St Andrew’s Church, Westland Row identified by diocese as best site rather than Pro-Cathedral which would become a basilica
The Pro-Cathedral on Marlborough Street, Dublin: The “Pro” always indicated the temporary nature of cathedral at St Mary’s Church. Photograph Nick BradshawDublin’s Pro-Cathedral, which has served Catholics in the capital for nearly 200 years, may be about to lose its current status and become a basilica under a diocesan plan that would see St Andrew’s Church on Westland Row south of the Liffey being designated the city’s cathedral.
The “Pro” always indicated the temporary nature of the cathedral at St Mary’s Church on Marlborough Street in the city centre, pending the building of a new one. Various sites were put forward over the years including Merrion Square, the GPO, and a site around the north end of Capel Street, but none of these schemes were progressed and the “Pro” remained the city’s principal Catholic church.
In a statement on Thursday, the Catholic Archdiocese said “Dublin does not have a cathedral”. St Mary’s had for nearly 200 years provided a focal point for the Archdiocese “but it was always envisaged that at some point a cathedral building would be required that had both the space and the facilities to accommodate the full range of diocesan liturgical and pastoral ministry. For a variety of reasons that never happened, but the limitations of the St Mary’s building and complex remain”.
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