St. Finnan's Cathedral - Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
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N 45° 18.540 W 074° 37.824
18T E 528973 N 5017343
A Catholic church in Alexandria since 1883.
Waymark Code: WMHFW0
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/06/2013
Views: 10
St. Finnan's has been a testament to the Catholic community in Glengarry for well over a century and a half.
An older church stood on this site beside the older cemetary since 1833, a year after the parish was founded by the Reverend Alexander Macdonell, first Catholic Bishop of Upper Canada.
By 1853, St. Finnan's Parish boasted 265 families of whom 134 were Macdonalds of various spellings.
St. Finnan's Church was dedicated in 1885, but work continued over the next 25 years.
The present steeple, bells and cross were installed in 1902.
In 1890, when the Diocese of Alexandria was created, the Reverend Alexander Macdonell became the first Bishop of Alexandria and St. Finnan's became a cathedral.
Type of Church: Cathedral
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of organization: 01/01/1834
Date of building construction: 01/01/1883
Dominant Architectural Style: Gothic Revival.
Archdiocese: Kingston
Diocese: Alexandria
Address/Location:
Alexandria, Ontario Canada
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
Relvant Web Site: Not listed
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