Corbeil Cathedral () is a

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located in the town of

Corbeil-Essonnes Corbeil-Essonnes () on the River Seine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture buildin ...

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. It was the interim

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, in which it is now a

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. The dedication is to Saint Spire or Spirius, which is a corruption of

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. The bishop's seat was established at the foundation of the new diocese in 1966 in the parish church of Saint Spire in Corbeil, an ancient

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, which thus became the cathedral. The facilities were however inadequate for the needs of an episcopal administration, and the new town of Évry was chosen as a better-situated new episcopal centre, although entirely lacking in any suitable church building. The purpose-built cathedral at Évry was therefore commissioned, and opened in 1995, superseding Saint Spire as the cathedral of the diocese.

Sources

Cathédrale d'Évry unofficial website: history, including the predecessor cathedral at Corbeil

Catholique.fr: Secteur Corbeil-Saint-Germain: Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil
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