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Dresden Cathedral

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Also known as Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dresden, Kathedrale Sanctissimae Trinitatis

Catholic cathedral in Dresden, Germany

Key facts

Location
Dresden
Country
Germany
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Status
Active
Founder
Augustus III of Poland
Consecrated
29 June 1751
Functional status
Cathedral
Architect
Gaetano Chiaveri
Province
Berlin
Diocese
Dresden-Meissen
Bishop
Heiner Koch

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Encyclopedic overview

Dresden Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dresden, previously the Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony, called in German Katholische Hofkirche and since 1980 also known as Kathedrale Sanctissimae Trinitatis, is the Catholic Cathedral of Dresden.

Always the most important Catholic church of the city, it was elevated to the status of cathedral of the Diocese of Dresden–Meissen in 1964. It is located near the Elbe river in the historic center of Dresden, Germany.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dresden Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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