Cathedral of the Immaculate-Design of Three-Rivers

The Cathédrale of the Immaculate-Design of Three-Rivers is the Church mother of the Diocèse of Three-Rivers in Canada since the 19th century.

The parish of the Immaculate-Design-of-the-Holy-Virgin also includes/understands in addition to the cathedral, the churches (or local communities) of Our-Lady-of-Seven-Joys, Saint-Philippe, Saint-François d' Assise and Holy-Cecile.

History

The first mass having been given in 1616, Three-Rivers was set up in Paroisse on October 30th 1678. It will take up duty only in 1692. Thus a 27 meters length church by 8 meters of width is undertaken by François Boivin, master carpenter. When the Father Sixth TAC takes the changing of work, the church is destroyed to make place with a more modest construction, that is to say 18 m by 8 Mr. In 1709, the old wood church falling in ruin, a news, of hones this time, was built on the same site as the old one. It was finished in 1713. It was destroyed by flâmes in 1908, with the old city.

The June 8th 1852, Three-Rivers is set up canonically by the pope Pie IX, Mgr. Thomas Cooke becoming the first Bishop. It is the March 16th 1854 which it launches its construction project of a cathedral. It was inaugurated the September 29th 1858, at the same time a superb play of Orgue, work of Ovide Paradis, and a bell, present of Misters Turcotte and Larue.

Of Gothic style néo- , this news Cathedral, a 64 m length for 26 m of width, is conceived by the architect Victor Bourgeau. Appreciated at the time of his design of the church of Saint-Pierre-Apostle in Montreal, one entrusts the project of the Cathedral to him. It is thus inspired by the Trinity Church of New York. Although finished in 1858, it was completed only in 1905, whereas the contractor-architect Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois built the current arrow. One posed also a chime of more than 16000 pounds (approximately 750 kg) in 1912, adding to the préstence of the cathedral. As for its stained glasses, considered among most beautiful in North America, they were carried out in addition to 10 years by the famous artist montréalais (of Italian origin), Guido Nincheri. In 1992, after 27 years of absence, large a Orgue is installed in the Cathédrale. Coming from the Immaculate-Design of Montreal, it counts 5751 pipes, which does of him one of largest the Orgues of the Quebec.

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