Catholic Diocese of Dallas history

3, 1904 in a solemn high mass celebrated by Bishop Dunne and assisted by Father Lynch and the Very Rev.

The old rectory after all had been built by Lynch probably in 1905.

St Rita’s parish in Handley (now a part of Fort Worth) was established in 1909.

On August 5, 1910 Dunne dies while visiting his friend in Wisconsin.

12, 1911 and Sisters of St Mary receive the first students on opening day, Sept.

10, 1912, perhaps the greatest single thing to ever happen at St Edward’s Parish.

Burnes’ determination and the support of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas and the St Elizabeth Church that St Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School opened its doors on September 12, 1958 with 29 kindergarten and first grade students.

Because of the continued support of St Elizabeth Church, larger and more modern facilities were built and dedicated in 1962, at which time, the school graduated its first eighth grade class.

Volunteer Missionary Teachers took the place of the Oblate Missionaries, and they continued to manage the school until 1964.

The First Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth was Dallas Auxiliary Bishop John J. Cassata, a native of Galveston, who was installed on October 21, 1969.

He would celebrate his 50th anniversary as a priest at St Edward’s in 1973.

Eight additional classrooms were added to the area underneath the school as well as a connecting gymnasium in 1984.

On August 9, 2009, Bishop Kevin W. Vann began a year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Diocese with a special anniversary Mass at the Fort Worth Convention Center.