On March 14, 1897, the parish assembly elected Franciszek Hodur, a Polish-American Catholic priest as its pastor.

The Polish National Catholic Church considers him to be the founder and first bishop of their denomination.

In 1900 Hodor broke with tradition by chanting the Christmas Eve midnight mass in Polish rather than Latin.

[5] The parish operates St. Stanislaus cemetery, where Michael Sevensky, a parishioner at the cathedral and member of Merrill's Marauders, is buried.

[7] The Cathedral is today the seat of central diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church which goes from Albany, N.Y., to Washington, D.C. and serves around 25,000 members.