St. Joseph's Cathedral - Table of Contents

Blessed Mother's Chapel - St. Joseph's RC Cathedral
AKA St. Joseph's RC Old Cathedral
50 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY

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Visitor Information: (716) 854-5855

Created by Buffalo artist Otto Andrle in 1924, stained glass windows were moved to the chapel from the New Cathedral.

2005 Photos



Just to the left of the sanctuary, a small passageway leads to the Blessed Mother's Chapel, the setting for smaller liturgical celebrations.             Window over the passageway is similar to the other window on the opposite side of the sanctuary. Created by Buffalo artist Otto Andrle in 1924, they were moved here from the  windows in the chapel.




An icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, fashioned in Crete during the 14th or 15th century




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Window over the passageway is similar to the other window on the opposite side of the sanctuary. Created by Buffalo artist Otto Andrle in 1924, they were moved here from the  windows in the chapel.




Ribbed vaulting with decorative bosses                   The altar bears a marble statue of Mary that was displayed at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901.


Note that all windows portray angels




Created by Buffalo artist Otto Andrle in 1924, window was moved here from the New Cathedral




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Special thanks to Rector Msgr. James F. Campbell for his cooperation in 2005
Photos and their arrangement © 2005 Chuck LaChiusa
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