Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lagos

Holy Cross Cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lagos
Location Lagos Island
Country Nigeria
Denomination Catholicism
Website
History
Architecture
Heritage designation Lagos State Grade 3 listed building
Designated Listed Sites Preservation Law 2011 Properties Law
Previous cathedrals 1883-1934 Pro-Cathedral
Architect(s) Lazarus Borges da Silva and Francisco Nobre
Style French Gothic
Years built 1934–1939
Completed 1939
Administration
Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos
Clergy
Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins[1]

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is a Church of the Catholic diocese in Lagos, Nigeria.

First cathedral

The first cathedral (which was a pro-cathedral) building was inaugurated in 1881 and built by stonemasons and architects Lazarus Borges da Silva and Francisco Nobre. As time went on, the population of the Catholics increased. Ships arrived regularly from bahia and the church will not occupy all the worshippers. This called for the building of another bigger and more ornate and of Gothic design and as such the cathedral was demolished in 1934. The old cathedral brings to memory the ordination of the first three Yoruba priests, late monsignors Lawrence Layode, Julius Onih, and Stephen Adewuyi in 1929 by Bishop Thomas Brodericks, the apostolic vicar of Western Nigeria after the death of Bishop Ferdinand Terrien.[2] The current church building, a French gothic style architecture with its foundation stone laid on 6 August 1934 by Bishop Francis O'Rouke and was completed in 1939.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Most Rev. Martins installed as Archbishop of Lagos". Channels Television. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Akinjide Osuntokun; Ade Adefuye, Babatunde Agiri (University of Lagos. Dept. of History) (1987). History of the Peoples of Lagos State. Lantern Books, (the University of Virginia). ISBN 9789782281487.
  3. ↑ Lizzie Williams; Mark Shenley (2012). Bradt Travel Guide Nigeria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623979.
  4. ↑ Hoy Cross Roman Catholic Cathedral.
  5. ↑ Ineke Phaf; Tiago de Oliveira Pinto (2008). "AfricAmericas, Itineraries, Dialogues and Sounds of Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana, Berlin". Iberoamericana Editorial. ISBN 978-8-484-8-93806. Missing or empty |url= (help)

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Coordinates: 6°27′00″N 3°23′48″E / 6.4499°N 3.3966°E / 6.4499; 3.3966

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