Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince
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The Cathedral after the 12 January 2010 earthquake
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Location | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
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Affiliation | Roman Catholic Church |
District | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince |
Year consecrated | 1928 |
Status | Destroyed (2010) |
Leadership | Mgr Guire Poulard, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince |
Architectural type | Cathedral |
Groundbreaking | 1884 |
Completed | 1914 |
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de L'Assomption), often called Port-au-Prince Cathedral (French: Cathédrale de Port-au-Prince), was a cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Built between 1884 and 1914, it was dedicated on December 13, 1928 , and became the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.[1] The cathedral was destroyed in the 12 January 2010 earthquake.
Before its destruction, the cupola of the north tower of the Cathedral served as the front lighthouse of a pair guiding mariners into Port-au-Prince harbor.[2]
Destruction
The roof and the towers flanking the main entrance collapsed in the 12 January 2010 earthquake, although the lower parts of the walls remain standing.[3][4] The earthquake also destroyed the nunciature and the archdiocesan offices, killing Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot instantly[5] and Vicar General Charles Benoit later.[6][7]
Reconstruction
In March 2012, the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince launched an international design competition inviting the architects of the world to submit ideas that will inform the reconstruction of the cathedral. A website www.ndapap.org was activated to promote and manage the competition.
See also
References
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- The Construction and the Deterioration of a National Treasure: Port-au-Prince Cathedral
- Image of the destroyed cathedral
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- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Buildings and structures in Port-au-Prince
- Roman Catholic Church in Haiti
- Roman Catholic cathedrals in Haiti
- 2010 disestablishments
- Destroyed churches
- Churches in Haiti
- Religious buildings completed in 1914