Architecture
Architect Leon Coquard of Detroit, designed the cathedral in the French Gothic style. Its character is influenced by the 13th century Saint Nicholas Collegiate church (collégiale Saint-Nicolas) of Munster, Moselle, France- the birth village of bishop Nicholas Chrysostom Matz, who supervised its construction. The building features two 210-foot (64 m) spires, and is made of limestone from Indiana, and granite from Gunnison, Colorado. The altar, statuary, and bishop's chair are all composed of marble from Carrara, Italy; the 75 stained glass windows are from Franz Xaver Zettler's Royal Bavarian Art Institute in Munich.
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