Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (English Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels ) in Los Angeles is the bishop's church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It was built between 1999 and 2002 according to plans by the Spanish architect José Rafael Moneo.

Building

The Cathedral of sand-colored concrete is in the north of downtown Los Angeles adjacent to the Santa Ana Freeway. It has a total length of 120.62 meters and holds 3,000 people. The patronal feast takes the name of the city on (Spanish: Los Angeles: " the angels ").

About the Portal Robert Graham created the monumental statue " Our Lady of the Angels". From the input side and the highway from the central cross is visible, which is designed as a huge concrete sculpture in alabaster windows of the altar area. At night, this cross is illuminated.

Inside the cathedral, the benches are grouped on three sides around the altar. On the floor go concentric circles from the altar by the entire church. Steamed daylight falls through lateral alabaster window into the interior. The ten side chapels one enters by lateral whorls. One is the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, which is not visible from the main room.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels replaced the St. Vibiana Cathedral from 1876, which had been damaged during the Northridge earthquake in 1994. 1996 tried the Archdiocese to have to tear the old cathedral without permission. This could eventually be prevented through the efforts of the City of Los Angeles and preservationists, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Due to the high construction cost of 200 million U.S. dollars, the plans for the after Cardinal Mahony also Tadj Mahony called church were controversial. This is also a demonstration against the high cost was the opening ceremony next to a demonstration against the abuse cases in the Catholic church.

Mausoleum

The lower church of the cathedral was dedicated for burial purposes. More than 6,000 people are buried here. 1275 coffin burials and urn burials 4794 are possible. In addition, an area for the attachment of plaques was established. The fees for funerals are fed to a fund for the maintenance of the cathedral.

At the mausoleum adjacent to a chapel where the relics of Saint Bibiana (St. Vibiana ), a saint of the 3rd century, not to be confused with the homonymous Bibiana, were transferred from the old cathedral. The stained glass windows of the ancient cathedral were used in the lower church.

In addition to the earlier bishops of Los Angeles, the cast includes Gregory Peck and June Marlowe, and sculptor Robert Graham are buried in the lower church.

Organ

The organ of the new cathedral contains material pipes of the organ of St. Vibiana Cathedral, which was built in 1929 by the organ builder Wangerin (Milwaukee ), and in 1988 was feorganisiert by the organ builder Austin organ inc. The instrument has 88 registers ( including 8 extendierte register) and 17 transmissions, four manuals ( Manual five plants) and pedal.

  • Couple Normal pairing: III / I, IV / I, F / I, I / II, III / II, IV / II, F / II, I / III, IV / III, F / III, I / IV, II / IV, III / IV, F / IV, I / P, II / P III / P IV / P, F / P
  • Suboktavkoppeln: I / I, III / III, IV / IV
  • Superoktavkoppeln: I / I, III / III, IV / IV
  • Manual exchange coupling: II / I and I / II
  • Schwellkoppel: I, III, IV / III
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