Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Cäcilia ( French Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile ) is a Roman Catholic church in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield in the southwest of the province of Quebec , Canada . The cathedral of the Valleyfield diocese is dedicated to Cecilia of Rome and also has the title of a minor basilica .
history
The village of Valleyfield was founded in 1855 after the construction of the Beauharnois Canal, completed in 1845, and received the parish church of Ste-Cécile in 1856. In 1882 an enlarged church was built, the cathedral of Pope Leo XIII in 1892 . Valleyfield diocese was created. This first cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1933. In 1934/35 today's cathedral was built in neo-Gothic style. It is the work of the architects Louis Napoleon Audet, Henri Labelle Eugene Perron and Jean-Marie Lafleur. The imposing building with its double tower facade is about 100 meters long and 35 meters wide, the cock on top of the bell tower rises 70 meters high. The cathedral has a Casavant Frères organ installed in 1935. In 1991 Pope John Paul II gave the cathedral the title of minor basilica . In 2002 the cathedral basilica was damaged by two fires.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the Diocese (French)
- ^ Cathédrale Ste-Cécile. Grand Québec, accessed October 11, 2018 (French).
- ^ Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile on gcatholic.org
Coordinates: 45 ° 15 ′ 16.6 ″ N , 74 ° 8 ′ 6.7 ″ W.