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It is a National Historic Site of Canada and is Canada's largest church, with one of the largest church domes in the world. [2] Founded in 1904 by Saint André Bessette in honour of his patron saint, Saint Joseph, the Oratory is the product of numerous architects and thousands of workers in a process spanning six decades.
The Église Saint-Roch (French pronunciation: [eɡliz sɛ̃ ʁɔk]), in the parish of Notre-Dame de Saint-Roch [1] is the largest church in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was constructed between 1914 and 1923. It is the fourth successive church of the same name to be constructed at the site. [2]
The Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec ("Our Lady of Quebec City"), located at 16, rue de Buade, Quebec City, Quebec, is the primatial church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. [1] It is the oldest church in Canada and was the first church in Canada to be elevated to the rank of minor basilica, by Pope Pius IX in 1874.
The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (French: Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré) is a basilica set along the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Quebec City, and one of the six national shrines of Canada. [2] It has been credited by the Catholic Church with many
The largest church in East Asia [citation needed] Grace Cathedral: 3,357 [87] 1910–1964 San Francisco United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Lewiston, Maine) 3,264 2,200 1906–1936 Lewiston, Maine United States: Catholic Largest church in the State of Maine, still serves mass in French.
Upon completion, the church was the largest in North America, and remained so for over fifty years. [12] Samuel Russell Warren constructed a new organ in 1858. The facade of the church was completed in 1865, and included three statues by French sculptor Henri Bouriché: Saint-Joseph, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Jean-Baptiste. [11]
It is the third largest church in Quebec after Saint Joseph's Oratory (also in Montreal) and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré east of Quebec City. The building is 101 m (333 ft) in length, 46 m (150 ft) in width, and a maximum height of 77 m (252 ft) at the cupola, the diameter of which is 23 m (75 ft).
Largest church in Austria by area, but two metres shorter than St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna since no building in Austria-Hungary was allowed to be higher than St. Stephen's Cathedral (also the reason why there are no taller churches in Budapest and Prague) 11: St. Peter's Church: 132.2 m (436 ft) 1878: Hamburg Germany: Lutheran