 In 1985 St. Patrick Cathedral, St. Ignatius Church, and the St. Ignatius rectory were added to the National Register of Historic Places.On August 22, 1969, Pope Paul VI separated 28 counties of north central Texas from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas–Fort Worth to form the Diocese of Fort Worth (the remaining territory went back to the "Diocese of Dallas" designation).Two months later, on October 21, Bishop John J. Cassata, a native of Galveston, was installed in St. Patrick Cathedral as Fort Worth's first ordinary.