Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church This church began as a mission of the Dallas Diocese about 1890; the Rev. F. X. Meilinger served as mission priest. The congregation held services on the second floor of a local barn until a church building was erected in 1893-94. A Catholic student society was organized in the 1930s. The original building was razed and replaced with a new brick structure here in 1956. The church built a parish center nearby in 1966 and established a hospital ministry and outreach program to provide for the needy in 1970. The congregation continues to provide a variety of programs for the community. (1994)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Immaculate Conception began about 1890 as a mission of the Dallas Diocese, with the Rev. F. X. Meilinger serving its first Catholics, who worshiped on the second floor of a local barn until a church was built in 1893-94. A Catholic student society took shape in the 1930s, and in 1956 a new brick church replaced the original. Later decades brought a parish center and, from 1970, a hospital ministry and outreach to those in need.
Why it matters
The parish charts the growth of Catholic life in North Texas from frontier mission to a full community institution serving Denton's students and needy.
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Related people
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