Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
| Co-cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue | |
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| Coordinates: 45°32′25″N 73°30′29″W / 45.540289°N 73.507931°W | |
| Location | Longueuil, Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | 1698 |
| Dedication | St. Anthony of Padua |
| Consecrated | 27 January 1887 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Co-cathedral |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Albert Ménard (1847-1909), Henri-Maurice Perrault (1857-1909) |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1884 |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Construction cost | $98,895 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 74 metres (243 ft) |
| Width | 41 metres (135 ft) |
| Height | 81 metres (266 ft) |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue |
| Archdiocese | Montreal |
| Diocese | Saint-Jean-Longueuil |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Jean-Claude Turcotte |
| Bishop(s) | Lionel Gendron, Louis Dicaire |
| Priest(s) | Yves Le Pain |
| Assistant priest(s) |
Rosaire Lavoie c.s.v., Marcel Bergeron r.s.v., Jean-Robert Michel |
| Type | Historic monument |
| Designated | 1984 |
Rosaire Lavoie c.s.v., Marcel Bergeron r.s.v., Jean-Robert Michel
The Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (French: Co-cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue) is a co-cathedral in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, on Montreal's south shore. It is located on the corner of Rue Saint-Charles and Chemin Chambly in the Borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil. It is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. The cathedral houses the remains of the Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.
Its episcopal region is Longueuil-Nord. Lionel Gendron, the bishop, has a cathedra sculpted in walnut. Before the reign of Bernard Hubert, it was simply a parish church.
The cathedral was classified as by the Government of Quebec in 1984.
The site contains the archaeological remains of Fort Longueuil, a fort constructed between 1685 and 1690 as the fortified residence of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, the only Canadian-born person to be raised to the rank of Baron by the French King. The fort was demolished in 1810 and the cathedral contains stone building materials and elements salvaged from the fort. The site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1923.
The cathedral was constructed from 1884-1887, and was completed in 1911. It is the third church in the history of Longueuil, the first being completed in 1811.
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