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Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)

Field	Value
denomination	Roman Catholic
name	Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
image	Saint_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_St_Thomas.jpg
imagesize	250px
caption	Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
pushpin label position	none
coordinates
location	22 Kronprindsens Gade
website	cathedralvi.org
founded date	1806
dedication	Saint Peter and Saint Paul
status	Cathedral/Parish church
completed date	1848
diocese	St. Thomas
bishop	Most Rev. Jerome Feudjio
rector	Rev. Fr. Joseph Nguele Toko

Saint Thomas,

U.S. Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands,

United States US Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is a historic Catholic church in the United States Virgin Islands.{{cite web

History

King Christian VII of Denmark officially sanctioned the Catholic Church in 1773. The first Catholic church building in the Danish West Indies, present day U.S. Virgin Islands, was purchased from the Danish Crown in 1802. It was destroyed in a fire two years later. The first church under the patronage of the apostles Peter and Paul was consecrated in 1806. The first church building on the present location was completed in 1828. A hurricane in 1837 destroyed most of that building. The present church building was completed in 1848. The Rev. Louis Dold, C.Ss.R. was the first Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province to pastor the parish. When Pope John XXIII created the Prelature of the Virgin Islands, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul became its cathedral church. The Redemptorists left the parish in 1989 and Msgr. Michael F. Kosak was the first diocesan priest to serve as cathedral rector.

There are more than 12 scenes from the Old and New Testaments depicted in murals on the cathedral's ceiling. A capital campaign to restore and refurbish the cathedral began in 2004.

References

"History". Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
"St. Thomas Culture & History". U.S. Virgin Islands.

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