Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia
Church in Quebec, Canada
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The Basilica Cathedral of St. Cecilia (Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile in French) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and a cathedral dedicated to St. Cecilia located in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada. The basilica is under the circumscription of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield. The basilica was decreed on February 9, 1991.[1]
| Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia | |
|---|---|
Front entrance | |
  Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia Location within Quebec | |
| 45.25463°N 74.1351°W | |
| Location | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.basilique-cathedrale.com |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral, minor basilica |
| Dedication | Saint Cecilia and Christ the King |
| Dedicated | February 9, 1991 |
| Consecrated | 1985 |
| Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
| Architect | Louis-Napoléon Audet
Henri Labelle Eugène Perron Jean-Marie Lafleur |
Architectural type | Norman-Gothic |
| Style | Neo-Gothic |
| Completed | 1935 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1500 |
| Materials | Concrete, rocks |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Valleyfield |
| Parish | St. Cecilia |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop | Noel Simard |
| Priest | Father Normand Bergeron |
On September 4, 2002, the cathedral-basilica was heavily damaged by a fire. The Casavant Frères organ, dating to 1935, had to be dismantled as irreparable, and the stained glass windows were badly damaged. The church reopened to parishioners in 2005 with work continuing until 2015. In 2021, the Casavant organ from the deconsecrated Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Allégresses church in Trois-Rivières was moved to the cathedral.[2][3][4][5]
