Saint-Édouard Church
Saint-Édouard Church () is a Roman Catholic church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is dedicated to Edward the Confessor, the King of England from 1047 until 1066. Its construction started in 1901 and was completed in 1909. Its address is 6500 Saint-Vallier Street, near the intersection of Saint Denis Street and Beaubien Street. History Montreal grew rapidly in the 1890s. Saint-Édouard parish and its church were the result. In 1895, a meeting was convened by the canon (priest), canon Bruchesi and the formation of a parish was requested almost unanimously. On December 14, 1895, Monsignor Édouard-Charles Fabre erected the parish and applied to the Archbishop of Montreal for the construction of a temporary Chapel on the Saint Denis Street along with the presence of a resident Catholic priest, priest. The request was accepted and construction began. The Chapel on the rue Saint-Denis opened in May 1896. One hundred and twenty families inhabited the parish. By 1897, the parish grew t ...
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