The Cathedral of Saint Mary (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María de Miami) (Haitian Creole: Katedral Sen Mari) is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami.
In August 1929, under the title of The Little River Mission Club, 14 men and women met in a store on Northeast 79th Street near 2nd Avenue to form a new parish.
Bishop Patrick Barry of the St. Augustine Diocese (1922–1940) stated they would need 100 Catholic families for a parish.
[1] In October 1930, Father Patrick Joseph Roche of County Limerick, Ireland was appointed the first pastor of St. Mary's Parish.
One week before Christmas in 1936, the church was moved to a property that had been purchased on the east side of Northwest 2nd Ave. and 75th Street.
The wooden church was then remodeled and enlarged by moving the sanctuary back and adding two wings.
In 1966, Monsignor David Bushey, the appointed rector, completed work on a rectory with offices and living quarters.
On June 13, 1968, Bishop Coleman Carroll became the first archbishop of Miami and Metropolitan of the newly created province.