Monsignor Laurence “Larry” A. Gipson, who served as dean of Advent Cathedral from 1982 through 1994, died on Thursday at his home in Mobile, his family said. He was 78.

The area was originally dubbed the Sioux Falls Historic District but was then renamed in 2011 after the St. Joseph Cathedral was built in 1919. This was one of Sioux Falls’ largest construction ...