{"id":48386,"date":"2026-10-20T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48386"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:02:17","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-new-brunswick-bishop-seeks-ways-to-save-historic-cathedral-from-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48386","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: New Brunswick bishop seeks ways to save historic cathedral from demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sacred_heart_cathedral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/500px-Sacred_heart_cathedral.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48387\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:450px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/500px-Sacred_heart_cathedral.jpg 500w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/500px-Sacred_heart_cathedral-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">image:<em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sacred_heart_cathedral.jpg\"> CLallaby, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, says he hopes to have discussions with the city\u2019s mayor about how to save the city\u2019s historic Sacred Heart Cathedral, currently slated for demolition next spring, writes The Catholic Register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catholic Register writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Michel Proulx, O. Praem., told Canadian Catholic News he wants to meet with Mayor Kim Chamberlain to look for ways to prevent the loss of the cathedral, located in the city\u2019s downtown core. \u2018We will see if any collaboration is possible for the preservation of the building,\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proulx did not say whether the diocese was considering something like the situation in Quebec, where former parish churches have been transferred or sold\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed by Saint John architect John Dunn and built by William and John Lawlor using local granite, its 144-foot steeple was added in 1896, and an expansion in 1949 added a transept\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local Catholics are not ready to lose the historic cathedral yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/item\/4396-bathurst-bishop-seeks-ways-to-save-historic-cathedral-from-demolition\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: CLallaby, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, says he hopes to have discussions with the city\u2019s mayor about how to save the city\u2019s historic Sacred Heart Cathedral, currently slated for demolition next spring, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48386\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[759,56,229,51,29,1061],"class_list":["post-48386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-canada","tag-cathedral","tag-demolition","tag-global","tag-heritage","tag-quebec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48388,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48386\/revisions\/48388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}