as increase the vitality of the parish.

Society members will consist of all financially supportive parishioners who give gifts in the name of the Society, as well as our friends who believe, as we do, that the Cathedral holds a unique position of importance to the Diocese. It can serve as a permanent entity that organizes giving campaigns at The Cathedral in its own name, as well as assist Father Neal in more focused opportunities at his discretion.

The CathedralCornerstone Society



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