page_title: Co-cathedral
section_title: Catholic Church
hierarchical_section_title: Co-cathedral / North America / Catholic Church
caption_attribution_description: English: The exterior of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas at sunrise from the south. Español: El exterior de la Concatedral del Sagrado Corazón en Houston, en el orto, vista del sur.
context_page_description: A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral, often in another city. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of 'Bath and Wells', and of 'Coventry and Lichfield'. These two dioceses were each named for both cities that served as bishop's seats.
  As per March 2020, the Catholic Church had 322 co-cathedrals, mainly in Europe.
  Many are former cathedrals, but even if still in use, those often are not granted co-cathedral status.
  Often the diocese with one or more co-cathedrals also has a multiple name reflecting these, but some have a co-cathedral not mentioned in the title while other former see titles may also be preserved without having a co-cathedral. Sometimes the first-named city does not have the main cathedral but boasts another distinction such as being a national capital or having an august ecclesiastical past.
context_section_description: In the United States, there are several instances in which a Roman Catholic diocese maintains two Episcopal See cities, each with its own cathedral or co-cathedral.  Examples include the Cathedral of Saint Paul and the Basilica of Saint Mary in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (Minnesota). Other instances include the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Texas), the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown (Pennsylvania), the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (Indiana), the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Montana), the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux (Louisiana), the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph (Missouri), the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee (Florida), the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau (Missouri), the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (West Virginia), and the Diocese of Winona-Rochester (Minnesota). In the Diocese of Trenton (New Jersey) the cathedral, St. Mary of the Assumption in Trenton, and the co-cathedral, St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold, are in different municipalities, but the diocese's name does not reflect the dual cathedral status.
  There are also four instances in the United States in which a cathedral and its co-cathedral are in the same city. This usually occurs when a historically important cathedral becomes too small to serve a growing population, and a larger co-cathedral is constructed to accommodate larger services. Examples include:
  The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace and the Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, within walking distance of each other in the Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii.
  The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (originally the cathedral and now the co-cathedral) in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland.
  The Cathedral Basilica of St. James and the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York.
  Holy Family Cathedral and Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska.
  Examples in Canada are:
  the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth has the absorbed diocese's former see St. Ambrose Co-Cathedral, in Yarmouth, besides the Metropolitan's own cathedral Minor Basilica: St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
  the Holy Family Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon in Saskatchewan.
  Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue in Vieux-Longueuil (suburb of Montréal, Quebec).
caption: Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas.
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