St. Patrick's Cathedral, located in

Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Mic ...

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, is the seat of the

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. It is one of two cathedrals in that territory, the other being the Anglican Cathedral of St. Michael. Originally built in 1848, St. Patrick's was virtually destroyed by a fire in 1897, suspected to have been started by Protestant elements. A new cathedral church, however, was completed in 1899 and consecrated on August 23, 1903. Today it houses the Catholic religious services, has a training center and has a collection of heraldic plates. It became a cathedral in 1970 with the creation of the Diocese of Bridgetown (''Dioecesis Pontipolitana''). Since 2011 it has been listed in as a

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as part of the historic center of Bridgetown.

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