St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa

The St. Louis the King Cathedral[1] (Arabic: كاتدرائية القديس لويس الملك, Hebrew: קתדרלת לואי הקדוש), or the Maronite Church of St. Louis,[2] is a Catholic church of the Maronite Eastern rite located in Haifa, in northern Israel.[3]

St. Louis the King Cathedral
كاتدرائية القديس لويس الملك
LocationHaifa
Country Israel
DenominationCatholic (Maronite rite)

History

It serves as the headquarters of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land (Archieparchia Ptolemaidensis Maronitarum in Terra Sancta) which was raised to its current status in 1996 by decision of Pope John Paul II.

It was built by Ibrahim Nasrallah and Salim Khoury, as its name suggests was dedicated to St. Louis IX of France (1214-1270). Construction began in December 1883 and the foundations were laid in January 1884. The work was interrupted on August 24, 1885, but resumed in August 1887 and the church was completed in November 1889.[4]

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References
  1. Cathédrale Saint Louis Le Roi (Cathedral of St. Louis the King in Haifa)
  2. "Catholic Masses outside Jerusalem". www.cicts.org. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. "The Catholic Church Of The Holy Land » Territorial Parishes Maronite Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land". catholicchurch-holyland.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  4. Administrator. "Haifa". www.maronitejerusalem.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

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