St. Jerome's Cathedral, Saint-Jérôme

The St. Jerome's Cathedral[1][2] (French: Cathédrale de Saint-Jérôme)[3] It is the main church of the Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme in Quebec, Canada.[4] Built in 1897, replaced an old church nearby smaller.

St. Jerome's Cathedral
Cathédrale de Saint-Jérôme
LocationSaint-Jérôme
 Quebec
Country Canada
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

Neo-classical style, is 24.6 m high, 76.9 m long and 30.7 m wide. The large atrium is below the Casavant organ. Fence pink fence is lined with windows, made in France.

Delphis-Adolphe Beaulieu created the grouped windows. In 1908, he added a transversal way to church.

In 1951 lorsqu'Émilien Frenette was named bishop of the city, and chose this church as the cathedral. Some parts of the cathedral were renovated after the Second Vatican Council, as the pulpit, the altar and the baptistery of the chair.

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Canada
  • St. Jerome

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Jerome in Saint-Jérôme
  2. "Oups... - Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec". www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  3. Cathédrale de Saint-Jérôme, 1917 à 1959 : décès & sépultures (in French). Société de généalogie des Laurentides. 2002-01-01.
  4. Publishing, Hunter (2006-04-01). Ulysses Quebec. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9782894647110.
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