Roman Catholic Diocese Of Saint 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, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with two suffragan dioceses: Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls, Grand Falls and Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador, 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 British North America, English-speaking North America. The Basilica of St. John the Baptist is the cathedral of the archdiocese. The building sits within the St. John's Ecclesiastical District, a National Historic District of Canada. History The first Catholic presence in North America was the proprietary Province of Avalon, Colony of Avalon, established by George Calvert, ...
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Basilica Of St
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name to the ''basilica'' architectural form. Originally, a basilica was an ancient Roman architecture, ancient Roman public building, where courts were held, as well as serving other official and public functions. Basilicas are typically rectangular buildings with a central nave flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles, with the roof at two levels, being higher in the centre over the nave to admit a clerestory and lower over the side-aisles. An apse at one end, or less frequently at both ends or on the side, usually contained the raised Tribune (architecture), tribunal occupied by the Roman magistrates. The basilica was centrally located in every Roman town, usually adjacent to the forum and often opp ...
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