Holy Eucharist Cathedral (New Westminster)

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The Holy Eucharist Cathedral[1] Also Cathedral of the Holy Eucharist (Ukrainian: Катедра Пресвятої Евхаристії)[2] It is the name that receives a religious building affiliated with the Catholic church that is located in New Westminster,[3] a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia,[4] Canada, and a member municipality of Metro Vancouver.

The cathedral is the mother church of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster (Latin: Eparchia Neo-Vestmonasteriensis Ucrainorum; Ukrainian: Українська Католицька Єпархія Нью Вестмінстера) which was created in 1974 by the bull "Cum territorii" of Pope Paul VI.

It is one of the 2 Catholic cathedrals in the Vancouver area, the other being that of the Holy Rosary that follows the Roman or Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. In 2018 the cathedral received 2 pieces of Mother Teresa of Calcutta's hair, so the creation of a reliquary was commissioned to protect them[5]

Its current administrator is the Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski.

References

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  2. 2."Cathedral of the Holy Eucharist". GCatholic. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. 3."New Westminster – Holy Eucharist Cathedral of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster | New Westminster – Holy Eucharist Cathedral of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster". newwestminster.nweparchy.ca. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. 4."Holy Eucharist Cathedral on The Catholic Directory". The Catholic Directory. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. 5.Naylor, Cornelia. "New Westminster cathedral acquires two pieces of Mother Teresa's hair". New West Record. Retrieved 29 October 2019.