Welcome to
St. Matthew’s Cathedral

On May 24, 1856, the Dallas Herald published the following notice: “Rev. Mr. George Rottenstein will perform Divine Services in Dallas on Sunday, May 25th, at eleven o’clock A.M. and half past four P.M.” The next issue indicated that services would be held regularly in “the old storehouse of Smith and Patterson.” This meager beginning took place three years before Texas would have its first Episcopal Bishop, Alexander Gregg. After the Civil War, services took place at the Court House and then another storefront. (St. Matthew’s is the third oldest church in the City of Dallas.) This young congregation relocated to several places in Dallas, finally constructing its first building at the corner of Elm and Lamar. Outgrowing that building, they moved into a much larger facility at the corner of Commerce and Kendall. This beautiful building was referred to in the Dallas Morning News as “the finest church in Dallas.”