# List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines

This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines. The diocese includes more than 80 churches located throughout southwestern Iowa. The cathedral church of the diocese is St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines.

## Des Moines Region

| Name | Location | Description/Notes |
| Ss. John and Paul | 1401 1st Ave S, Altoona | Founded in 1983, current church dedicated in 1985 |
| Our Lady's Immaculate Heart | 510 E. First St, Ankeny | |
| St. Luke the Evangelist | 1102 NW Weigel Dr, Ankeny | Founded in 2010, current church dedicated in 2015 |
| St. Elizabeth Seton | 2566 Scotch Ridge Rd, Carlisle | Founded in the 1970s, current church dedicated in 1980 |
| All Saints | 650 NE 52nd Ave, Des Moines | Founded in 1914, current church dedicated in 1920 |
| Basilica of St. John | 1915 University Ave, Des Moines | Built 1913–1927; listed on National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) |
| Christ the King | 5711 SW 9th St, Des Moines | Founded in 1939 and current church dedicated the same year |
| Holy Trinity | 2926 Beaver Ave, Des Moines | Founded in 1920, current church started construction in 1957 |
| Our Lady of the Americas | 1271 E. 9th St, Des Moines | |
| St. Ambrose Cathedral | 607 High St, Des Moines | Parish of St. Ambrose founded in 1856. Current church dedicated in 1891, became a cathedral in 1911; listed on NRHP |
| St. Anthony’s | 15 Indianola Rd, Des Moines | Founded in 1906, current church dedicated in 1931 |
| St. Augustin’s | 545 42nd St, Des Moines | Built between 1922 and 1924; listed on NRHP |
| St. Catherine of Siena | 1150 28th St, Des Moines | Founded in the 1940s as the Newman Center at Drake University; current building was dedicated in 1997 |
| St. Joseph | 3300 Easton Blvd, Des Moines | Founded in 1924, current church dedicated in 1979 |
| St. Mary of Nazareth | 4600 Meredith Dr, Des Moines | Founded in 1963, church dedicated in 1965 |
| St. Peter | 618 E 18th St, Des Moines | Founded for Vietnamese immigrants |
| St. Theresa | 1230 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines | Founded in 1950, current church dedicated in 1958 |
| St. Mary | 460 NW Washington Ave, Elkhart | |
| Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 1906 Sycamore St, Granger | Original church built in 1901; current church dedicated in 1992 |
| Holy Cross | 12704 NE 98th St, Maxwell | |
| St. John the Apostle | 720 Orchard Hills Dr, Norwalk | Founded in 1892 in Cumming as St. John Parish. Current church dedicated in Norwalk in 2005, parish became St. John the Apostle then |
| St. Pius X | 3663 66th St, Urbandale | Founded in 1955, church dedicated in 1968 |
| St. Boniface | 1200 Warrior Lane, Waukee | |
| Sacred Heart | 1627 Grand Ave, West Des Moines | Current church completed in 1967 |
| St. Francis of Assisi | 7075 Ashworth Rd, West Des Moines | Parish established in 1991; current church opened in 2000 |

## Adair Region

| Name | Location | Description/Notes |
| St. John | 804 5th St, Adair | |
| St. John | 24043 302nd Pl, Adel | Founded in the early 1900s, current church dedicated in 1969 |
| SS. Peter and Paul-St Mary-Our Lady of Grace-St. Timothy Parish | St. Mary Church, 302 Chestnut St, Anita | Merger of three other churches |
| | 105 W 6th St, Atlantic | Now merged with three other churches |
| | 69488 Wichita Rd, Cumberland | Now merged with three other churches |
| | 203 Adair St, Griswold | Now merged with three other churches |
| St. Patrick and Holy Trinity Churches | 116 E. Division St, Audubon | Now merged with Holy Trinity Parish |
| | Holy Trinity Church, 208 Kilworth Street North, Exira | Now merged with St. Patrick Parish |
| St Mary-St. Patrick-St. Cecelia | 214 Prairie St, Bayard | Merger of St. Mary and St. Cecilia Parishes |
| | St. Mary Church, 603 Main St, Guthrie Center | Now merged with St. Patrick and St. Cecilia Parishes |
| | St. Cecilia Church, 220 N. 1st St, Panora | Now merged with St. Mary and St. Patrick Parishes |
| St. John | 303 NE Elm St, Greenfield | |
| St. Patrick | 503 Main St, Massena | |
| St. Patrick’s | 1312 Third St, Perry | Founded in the 1870s, current church dedicated in 1902; listed on NRHP |

## Council Bluffs Region

| Name | Location | Description/Notes |
| Corpus Christi Parish | Our Lady of Carter Lake Church, 3501 N. 9th StCarter Lake | Founded in 1970. Became part of Corpus Christi Parish in 2011 |
| | Queen of the Apostles Church, 3304 4th Ave, Council Bluffs | Became part of Corpus Christi Parish in 2011 |
| St. Patrick | 4 Valley View Dr, Council Bluffs | Founded in 1924, current church dedicated in 2018 |
| St. Peter | 1 Bluff St, Council Bluffs | Current church dedicated in 1887 |
| Our Lady of the Holy Rosary | 24116 Marian Ave, Glenwood | Current church dedicated in 1955 |
| St. Patrick and St. Columbanus Parishes | St. Patrick Church, 308 4th St, Neola | Founded in 1882. Now merged with St. Columbanus Parish |
| | St. Columbanus Church, 22720 Weston Ave, Underwood | Now merged with St. Columbanus Parish |

