Immaculate Conception Cathedral, St. George's

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Immaculate Conception Cathedral, St. George's
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, St. George's
Location St. George's
CountryFlag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral [1] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church [2] and is located on Church Street beside York House [3] in the town of Saint George, capital of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada [4] in the Lesser Antilles.

It serves as the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Saint George (Dioecesis Sancti Georgii). The building is located atop a hill overlooking the harbor, and is one of the most important symbol of the city. In the place where it is now a small chapel existed previously completed in 1804 and dedicated to St James. The Gothic cathedral tower dates from 1818. [5] The cathedral was completely finished in 1884. [6]

The church had to be rebuilt because it was damaged after Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The church decoration is simple compared with European Catholic cathedrals.

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