St. Dunstan's Basilica

Coordinates: 46°14′01″N 63°07′31″W / 46.2336°N 63.1254°W / 46.2336; -63.1254
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St. Dunstan's Basilica
St. Dunstan's Cathedral Basilica
Diocese of Charlottetown
Official nameSt. Dunstan's Roman Catholic Cathedral / Basilica National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1990

St. Dunstan's Basilica is the

St. Dunstan, the Anglo Saxon saint from Glastonbury. It is located on Great George Street, between the harbour and the Confederation Centre of the Arts
.

History

The original St Dunstan's Cathedral was built from 1897 to 1907. The present stone structure was built from 1913 to 1919 after a fire destroyed the original cathedral in 1913. It was built in the

Georgian Revival
architectural style.

In 1929, 10 years after its completion, the church was blessed by Pope Pius XI as a basilica. To this day, the church stands as one of the 27 basilicas in Canada.

In October 1980 it was the site of a state funeral when Prime Minister

Pierre Elliot Trudeau gave the eulogy during the funeral for Veterans Affairs Minister Daniel J. MacDonald (M.P. Cardigan). The basilica was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic Cathedral / Basilica National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

Further reading

  • Peter Ludlow, The Canny Scot: Archbishop James Morrison of Antigonish' (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015)

External links

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