## Osceola Region

| Name | Location | Description/Notes |
| Sacred Heart | 407 N. Main St #401,Chariton | Founded as St. Mary Parish in 1869. Sacred Heart Church was dedicated in 1915 |
| St. Patrick | 504 Grove Ave, Corning | |
| St. Francis | 213 W. Jackson St, Corydon | |
| Holy Spirit and St. Edward Parishes | Holy Spirit Church, 107 W. Howard St, Creston | Now merged with St. Edward Parish |
| | St. Edward Church, 104 W. Union St, Afton | Founded in the 1870s, current church dedicated in 1923. Now merged with St. Edward Parish |
| St. Bernard, St. Joseph and St. Patrick Church | St. Patrick Church, 460 Wabonsy St, Grand River | Now merged with St. Bernard and St. Joseph Parishes |
| | St. Bernard Church, 222 E Pearl St,,Osceola | Now merged with St. Patrick and St. Joseph Parishes |
| | St. Joseph, Mt. Ayr | Now merged with St. Bernard and St. Patrick Parishes |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | 210 S Wesley St,Indianola | Founded in the 1950s, current church dedicated in 1958 |
| St. Patrick | 3396 155th St, Cumming | Parish founded in 1855, church dedicated in 1868. Church was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1979. It is listed on NRHP |
| St. Mary of the Assumption | 222 N. Washington Ave,Lacona | Founded in 1910, current church dedicated in 1911 |
| St. Patrick | 600 W. Michigan St, Lenox | Founded in the 1870s, church dedicated in 1916 |
| St. Brendan | 1007 NW Church St,Leon | Founded in 1865 |
| St. Augustine | 111 E Belmont St, Milo | Founded in 1915, current church dedicated in 1979 |
| Immaculate Conception | 101 St James St, St. Marys | Founded in 1870, current church dedicated in 1901 |
| St. Joseph | 1026 N 8th Ave, Winterset | Founded in the 1870s, current church dedicated in 1911 |

## Portsmouth Region

| Name | Location | Description/Notes |
| St. Mary/St. Patrick Parishes | St. Mary Church, 715 Hawthorne St, Avoca | Founded in the mid 1870s. Now merged with St. Patrick church |
| | St. Patrick Church, 718 Antique City Dr, Walnut | Founded in the mid-1870s. Now merged with St. Patrick church |
| St. Peter & St. Joseph Parish | St. Peter Church, 501 5th St, Defiance | Founded in the 1880s, current church dedicated in 1928. Now merged with St. Joseph Church |
| | St. Joseph Church 212 2nd St, Earling | Now merged with St. Peter Church |
| St. Patrick and Sacred Heart Parishes | St. Patrick Church, 312 S. 3rd St, Dunlap | Now merged with Sacred Heart Parish |
| | Sacred Heart Church, 33 7th St, Woodbine | Now merged with St. Patrick Parish |
| St. Michael | 2001 College Pl, Harlan | Founded in 1888, current church dedicated in 1964 |
| St. Anne | 112 W 3rd St, Logan | |
| St. Patrick | 215 N 7th St, Missouri Valley | Founded in 1882, current church dedicated in 1892 |
| Holy Family | 307 S. Mulberry St #2036, Mondamin | |
| St. Mary of the Assumption | 208 St Marys Ave, Panama | |
| St. Mary, Our Lady of Fatima | 502 4th St, Portsmouth | Church dedicated in 1951 |
| St. Boniface | 305 Duren St, Westphalia | Constructed in 1882; listed on NRHP |

## Red Oak Region

| Name | Location | Description/Notes |
| St. Clare, St. Joseph and Sacred Heart Churches | St. Clare Church, 314 E Lincoln St, Clarinda | Now merged with Sacred Heart and St. Joseph Parishes |
| | Sacred Heart Heart Church, 707 Main St, Bedford | Now merged with St. Clare and St. Joseph Parishes |
| | St. Joseph Church, 131 W High St, Villisca | Now merged with Sacred Heart and St. Clare Parishes |
| St. Mary | 1306 Washington StHamburg | Founded in 1874 |
| St. Patrick | 304 3rd St, Imogene | Founded as a mission in 1880, Current church constructed between 1915 and 1919; listed on NRHP |
| St. Mary | 1510 Highland Ave, Red Oak | Founded in 1874, current church dedicated in 1963 |
| St. Mary | 512 W. Thomas Ave,Shenandoah | Founded in 1870 |

## Former churches

| Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
| Historic All Saints | | 320 N Fremont St, Stuart | Church dedicated in 1910, was deconsecrated in 1995 after a large fire. Now operated as a cultural center. It is listed on NRHP |
| Holy Family | | 2217 Avenue B, Council Bluffs | Deconsecrated in 2024, church building to be sold |