Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia

Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia
Front entrance
Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia
45.25463°N 74.1351°W / 45.25463; -74.1351
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]

References

1. GCatholic.org

External links

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