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Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral is the name of the new cathedral being constructed by the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh and located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The new building will replace the present Sacred Heart Cathedral in downtown Raleigh, which is one of the smallest cathedrals in the United States.

History
The planning for a new cathedral began in 2009 when Bishop Michael F. Burbidge accepted the recommendation of the major collegial bodies made up of clergy, religious and the laity of the diocese. A feasibility study was commissioned and its results showed a high level of support for a new cathedral. The Cathedral Campus Steering Committee was established by the bishop in 2010 and they considered various sites for the new cathedral campus. They chose the 39 acre location of the diocesan offices, a former orphanage, in the western part of the city. Washington, D.C. architect James McCrery was chosen to design a 2,000 seat cathedral, a two-story Gathering Hall and a three-story parking deck. Bishop Burrage announced plans to build the new cathedral on September 7, 2011. The name chosen for the cathedral, the Holy Name of Jesus, commemorates the name of the chapel the Rev. Thomas F. Price built for the orphanage he established on the property in the 1890s. Groundbreaking for the proposed facility was scheduled for 2013, and it was estimated to cost $75 million to $90 million. The diocese moved its offices into a building on Creedmoor Road on Raleigh's north side in May 2013. The buildings built for the former Catholic Orphanage at Nazareth were torn down beginning in September of the same year.

Fundraising for the new cathedral determined that people were unwilling to pay the estimated costs for the new complex. They also complained about the distance between the last pews and the altar. Arlington, Virginia architect James O’Brien of the architectural firm of O’Brien and Keane was commissioned to create a new plan for the cathedral. It was unveiled by Bishop Burbidge on May 6, 2014. It also features a cathedral with a seating capacity of 2,000 people, but the bell tower is shorter and the gathering hall, the parking deck and the crypt have been eliminated. More seating was placed in the wings of the cross-shaped church, and the altar was placed below the crossing. The new plans also call for a more prominent dome. The estimates to build the new plans is $41 million, of which the diocese has three-quarters in pledges as of May 2014. Groundbreaking for the new cathedral took place on January 3, 2015. It is expected to be completed in 2017.