Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral
{{Short description|Church in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada}}
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| location = Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
| country = Canada
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| denomination = Roman Catholic
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| former name =Église Sainte-Philomène
Church of Saint Philomena
| bull date = January 31, 1930
| founded date = July 27, 1930 (as Cathedral)
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| status = Cathedral
| functional status = Active
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| architect = Joseph-Ernest Fortin
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| style = Romanesque Revival
| groundbreaking = 1918
| completed date = 1919
| construction cost = $287,515.00{{cite web
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| capacity = 1,500
| length = {{convert|54.8|m|ft}}
| width = {{convert|25.9|m|ft}}
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| materials = Brick with stone trim, steel frame
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| diocese = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina
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Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral or the Co-Cathédrale de Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption is located in the Canadian prairie town of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan.
History
The cathedral of the francophone former Roman Catholic Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, for sixty-eight years, and originally dedicated to St. Philomena, the parish church of Gravelbourg became the Cathedral of St. Philomena July 27, 1930{{cite web
|title = Archdiocese of Regina : a history (Gravelbourg)
|url = http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=526714
|accessdate = 2014-04-03
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062921/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=526714
|archivedate = 2015-09-24
}} and was renamed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in 1965. On September 14, 1998, Pope John Paul II suppressed the Diocese, merging it with the Archdiocese of Regina—a reflection of the steady depopulation of rural Saskatchewan. Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral was then designated a co-cathedral of the archdiocese.
Specifications
File:Gravelbourg SK La Cathedrale interior.jpg
According to the Archdiocese of Regina website,
"The architect, J. E. Fortin of Montreal, chose a style that combines Romanesque and Italian Renaissance. The church measures 54.8 metres in length, 25.9 metres in width at the transept, 15.8 metre in the nave and is 19.8 metres in height. It accommodates up to 1,500 people. Twin towers at the west end are capped with cupolas rising to a height of 53.3 metres. The building is steel frame with outer walls of tan-coloured brick trimmed with Indiana stone. Construction began in 1918 and the Most Reverend O. E. Mathieu, Archbishop of Regina, consecrated the completed structure on November 5, 1919. The interior decoration is entirely by Msgr. Charles Maillard, pastor of Gravelbourg, who carried out the work over a period of ten years from 1921 to 1931. The nave interior was altered in the 1960s to bring the church into conformity with the liturgical requirements issued by the Second Vatican Council."[http://www.archregina.sk.ca/About.htm Archdiocese of Regina website.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619003237/http://www.archregina.sk.ca/About.htm |date=2008-06-19 }} Retrieved 22 June 2008.
The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral.{{cite web| url=http://stainedglasscanada.ca/site.php?site=145/| title=Institute for stained glass in Canada |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11188&pid=0%7C Canadian Registry of Historic Places]
- [http://www.gravelbourgcocathedral.com/francais2.html Gravelbourg`s Virtual Co-Cathedral]