Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity
The Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity (dt .: Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Trinity ) in the Nigerian city of millions Onitsha is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica , which the Trinity is dedicated. The cathedral basilica is the seat of the Archdiocese of Onitsha .
location
The basilica is located in the southern part of the Niger city Onitsha and is the oldest Catholic cathedral east of Niger. It is located on an elevated plot of land on the 20 hectare site that was given to the first Catholic missionaries in the country on January 6, 1886 by the British colonial administration.
history
In 1920, the Irish bishop Joseph Shanahan initiated the construction of today's basilica. The building erected in 1914, which today houses the Holy Trinity Primary School , was still used as the central church of the vicariate at that time . In 1935 Shanahan's successor Archbishop Heerey was able to complete the church. The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, built in 1950, was consecrated on December 5, 1960.
The cathedral, like many other buildings in Onitsha, was badly damaged during the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s. During the reconstruction, the interior was redesigned in accordance with the liturgical reform of Vatican II. The newly installed Archbishop Obiefuna began expanding the cathedral in 1994 to accommodate the increasing number of believers. The completion of the renovation was celebrated with the centenary of the arrival of Bishop Shanahan in Onitsha. So on December 5, 2002, the work to expand the cathedral was completed with a new consecration.
The cathedral was opened on May 28, 2007 under Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke by Pope Benedict XVI. as the only church in Nigeria to date raised to a minor basilica .
Funerals
Bishop Shanahan, who died in 1943, was reburied in the cathedral from Nairobi in 1955. The archbishops Heerey in 1967, Ezeanya in 1996 and Obiefuna in 2011 were also buried here. The most important treasure in the cathedral are the relics of Blessed Cyprian Tansi , who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity on gcatholic.org
- ^ Onitsha Cathedral becomes Nigeria's first minor basilica. Christian Telegraph, accessed August 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Bishop Joseph Shanahan ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
Coordinates: 6 ° 9 ′ 40.6 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 36.5 ″ E