ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Winona-Rochester Catholic Diocese consecrated its new administrative center in northwest Rochester with ribbon-cutting ceremony and a religious service outside. The $8 million chancery culminates the transfer of the Diocese headquarters from Winona after 113 years. Bishop Robert Barron pointed to the stained glass peak atop the chancery and called it a “jewel of the crown.” Said the bishop: “The whole beauty of it is a sign to the community.” As an administrative center, the building is the workplace of 43 employees. Some relocated from Winona. Other Winona employees took early retirement.
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Chapel. The sanctuary inside the new pastoral center.