Vaduz Cathedral Kathedrale St. Florin in Vaduz(in German) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
Leadership | Archbishop Wolfgang Haas |
Year consecrated | 1873 |
Location | |
Location | Vaduz |
Geographic coordinates | 47°08′10″N9°31′22″E / 47.1362°N 9.5227°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Friedrich von Schmidt |
Type | church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1869 |
Completed | 1874 |
Direction of façade | West |
Website | |
www.erzbistum-vaduz.li |
Vaduz Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. Florin (German: St. Florinskirche in Vaduz or Kathedrale St. Florin), is a neo-Gothic church in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and the centre of the Archdiocese of Vaduz. Originally a parish church, it has held the status of cathedral since 1997.
It was built in 1874 by Friedrich von Schmidt on the site of earlier medieval foundations. Its patron saint is Florinus of Remüs (Florin), a 9th-century saint of the Vinschgau Valley.
The Archdiocese of Vaduz was erected by Pope John Paul II on 2 December 1997. [1] Before then it had been the Liechtenstein Deanery, a part of the Swiss Diocese of Chur. The solemn public ceremony took place on December 12, 1997, in the parish church of Vaduz, which was then raised to the dignity of a cathedral.
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