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Organizational hierarchy of the Catholic Church: a building is a cathedral if and only if it is the seat of a bishop, no matter how grand or modest the building
by Cheer2171 3y ago
Organizational hierarchy of the Catholic Church: a building is a cathedral if and only if it is the seat of a bishop, no matter how grand or modest the building is. There can not be more than one cathedral in a diocese.
But colloquially, Sagrada Familia is what most people would consider a cathedral.
- rsynnott 3y ago> There can not be more than one cathedral in a diocese. There can be, though it's not common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-cathedral
- prmoustache 3y agoAlso a basilica can be a cathedral and vice versa. Saint-Denis in Paris is both a basilica and cathedral.
- areyousure 3y agoThe page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint-Denis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint-Denis states > Although known as the "Basilica of St Denis", the cathedral has not been granted the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican.
- prmoustache 3y agoDoes it matter when it has been called like that for more than 12 centuries?
- pas 3y agoWell there's a lot of people with the family name King, but you know, they still have to play (and win!) the fancy hat game to be actually granted royal rights.
- prmoustache 3y agoIn that case it is different because it is/was a building used by the french church. Not some random one named like this by someone with no relation to the church.
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