 Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral in downtown Montreal |
 Interior of the cathedral | The Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World (French: Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montreal. It is the third largest church in Quebec after St. Joseph's Oratory (also in Montreal) and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré east of Quebec City. View of 1000 de la Gauchetière, Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral, and 1250, René-Lévesque in downtown Montreal, Canada Photo by Montrealais. ...
View of 1000 de la Gauchetière, Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral, and 1250, René-Lévesque in downtown Montreal, Canada Photo by Montrealais. ...
Download high resolution version (400x605, 145 KB)Interior of Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral in Montreal. ...
Download high resolution version (400x605, 145 KB)Interior of Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral in Montreal. ...
A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Roman Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ...
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City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area - % water 366. ...
Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 1st 1,542,056 km² 1,183,128 km² 176,928...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
This is a list of the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Montreal. ...
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The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is a basilica in a bucolic setting by the Saint Lawrence River 30 km East of Quebec City in Quebec, Canada. ...
Its construction was ordered by Mgr. Ignace Bourget, second bishop of Montreal, to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. His choice to create a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome was in response to a rivalry with the Sulpician order who had been the feudal seigneurs of Montreal, and with the Anglican Church, both of which favoured the Neo-Gothic style instead. The site also sparked controversy due to its location in the western part of downtown, in a then predominantly English neighbourhood far from the homes of the French-Canadian church-goers. Archbishop Bourget in 1882 Ignace Bourget (30 October 1799 – 8 June 1885) was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Montreal, known for his sympathy for the rebels during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, for his re-introduction of the Jesuit order to Canada in 1842, and...
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The first architect, Victor Bourgeau, refused the project after studying St. Peter's, claiming that it could not be reproduced on a smaller scale. The undeterred bishop sent Fr. Joseph Michaud, the chaplain of the Papal Zouave volunteers of Montreal, to produce a scale model to work from. At the time, the Holy See was threatened by the nationalist troops of Victor Emmanuel II, king of Piedmont, who was attempting to assert control over all Italy including papal territories, and the priest's mission in Rome was secret. Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861. ...
Work began in 1875 and the new church was consecrated in 1894 as Saint-Jacques Cathedral, after Saint James the Great, the patron of the parish the church served. At the time it was the largest church in Quebec. It was made a minor basilica in 1919 by Pope Benedict XV. It was rededicated in 1955 to Mary, Queen of the World, by Pope Pius XII at the request of cardinal Paul-Émile Léger. (The pope had proclaimed this title for Mary in his 1954 encyclical Ad caeli reginam.) 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Benedict XV (Latin: ), born Giacomo della Chiesa (November 21, 1854 – January 22, 1922), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922; he succeeded Pope Pius X (1903–14). ...
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Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger (April 25, 1904-November 13, 1991) was a Canadian clergyman. ...
Instead of the statues of the twelve apostles on the façade of St. Peter's, the front of the church is topped by statues of the patron saints of thirteen parishes of Montreal who donated them, including St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick. The interior, which is also copied from St. Peter's, includes a baldachin which is a scale model of Bernini's. The Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller at Rhodes under a canopy of estate, on a dais: there is a cushion under his feet A baldachin, baldachino or baldacchino is a canopy of state over an altar or throne, It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other...
A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ...
On March 7, 2000, about 20 protesters from the International Women's Day demonstration entered the Cathedral shouting anti-Catholic slogans, and littered the nave with condoms, sanitary napkins, bras and panties, spray-painted profanities on the altar, turned over flowerpots, and ripped song books. According to the group's spokespersons, they were protesting against the "oppression of women" by the Church, and making a statement in favour of free speech and abortion. Yet they also tried to approach the Tabernacle - the most sacred part of the building where the consecrated Body of Christ is held - and had to be stopped by laypeople who had been praying when the protesters entered the building. This incident was ignored by the media, except for Mark Steyn in the National Post. Among the only other papers to report the attack were the Sarnia Observer, Guelph Mercury, and Montreal Gazette, which buried the story on Page C9. No criminal charges were laid in connection with the incident.
In the last few years, the cathedral's esplanade and narthex have undergone significant reconstruction. The exterior statue of Bishop Ignace Bourget was cleaned and restored in 2005. The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area. ...
The church is located at 1065 Cathedral Street (45°29′57.10″N, 73°34′6.10″W) at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard (Bonaventure metro station) in downtown Montreal. René Lévesque Boulevard (officially boulevard René-Lévesque) is one of Montreals main streets. ...
Bonaventure is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal. ...
Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation within the city of Montreal and was the second metro system to be built in Canada, opening 12 years after the Toronto subway. ...
See also
This is a list of cathedrals around the world, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Orthodoxy) and a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations that have the word cathedral in their names. ...
This is a list of Roman Catholic basilicas. ...
Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica The Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal (commonly called Notre-Dame Basilica) is a basilica in the historic district of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. ...
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Saint Patricks Basilica is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
External links - Marie-Reine-du-Monde (official site, in French)
- Basilica-Cathedral of Marie-Reine-du-Monde (Religious Heritage of Quebec)
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