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Mary Immaculate Cathedral (Nelson, British Columbia)
Mary Immaculate Cathedral also Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the name of a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church that is located in the town of Nelson in the north of the province of British Columbia in western Canada.[1] The church is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson (Latin: Dioecesis Nelsonensis) which was created in 1843 as an apostolic vicariate and was elevated to a diocese in 1936 by the bull "Universorum christifidelium" of Pope Pius XI. The current building dates back to 1889[2] when it began as a parish, being built as a cathedral between 1936,[3] year in which it obtained the current status. With its six two storey columns across the front and other features it is an example of Roman Classic architecture.[4] Its current administrator is the bishop Gregory John Matthew Bittman. See alsoReferences
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