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In the Catholic Church, several locations around the world invoke the patronage of the Immaculate Conception. Catholic diocesan authorities with the expressed and written approval of the Pope in countries including the United States, Brazil, Korea, the Philippines and Spain designate the Blessed Virgin Mary as their principal patroness.
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Westminster Abbey is dedicated to Saint Peter. The vast majority of the 16,500 [1] churches in the Church of England are dedicated to one or more people. Most are dedicated to a single 'patron saint', such as Saint Peter or The Virgin Mary, or one of the persons of God, such as Holy Trinity, Christ Church, or The Good Shepherd.
Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] ⓘ; meaning "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, [a] is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
The cathedral is literally the church into which a bishop's official cathedra is installed. [citation needed] The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church makes use of the term cathedral to point out the existence of a bishop in each local church, in the heart of ecclesial ...
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas, is a Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. The parish was originally founded in 1984, by clergy who had previously ministered in the Episcopal Church , as a parish under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston .
For similar reasons another religious congregation with a similar name, the Society of Mary (Marists), though unrelated in its history, was to adopt the same patronal feast. A number of parishes and schools are dedicated in honor of the Holy Name of Mary. The cathedral of Hagåtña, Guam, is called the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica.
The cathedral church of a metropolitan bishop is called a metropolitan cathedral. The term cathedral actually carries no implication as to the size or ornateness of the building, although many cathedrals are impressive edifices simply because diocesan celebrations typically require the capacity of one of the larger churches in the diocese.