Choisy Cathedral (''Cathédrale Saint-Louis-et-Saint-Nicolas de Choisy''), also known as the Church of St. Louis and St. Nicholas (''Église Saint-Louis Saint-Nicolas''), is a
Roman Catholic church located in
Choisy-le-Roi
Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France.
Geography
Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of Paris, on both banks of the river Seine. The neighbouring commu ...
,
France. From 1966, when the diocese was established, to 1987, when the present
Créteil Cathedral
Créteil Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Créteil) is a Roman Catholic church in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France. The present cathedral was completed in 2015, replacing the previous building. It is the seat of the Bishopric of Cr ...
was inaugurated, it served as the first cathedral of the
diocese of Créteil
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
.
The church was built by the architect
Ange-Jacques Gabriel under commission from
Louis XV to provide a suitable place of worship for the court when the king was staying at his newly purchased residence at the
Château de Choisy
The Château de Choisy was a royal French residence in the commune of Choisy-le-Roi in the Val-de-Marne department, not far from Paris. The commune was given its present name by Louis XV, when he purchased the manor of Choisy and its château in Oc ...
. The first stone was laid, by the king himself, on 4 July 1748, and the church was dedicated in the presence of the king, the court and the
Archbishop of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...
on 21 September 1760.
Sources
Diocese of Créteil official website: Cathédrale St. Louis, St. Nicolas, Choisy
Former cathedrals in France
Churches in Val-de-Marne
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