St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral, Joliette

The St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Joliette)[2] is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in Joliette,[3] a town in the administrative region of Lanaudière in the southern part of the province of Quebec (Eastern Canada).[4]

St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Joliette
LocationJoliette
 Quebec
Country Canada
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The headquarters of the diocese of Joliette was built between 1887 and 1892 according to plans by the architects Maurice Perrault and Albert Mesnard. It was declared as a protected building (immeuble patrimonial) by the city of Joliette in 1999.

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Canada

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in Joliette
  2. Publishing, Hunter (2006-04-01). Ulysses Quebec. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9782894647110.
  3. Tellier, Pierrette (2008-01-01). Sur les traces de Alexandre Lacoste dit Languedoc (in French). Pierrette Tellier. ISBN 9782980611032.
  4. Aubin, Florian (1981-01-01). La paroisse de Saint-Cuthbert: histoire et album-souvenir, 1765-1980 (in French). Comité du Livre de St-Cuthbert.
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