Written by Gail Finke Illustrated by Emma Cassani Our Lord Christ the King Church, founded in 1926 in Cincinnati’s Mt. Lookout neighborhood, was the first parish named for Our Lord under the title “King.” Its school, Cardinal Pacelli, was named for a visitor who later became a pope. The interior …

1846 Parish founded. Irish priest Father Patrick O’Mealy assigned pastor. 1847 $2,000 cost of the land for the first church, finished in 1847 (but without its steeple). 1859 Pastor Father David Kelley finished construction of the steeple, which included the clock tower and largest bell in the city. 1909 In …