[1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Riverside Avenue Historic District, and its adjacent rectory building is listed as a secondary contributing property to the district.

[2] Our Lady of Lourdes Parish can trace its beginnings to the first Mass celebrated in Spokane.

Joseph Cataldo, SJ celebrated the Mass in August 1881 in a converted carpenter's shop that he named St.

On December 17, 1913, St. Pius X established the Diocese of Spokane[4] and Our Lady of Lourdes was named the diocesan cathedral.

The bishop's cathedra is a gift from the Dennis and Stacy Harrington family in memory of Deacon John Sicilia.