| Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral | |
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| Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Liban de Paris | |
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| Location | 15-17 rue d'Ulm 5th arrondissent Paris |
| Country | France |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Maronite Church |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Consecrated | 13 May 1894 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Cathedral |
| Architect(s) | Jules-Godefroy Astruc |
| Style | Neo-Gothic |
| Years built | 1893-1894 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Nasser Gemayel |
Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Liban de Paris) is the cathedral and mother church of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris, part of the Maronite Church, for worship of Eastern Catholic tradition. It is located by the Jesuit Fathers of Sainte-Geneviève school in the 5th arrondissent in Paris, France, constructed 1893–94 by architect Jules-Godefroy Astruc.
History
Constructed circa 1893–94 by architect Jules-Godefroy Astruc, it was inaugurated on 13 May 1894, allocated by the Jesuit Fathers of Sainte-Geneviève school in Paris, consecrated to Our Lady of Lebanon, a Marian shrine in Beirut, Lebanon. Following the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, the Jesuits left it. It was then assigned in 1915 to the Maronite worship. In 1937, the Franco-Lebanese home was built around the parish. Renovations of the roof, canopy and rose were made in 1990–1993
Architecture
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Entrance to the church.
The Church of Our Lady of Lebanon also had a cultural role over 30 years, with the classical label Erato who performed most of their recordings in the church. More than 1,200 discs were recorded, including the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, trumpeter Maurice André and chamber orchestra Jean-François Paillard.
Interiors
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The interior entrance.
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The nave and chancel.
In 1984, at the suggestion of fr:Robert Calle, director of the Curie Institute, adjoining the place was invested for six months by Spanish artist Miquel Barceló who installed a temporary workshop and painted his series of paintings in the Louvre exposed in the following year in the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux.
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| Catholic Church in France | |
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| Bishops' Conference of France | |
| Province of Besançon | |
| Province of Bordeaux | |
| Province of Clermont | |
| Province of Dijon | |
| Province of Lille | |
| Province of Lyon | |
| Province of Marseille | |
| Province of Montpellier | |
| Province of Paris | |
| Province of Poitiers | |
| Province of Reims | |
| Province of Rennes | |
| Province of Rouen | |
| Province of Toulouse | |
| Province of Tours | |
| Province of Martinique | |
| Province of Papeete | |
| Province of Noumea | |
| Directly under Holy See | |
| Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics | |
| See also | |
48°50′38″N 2°20′43″E / 48.8440°N 2.3453°E / 48.8440; 2.3453
Categories:- Lebanese diaspora in France
- Roman Catholic churches in the 5th arrondissement of Paris
- Maronite cathedrals
- Eastern Catholic cathedrals in France
- Cathedrals in Paris
- Eastern Catholic churches in Paris
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1894
- 19th-century Maronite Church church buildings
- 19th-century churches in France