Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia explained

Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia
Pushpin Map:Canada Quebec
Coordinates:45.2546°N -74.1351°W
Location:Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Country:Canada
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Attendance:1250 (in 2022)
Website:www.basilique-cathedrale.com
Bull Date:1855
Dedication:Saint Cecilia and Christ the King
Dedicated Date:February 9, 1991
Consecrated Date:1985
Cult:Roman Catholic
Past Bishop:Luc Cyr
Status:Cathedral, minor basilica
Functional Status:Active
Architect:Louis-Napoléon AudetHenri LabelleEugène PerronJean-Marie Lafleur
Architectural Type:Norman-Gothic
Style:Neo-Gothic
Completed Date:1935
Capacity:1500
Width Nave:26m (85feet)
Floor Count:2
Spire Quantity:3
Materials:Concrete, rocks
Parish:St. Cecilia
Diocese:Valleyfield
Tower Quantity:2
Bells:6
Priest:Father Normand Bergeron
Asstpriest:Gilles Meury, Gilles Bergeron, Luc Labbé
Bishop:Noel Simard
Bell Weight:10043lb
Deacon:Jocelyn Leduc
Church Name:Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/basCA.htm GCatholic.org