Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)

Holy Rosary Cathedral

View of the chancel

The Holy Rosary Cathedral (dt. Cathedral of the Holy Rosary ) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Canadian city ​​of Vancouver and the seat of the Archdiocese of Vancouver . It is located in downtown on Richards Street.

Building

The first Catholic church building opened in 1889 and was made entirely of wood. Ten years later it was replaced by a new stone building. After a construction period of 490 days, the inauguration took place on December 8, 1900. In 1916 the church was elevated to a cathedral.

The neo-Gothic style cathedral was built from sandstone from Gabriola Island and is shaped like a cross. It is 49 m long, 32 m wide and 19 m high. The height of the church tower is 66 m. The architects were TE Julian and HJ Williams.

Church art

The sculpture Homeless Jesus by the Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz

Located since the spring of 2017 at the entrance of the cathedral a copy of the Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz designed from Toronto, life-size bronze sculpture Homeless Jesus ( Homeless Jesus ) from the year 2014. It shows a dressed in a long robe man on a park bench lies. The face is hidden under a hood, and wounds can be seen on the bare feet. On the accompanying board is verse 38 from the 25th chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew (see Mt 25.38  EU ): "And when did we see you and receive you as a stranger or naked and give you clothes?"

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built in 1900 by the organ builder Karn-Warren and restored in 1999 by Casavant Frères . The instrument has 49 registers on three manuals and pedal (2,899 pipes ), including 4 transmitted and three extended registers. The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Choir Organ C – c 4 Violin Principal 8th' Melody 8th' Gamba 8th' Dulciana 8th' Fugara 4 ′ Harmonic flute 4 ′ Harmonic piccolo 2 ′ Quint Flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Clarinet 8th' Tremulant

II Great Organ C – c 4 Double Open Diapason 16 ′ Open diapason 8th' Principal 8th' Double flute 8th' Dolce 8th' Principal 4 ′ Forest flood 4 ′ Twelfth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Fifteenth 2 ′ Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th' Clarion 4 ′

III Swell Organ C – c 4 Bourdon 16 ′ Open diapason 8th' Stopped diapason 8th' Salicional 8th' Viola di gamba 8th' Voix céleste 8th' Principal 4 ′ Flauto Dolce 4 ′ Flautino 2 ′ Mixture V 2 ′ Cornet V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Bassoon 16 ′ Cornopean 8th' oboe 8th' Vox humana 8th' Clarion 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal Organ C – g 1 Resultant 32 ′ Open diapason 16 ′ Contrabass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Bourdon (from Swell) 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Bass flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ Trombones 16 ′ Bassoon (from Swell) 16 ′ Trumpet (from Great) 8th' Oboe (from swell) 4 ′

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chandler Walter: 'Homeless Jesus' sculpture can be found at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver , Daily Hive, Calgary, August 18, 2017, accessed January 24, 2020
2. ↑ Agnieszka Krawczynski: Homeless Jesus to find a home in Vancouver , The BC Catholic, March 22, 2017, accessed January 24, 2020
3. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 16 '54.6 "  N , 123 ° 6' 52.6"  W.