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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 / 45.540289; -73.507931
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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