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St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal

Saint Patrick's Basilica
Saint Patrick Basilica Montreal.jpg
Exterior view of St. Patrick's
45°30′13″N 73°33′53″W / 45.5035°N 73.5647°W / 45.5035; -73.5647Coordinates: 45°30′13″N 73°33′53″W / 45.5035°N 73.5647°W / 45.5035; -73.5647
Location Montreal, Quebec
Country Canada
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website [3]
Architecture
Architect(s) P. L. Morin and Felix Martin
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1843
Completed 1847
Specifications
Length 71 metres (233 ft)
Width 32 metres (105 ft)
Height

69 metres (226 ft)

Official name St. Patrick's Basilica National Historic Site of Canada
Designated 1990

69 metres (226 ft)

Saint Patrick's Basilica is a Roman Catholic minor basilica on René-Lévesque Boulevard in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The church is known for its historic links to the Irish Canadian community. St. Patrick's celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1997. English-speaking Catholics first assembled in Montreal at the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours church in Old Montreal; however, their numbers were swelled by the massive arrival of Irish immigrants around 1817. Initially they were transferred to the Church of the Recollets (the French Franciscans) in 1825, but by 1841 they numbered 6,500, and could no longer be accommodated.

The site of Saint Patrick's Church was purchased, and construction began in September 1843. What was then the outskirts of the town, on a sloped site overlooking parishioners' homes in Point St. Charles, Goose Village and Griffintown, Saint Patrick's seven cornerstones were laid, making it the oldest English-speaking Roman Catholic Church in Montreal. The first mass was celebrated in the church on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1847, and in 1850 Samuel Russell Warren built the church's first organ. Adélard Joseph Boucher was the organist from 1853–58, Joseph-A. Fowler followed (1868–1908) and was briefly preceded by Benoît Poirier.

The Quebec government designated the church a historic monument on December 10, 1985. It has also been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.


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