Ntra. Mrs. of the Most Holy Rosary of Calcutta - The Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, known as the "Portuguese Church" or Murgihata Church, was founded in 1799 by the Portuguese community of Calcutta and is today the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of the city. It is the last architectural vestige of the Portuguese past of Calcutta, with its two towers crowned by crown-shaped domes.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- Arrested at the end of the 18th century by the Portuguese of Calcutta, it is the only remaining architectural testimony of that luous presence in the city; the neighborhood, Murgihata, still retains its old name.
- It is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Calcutta: the Salesians attended it since 1921, when they relieved the Jesuits, and in 1972 it passed to the diocesan clergy.
- On September 6, 2017, following the canonization of Mother Teresa by Pope Francis (September 4, 2016), Saint Teresa of Calcutta was proclaimed in this co-patron cathedral of the Archdiocese, in solemn Mass with the Missionaries of Charity present.
- The saint received a State funeral in 1997 and rests at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, a place of pilgrimage; the Cathedral of the Rosary is the place from which the local Church that she made universally known is heralded.
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Calcutta)
The seat of the Archbishop of Calcutta and the heart of the local Church that Saint Teresa served among the poorest, this cathedral dedicated to the Rosary unites the Portuguese memory of the city with the living Marian devotion of the Bengali Catholics.
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