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Jalandhar Jalandhar () is a city in the state of Punjab, India, Punjab in India. With a considerable population, it ranks as the List of cities in Punjab and Chandigarh by population, third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the ...

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Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states ...

, is the seat of the bishop of the

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. The cathedral is located in the

Jalandhar Cantonment Jalandhar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jalandhar District in the Indian state of Punjab. The Cantonment is located between latitude 30° 18' and longitude 75° 37' on the southwest and at a distance of 2 km from Cantonment Railway S ...

. The old church at the same site was dedicated to St. Patrick and was constructed by Rev. Fr. John Mc Donnel, OFMCap of the

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of Agra in 1847. Initially, the area was under the Diocese of Lahore. In 1952, after the partition, the Catholic Mission of the Indian state of Punjab was raised to the status of

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with its headquarters was located at

and was handed over from the Belgian province of the Capuchin missionaries to the British province. The church at Jalandhar cantonment became the mother church of

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. With the erection of the new Diocese of Jalandhar in 1971, this church gained the status of

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of the diocese. In 1987, the demolition of the old church was initiated and the foundation stone that had been blessed by

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for the new church was laid on 19 April 1987 by Rt. Rev. Dr. Symbhorian Keeprath, bishop of Jalandhar. The new cathedral was inaugurated on

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, 29 October 1989.

External links

Diocesan website

Roman Catholic cathedrals in India Buildings and structures in Jalandhar Churches in Punjab, India Church buildings with domes