St. John's Parish (Omaha)
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St. John's Parish is a Jesuit parish located in Omaha, Nebraska on the Campus of Creighton University. It is located in the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus. The address is 2500 California Plaza; Omaha, NE 68178 and the phone number is 402 280-3031.
P.J. Creedon, an Omaha architect designed St. John's in the English Gothic style. Plans called for a building 184 feet long and 138 feet wide at the transept. The transept and apse, however were not built at this time. Fr. Rigge said that the reason the church was only half completed was the lack of funds, and secondly, its size was adequate at the time for the purposes intended.
Less than one year after the cornerstone was set, the new church was dedicated, on Sunday, May 6, 1888, the Feast of St. John before the Latin Gate. Bishop O'Connor presided. One mix up occurred at the dedication. The Jesuits intended that the church be dedicated to John the Baptist, the patron of John A. Creighton. The Bishop, however, had not been informed and the dedicated it instead to John the Evangelist since, according to the Church calendar, it was his feast day.
