Cathedral of San Luis (Port-Gentil, Gabon)
In Port-Gentil, port city and capital of Gabonese oil, the Catedral de San Luis, the oldest Catholic church in the city and seat of the diocese created by John Paul II in 2003. She was raised between 1928 and 1936 by Father Jean- Baptiste Barreau, who served as architect, masonry and carpenter, and blessed in 1954. It is dedicated to Saint Louis IX, king of France. In the temple garden, a great image of the Virgin Mary He chairs a place of prayer and recollection for the faithful.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The cathedral is consecrated to St. Louis IX, king of France, and is the oldest Catholic church in Port-Gentil, in the heart of the city, on the Rue du Révérend Père Bichet.
- In May 1926 Monsignor Tardy commissioned the work to Father Jean- Baptiste Barreau, born in 1877, who took on the tasks of architect, masonry, carpenter and decorator of the building.
- The temple was built between 1928 and 1936, in a climate-friendly Romanesque style with large windows and concrete brick walls; Father Barreau died in Paris in June 1940 without being able to see his work completed.
- The interior was completed and the church was officially blessed on March 2, 1954, almost two decades after the works began.
- In the porch, a statue of Saint Louis IX is raised by the French sculptor Maxime Real del Sarte, who personally donated it to the temple.
- The only verifiable Marian angle is a great statue of the Virgin Mary in the cathedral garden, described as a place of prayer and meditation for the faithful.
San Luis de France
The Cathedral of San Luis de Port-Gentil, the oldest church in the city, was built between 1928 and 1936 by Father Jean-Baptiste Barreau and blessed in 1954. Saint Louis IX of France is the seat of the diocese erected in 2003; in its garden a great image of the Virgin Mary presides over a space of prayer.
"Virgin Mary, whose image presides over the garden of this cathedral, welcomes the prayer of the faithful of Port-Gentile and conjures them on the path of your Son.
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