Orange Cathedral

Orange Cathedral
Orange Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth d'Orange
	Interior of the Orange Cathedral
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	12th century
Architecture
Architectural type	church
Style	Romanesque
Groundbreaking	12th century
Administration
Division	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Subdivision	Vaucluse
Diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Jean-Pierre Cattenoz

Orange Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth d'Orange) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral, and national monument of France, located in the town of Orange, Vaucluse.

History

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth in Orange dates originally from the 4th century. It was rebuilt in the Romanesque style in the twelfth century. Guillaume des Baux, Prince of Orange, attended its consecration in 1208. It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Orange, suppressed by the Concordat of 1801. It then became a parish church. During the French Revolution, it was a temple of the Goddess of Reason.^[1]

Queen Elizabeth II visited Orange Cathedral on 4th July 1957. She toured the church alongside the local bishop. She returned to the Church on the 7th of July to witness a French Sunday Mass.