Talk:List of cathedrals

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Not sure about the name "Cathédrale Notre-Dame" (in Strasbourg). That's definitely the usual name, yet it's ambiguous - there seems to be many "Notre-Dame" cathedrals in France... OlivierM 19:54, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)

It's merely a question of who they're consecrated to. Wetman 07:42, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Names

What to do about naming? For example, the "St Louis Cathedral" is the common name, but the official name is (I believe) "The Cathedral Basilica of St Louis". This is only a list of links, so it might be cluttered to list both, so, which is preferable ?

Regarding names, see cathedral and scroll down a little on the right. It says "In this sense therefore, the word cathedral, though grammatically used as a noun, is originally the adjective in the phrase cathedral church, from the Latin ecclesia cathedralis." So, for example, we might call a church Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church, but we should call it the Episcopal Church of Saint Matthew. And if it becomes a cathedral, its proper full name is the Episcopal Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew. Still, however, in this example, most people are simply going to call it Saint Matthew's Cathedral. Sarum blue 22:13, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Not every big church is a cathedral. A cathedral is the seat of a bishop. That is why St. Peter's is technically a basilica, I believe. The cathedral of Rome is Saint John Lateran.

So there are as many cathedrals as there are bishops. There are Anglican cathedrals but no Baptist cathedrals. This list would be more focused and useful if it were Cathedrals of outstanding architectural merit or suchlike (IMO)... Wetman 07:42, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Indian cathedrals

http://www.ca-catholics.net/churches/data/cathINX.htm has a nice list. Anyone interested in adding?  =Nichalp (Talk)= 09:02, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lebanon

I'm sorry, but how in the world could the person who wrote this article include countries like Iran or Mynamar but forget Lebanon which is 40% Christian and definatly has many cathedrals. I'm going to try and add some myself.

[edit] oddness

and a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations that have the word "cathedral" in their names.

Aren't these mostly churches which were Cathedrals in the Catholic Church before the Reformation? If so, wouldn't that be the appropriate way to describe them, rather than this oddness? Or am I missing something? john k 02:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
well, in the USA, we have the Crystal Cathedral, not to mention the Northland Cathedral. Cathedral has become something of a synonym for Megachurch.

[edit] Ireland

If no one has any objections I relisted "Ireland(Republic & Northern) as simply Ireland. Everytime 16:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC).