Pro-cathedral
A pro-cathedral or procathedral is a
Usage
Europe
In
In
The Anglican Parish Church of St Helier in Jersey serves as the island's pro-cathedral.
In
In
In Poland, the Carmelite Church, Warsaw, served as a pro-cathedral until the reconstruction of St John's Cathedral.
In
Asia
In
The Church of San Antonio de Motael was the pro-cathedral of Dili, East Timor, before the Immaculate Conception Cathedral was constructed in 1989.[1]
In the
The Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai, was previously the pro-cathedral of the Holy Name.
Americas
In San Luis Obispo, California, the parish church of Old Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and in Salinas, California, the parish of Madonna Del Sasso, were both elevated to pro-cathedral status by the late Bishop Richard Garcia.
In Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, the parish church of Saint Peter's was the pro-cathedral for the Anglican southern Saskatchewan diocese until 1944. From 1944 to 1979, St. Paul's Cathedral served as the pro-cathedral before it was elevated to cathedral status.
In the United States, the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Savannah, Georgia, is the pro-cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. The Cathedral of the Incarnation (Baltimore) was a pro-cathedral for 35 years before the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland passed a resolution in 1955 for it to become the diocesan cathedral. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was designated the pro-cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem in 1999 and as the pro-cathedral by the presiding bishop and the president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church in 2001. St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church in Tonawanda, New York, became a pro-cathedral on August 12, 2011, as part of the North American Anglican Conference, and is the seat for Bishop[2] Bill Atwood.[3][4] Christ Church in Plano, Texas, was designated as Provincial Pro-Cathedral for the Anglican Church in North America by Archbishop Beach in November 2021. Some churches in the United States have also served as pro-cathedrals during times of expansion but were never exaulted to full cathedral status, such as the Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh, North Carolina, which served as the pro-cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, until it was decided they would have no cathedral.
Furthermore,
Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is in the Diocese of Marquette.
Oceania
In Christchurch, New Zealand, St Mary's has become the pro-cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, in place of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament which was demolished because of severe damage caused by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Also in Christchurch, the Cardboard Cathedral has served as the pro-cathedral of its Anglican diocese after the 2011 earthquakes, while options to demolish or rehabilitate ChristChurch Cathedral have been extensively debated.
Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral in Vanimo, West Sepik, Papua New Guinea, is the see of the Diocese of Vanimo.
See also
- Co-cathedral
- List of cathedrals
References
- ^ Kohen, A. S. From the Place of the Dead. Lion Publishing plc, 1999.
- ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times".
- ^ "Forministry.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ "Anglican church assumes central role in new diocese - Town of Tonawanda - the Buffalo News". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-09-04.