The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul is a catholic cathedral in Providence, Rhode Island and is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral In Christianity, the term mother church or Mother Church may have one of five meanings The first Mission church in an area or a Pioneer The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence ( Latin: Dioecesis Providentiensis) is a Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States
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History
On December 10, 1837 a small cement structure costing $12,000 was opened and the first mass was celebrated at the church of Sts. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Peter and Paul. Within the next five years, the population of Catholics continued to grow and flourish. In 1844, a new Diocese was formed with its See at Hartford, Connecticut. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Its Bishop, William Tyler elected to take up residence in Providence, as the majority of Catholics resided there. As the number of Catholics in the region continued to grow, the Sts. Peter and Paul Church building could not accommodate the increasing numbers of Irish Catholic immigrants.
By 1872 the Catholic population in the Diocese had risen to 200,000. Bishop McFarland had expressed interest in building a new and larger Cathedral but did not obtain the support for it at the time. Upon Bishop Mcarland's request for a reduced area to serve in 1871 due to failing health, Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Providence that encompassed Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and Martha's Vineyard. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both In April 1872, Father Thomas Hendricken became the first Bishop of the new diocese of Providence. The new diocese, at the time of its inception, recorded a Catholic population of 125,000; forty-three churches; fifty-three priests; six academies; nine parish schools with 4,225 students and one orphan asylum. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils"
Just as his predecessor, Bishop Hendricken was also in favor of building a new Cathedral church to replace the current decrepit and inadequate structure. Before this could be accomplished, a $16,000 debt of the parish had to be paid before any building began. Debt is that which is owed usually referencing Assets owed but the term can cover other obligations Bishop Hendricken worked tirelessly, day in and day out to get the Cathedral built. In 1872 the debt was paid off and preliminary construction planning began.
In 1873 Patrick C. Keely was selected to draw up the plans for one of the finest churches in the country. In 1874 work on the foundation of a temporary church for worshippers was begun when Bishop Hendricken signed a contract for the church building at a cost of $18,950. A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law The old rectory was torn down and a new one built at the corner of Fenner and Pond Streets where it still stands to this day.
The cornerstone of the current Cathedral was laid in 1878. Route 84 (Rhode Island redirects here For the once-planned Interstate Highway, see Interstate 84 (Rhode Island. Bishop Hendricken had set aside $10,000 each year toward the building of the new structure. He also mounted a series of fundraising campaigns to keep construction going. Fundraising is the process of soliciting and gathering Money or other gifts in-kind by requesting donations from individuals businesses charitable foundations or governmental By 1882 the roof was completed, allowing completion of the interior to begin. However, that year Bishop Hendricken's failing health gave out and he died before the Cathedral was completed. His funeral Mass was the first to be celebrated in the not quite finished Cathedral. Mass is a fundamental concept in Physics, roughly corresponding to the Intuitive idea of how much Matter there is in an object At the time of his death $300,000 had been expended. In June of 1889, more than a decade after construction began, the completed Cathedral was finally consecrated by Bishop Matthew Harkins. After nearly 80 years of use the Cathedral underwent a major renovation, intended to be completed in time for the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the Diocese. Renovation is the process of improving a structure Two prominent types of renovations are commercial and residential The work was initiated by Bishop Russell J. McVinney, the 5th Bishop of Providence; however, much like his first predecessor, Bishop McVinney did not live to see the completion of the newly renovated Cathedral.
In 2006 the basement of the Cathedral which holds the church hall was renovated to accommodate parish gatherings and diocesan functions. A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the Ground floor. In addition, the basement crypt was dismantled. In terms of European architecture a crypt (from the Latin crypta and the Greek κρυπτη, kryptē) is a stone chamber or Dismantled (born Gary Zon is an Electronic music artist from the United States. A new stone tomb was laid in the upper church, as a final resting place for Bishop Hendricken. For the New York prison see The Tombs. A Tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. It was thought that Bishop Hendricken deserved a more prominent place in the building, as the Cathedral is considered to be his legacy. The other bishops buried in the crypt were moved to a mausoleum in Cranston. A mausoleum ( plural: mausolea is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons
Interior
The tabernacle was cast in bronze by X. A Tabernacle is the fixed locked box in which in some Christian churches the Eucharist is "reserved" (stored Bronze is any of a broad range of Copper alloys, usually with Tin as the main additive but sometimes with other elements such as Phosphorus Corberro and Sons of Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia The small finial atop the tabernacle took some 400 hours to complete. The main altar is built of Verde Issoire, a green marble quarried in the French Alps. Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of The French Alps are those parts of the Alps mountain range which lie in France. Green marble serves as decorative wainscoting along the walls and comprises the interior columns along the nave. A column in Structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the The ceiling contains large gothic arches, along with several oil paintings. Oil painting is the process of painting with Pigments that are bound with a medium of Drying oil — especially in early modern Europe Linseed oil Stained glass windows feature scenes from both the new and old testaments and are fashioned from antique Munich Glass as are the West Rose Window, East Rose Window and Great Circular Window. For the Blackford Oakes novel see Stained Glass (novel The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured Glass or to the art A large stone sarcophagus lies in the West Transept, containing the remains of Bishop Thomas Francis Hendricken, first bishop of Providence. Bishop Thomas Francis Hendricken ( May 5 1827 - June 11 1886) was born in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Exterior
The building is constructed of Connecticut Brownstone and is one of the more prominent pieces of architecture in the city of Providence. There are two spires which contain four church bell representative of the Four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Four Evangelists refers to the authors of the four Gospel accounts in the New Testament that bear the following ancient titles Gospel according Matthew the Evangelist (מתי/מתתיהו "Gift of Yahweh " Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu "Saint Mark" redirects here For other uses see Saint Mark (disambiguation. Luke the Evangelist ( Hebrew: לוּקָֻא Greek: Loukás) was an early Christian leader who is said by tradition to be the author of Saint John the Evangelist (d ca 110 יוחנן " The LORD is merciful" Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew they were cast in a Dutch foundry and were dedicated in 1968 by the late Bishop McVinney. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
Organ
Built by the Casavant Frères company of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, and installed in 1972 in the North Transept. Casavant Frères is a prominent Canadian company that builds fine Pipe organs based in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec. It consists of four 56-key manuals, a 32-key pedalboard, 73 stops and 125 ranks. There are 6,616 pipes ranging from 6 inches to 32 feet in length. This is the largest mechanical action organ in North America and one of the largest ever built by Casavant Frères.
External links
- http://www.brightridge.com/pages/cathedral.html. A panoramic view of the Cathedral's interior.
- http://www.dioceseofprovidence.org - Diocessian Home Page
- http://www.cathedralprovidence.org/ - Cathedral Home Page
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