St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau

The St. Francis Xavier Cathedral[1] is a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church[2] and located in the West Street near the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas in the city of Nassau[3] capital of the archipelago of the Bahamas[4] in the Greater Antilles. As its name indicates its patron is Francisco Javier, a religious and Spanish missionary, a member of the precursor group of the Society of Jesus and close associate of its founder, Ignatius of Loyola, and was canonized by the Church under the name of St. Francis Xavier.

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
25°04′33.2″N 77°20′53.3″W
LocationNassau
CountryBahamas
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The temple serves as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nassau (Archidioecesis Nassaviensis), follows the Latin or Roman rite and its Metropolitan Archbishop is Patrick Christopher Pinder. The current cathedral is just 17 meters from the old building called Old Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier.

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in the Bahamas

References
  1. St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Nassau)
  2. Crain, Edward E. (1994-01-01). Historic Architecture in the Caribbean Islands. University Press of Florida. ISBN 9780813012933.
  3. Taylor, John J. (2000-01-01). Between Devotion and Design: The Architecture of John Cyril Hawes 1876-1956. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 9781876268169.
  4. Guides, Fodor's Travel (2016-01-12). Fodor's Bahamas. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN 9781101879184.



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