Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland
The Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with two suffragan dioceses: Grand Falls and Corner Brook and Labrador. The current archbishop is the Most Reverend Peter Hundt. The Archdiocese of St. John's is the oldest Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in English-speaking North America.
Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the archdiocesan cathedral
Image: James louis odonel
Image: James louis odonel
Image: Thomas Scallan 1765–1830
Basilica of St. John the Baptist
The Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland and the mother church and symbol of Roman Catholicism in Newfoundland. The building sits within the St. John's Ecclesiastical District, a National Historic District of Canada.
Basilica of St. John the Baptist
St. John's from Government House, with the basilica in the background, 1851. Work on the basilica was not completed until 1855.
Depiction of the basilica in 1871
Grey limestone, and white granite was used to build the basilica
