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| St. Louis Cathedral | |
| Aliases: | Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis |
| Category: | Structure |
| Continent: | North America |
| Country: | United States of America |
| State: | Louisiana |
| City: | New Orleans |
| Locale: | French Quarter Jackson Square |
| Continuity: | Real world |
St. Louis Cathedral is a Catholic church located in Jackson Square in the center of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the oldest existing cathedral in the contiguous United States and was first erected in 1718. It was raised to the rank of cathedral in 1793. The second St. Louis Cathedral was burned during the great fire of 1788 and was expanded and largely rebuilt and completed in the 1850s, with little of the 1789 structure remaining. The cathedral is situated in a promenade section of Chartres Street that runs for one block between St. Peter Street on the upriver boundary and St. Ann Street (rue Sainte-Anne) on the downriver boundary. It is located next to Jackson Square and facing the Mississippi River in the heart of New Orleans, situated between the historic buildings of the Cabildo and the Presbytère.
The cathedral is said to be haunted by Father Antonio de Sedella, more commonly known as Père Antoine. He was a priest at the cathedral and his body is buried within the church. He is said to walk the alley named after him next to the cathedral in the early mornings. Accounts of his apparitions by parishioners and tourists claim that he appears during Christmas Midnight Mass near the left side of the altar, holding a candle. The cathedral is also said to be haunted by Père Dagobert, a friar who resided in the church. It is said that his voice can be heard chanting the Kyrie on rainy days.
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- The cathedral is named for King Louis IX of France.