Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia
Appearance
Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia | |
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45°15′17″N 74°08′06″W / 45.25463°N 74.1351°W | |
Location | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec |
Country | Canada |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Weekly attendance | 1250 (in 2022) |
Website | www.basilique-cathedrale.com |
History | |
Authorising papal bull | 1855 |
Status | Cathedral, minor basilica |
Dedication | Saint Cecilia and Christ the King |
Dedicated | February 9, 1991 |
Consecrated | 1985 |
Cult(s) present | Roman Catholic |
Past bishop(s) | Luc Cyr |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Louis-Napoléon Audet
Henri Labelle Eugène Perron Jean-Marie Lafleur |
Architectural type | Norman-Gothic |
Style | Neo-Gothic |
Completed | 1935 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 1500 |
Nave width | 26 m (85 ft 4 in) |
Number of floors | 2 |
Number of towers | 2 |
Number of spires | 3 |
Materials | Concrete, rocks |
Bells | 6 |
Tenor bell weight | 10,043 lb (4,555 kg) |
Administration | |
Diocese | Valleyfield |
Parish | St. Cecilia |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Noel Simard |
Priest(s) | Father Normand Bergeron |
Assistant priest(s) | Gilles Meury, Gilles Bergeron, Luc Labbé |
Deacon(s) | Jocelyn Leduc |
The Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia (Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile in French) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and a cathedral dedicated to St. Cecilia located in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada. The basilica is under the circumscription of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield. The basilica was decreed on February 9, 1991.[1]
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