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Corbeil Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil | |
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Corbeil Cathedral | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic Church |
Province | Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes |
Region | Essonne |
Rite | Roman |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Corbeil-Essonnes, France |
Geographic coordinates | 48°36′42.70″N 2°28′57.60″E / 48.6118611°N 2.4826667°E / 48.6118611; 2.4826667 |
Architecture | |
Type | church |
Style | Romanesque |
Corbeil Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Corbeil-Essonnes, France. It was the interim cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, in which it is now a co-cathedral. The dedication is to Saint Spire or Spirius, which is a corruption of Saint Exuperius.
The bishop's seat was established at the foundation of the new diocese in 1966 in the parish church of Saint Spire in Corbeil, an ancient collegiate church, which thus became the cathedral. The facilities were however inadequate for the needs of an episcopal administration, and the new town of Évry was chosen as a better-situated new episcopal centre, although entirely lacking in any suitable church building. The purpose-built cathedral at Évry was therefore commissioned, and opened in 1995, superseding Saint Spire as the cathedral of the diocese.
Sources
- Cathédrale d'Évry unofficial website: history, including the predecessor cathedral at Corbeil (in French)
- Catholique.fr: Secteur Corbeil-Saint-Germain: Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil (in French)
Catholic Church in France | |
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Bishops' Conference of France | |
Province of Besançon | |
Province of Bordeaux | |
Province of Clermont | |
Province of Dijon | |
Province of Lille | |
Province of Lyon | |
Province of Marseille | |
Province of Montpellier | |
Province of Paris | |
Province of Poitiers | |
Province of Reims | |
Province of Rennes | |
Province of Rouen | |
Province of Toulouse | |
Province of Tours | |
Province of Martinique | |
Province of Papeete | |
Province of Noumea | |
Directly under Holy See | |
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics | |
See also | |
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