St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore
The first church of St. Francis Xavier was constructed in 1851 by French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Due to the huge increase in the catholic population, this church eventually became inadequate. Hence in 1911, the foundation stone was laid for a new church. This church was inaugurated on 26 May 1932, which would become a cathedral in 1940. Two new domes of the facade were inaugurated on its platinum jubilee in the year 2009. Bangalore archbishop Bernard Moras re-dedicated the cathedral to St. Francis Xavier. The domes had been constructed along with several other renovations. Though they were part of the original plan of the cathedral, they could not be completed due to lack of funds.
The cathedral's large compound has three schools: St. Aloysius', St. Anthony's and St. Rock's. There is also a Shrine dedicated to St. Anthony.
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Domes and crosses of the St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral seen against the Bangalore skyline
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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
References
- ^ Rediscovering Bangalore's Museum Road – DNA
- ^ St. Francis Xavier Cathedral , Bangalore
- ^ "Two new domes inaugurated at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral". Times Of India. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2018.