Sacred Heart Parish can trace its history back to 1952 when Bishop William Adrian of Nashville; the Rev.

Sacred Heart School opened on September 4, 1956, with an enrollment of 132 students and 5 faculty members.

St. John Neumann Parish was established in Farragut and took some parishioners from Sacred Heart.

[4] All Saints Parish, which included parts of Sacred Heart, was established in September 1994.

In 1999 he was named the Diocesan Administrator after Bishop Anthony O'Connell was transferred to the Diocese of Palm Beach.

Sacred Heart Cathedral School enrollment averages 700 Preschool through 8th-grade students yearly.

[1] The central dome, inspired by the Florence Cathedral, rises to a height of 144 feet (44 m) above the ground.

The dome's interior features images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles.

The exterior of the cruciform structure is clad in Indiana limestone and Roman-style bricks from Ohio.