Are all Basilicas also Cathedrals?

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Are Basilicas necessarily Cathedrals? There are 4 basilicas in Montreal, does that mean if they are all cathedrals as well then there would be a bishop for each. Actually come to think of it, a basilica would not necessarily be a cathedral. Anyone else?
 
No. Some cathedrals are given the special honor of being named basillicas as well. However, this honor is also given to some churches that are not Cathedrals.

So not every cathedral is a basillica and not ever basillica is a cathederal either.
 
A very famous Basilica that is not a Cathedral is St. Peter’s in Rome (St. John Lateran is the cathedral of Rome).
 
Genesis315 said:
A very famous Basilica that is not a Cathedral is St. Peter’s in Rome (St. John Lateran is the cathedral of Rome).
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That’d mean the two other basilicas (St Paul outside the walls and St Maria Maggiore) also wouldn’t be Cathedrals, there’s only one per diocese and all are in the diocese of Rome.
 
Is it rare for a minor basilica to be not be a cathedral also?
 
I know of two other Basilicas that are not Cathedrals:

St. Vincent - Latrobe, PA
St. Ann - Scranton, PA
 
LilyM said:
That’d mean the two other basilicas (St Paul outside the walls and St Maria Maggiore) also wouldn’t be Cathedrals, there’s only one per diocese and all are in the diocese of Rome.
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Yes, that’s quite true. Of the four Major Basilicas, only one (S. Giovanni in Laterano) is also the Cathedral church of Rome.

In addition, I believe there are several other minor basilicas in Rome, including Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, etc.
 
malphono said:
Yes, that’s quite true. Of the four Major Basilicas, only one (S. Giovanni in Laterano) is also the Cathedral church of Rome.

In addition, I believe there are several other minor basilicas in Rome, including Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, etc.
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Yeh, when I was posting, I remembered the situation in rome.
 
Of course, there is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, MO and the Old Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, also in the Gateway City.

Now, in Texas, we have the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan (not a cathedral). There is also the Baslica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in DC, also not a Cathedral.

Baslicas are churches with a special papal designation. They are either declared such because of major historical or spiritual significance in the area. The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalulpe in Mexico City, Mexico is also an example of a basilica that is not a Cathedral.
 
The Basilica of St Mary in Minneapolis is designated the “Co-Cathedral” of the archdiocese. I’m not really sure if that means anything beyond trying to be diplomatic due to the oddball love/hate relationship that exists in the Twin Cities. The Cathedral (of St Paul) and seat of the Archbishop is in, you guessed it, St Paul.
 
Wikipedia, without an obvious reference to support this point, states
Towards the end of the century, stricter rules were applied and it was decided, for instance, that since cathedrals outrank basilicas in any case, the title of minor basilica would no longer be granted to them.
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While I’m citing that article, I’m curious about the ranking of churches.
The papal or major basilicas outrank in precedence all other churches. Other rankings put the cathedral (or co-cathedral) of a bishop ahead of all other churches in the same diocese, even if they have the title of basilica. If the cathedral is that of a suffragan diocese, it yields precedence to the cathedral of the metropolitan see. The cathedral of a primate is considered to rank higher than that of a metropolitan. Other classifications of churches include collegiate churches, which may or may not also be minor basilicas.
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What purpose does the ranking of churches serve? Say my church is ranked higher than yours. What effect does that have - is it listed higher in the diocesan directory? Does the pastor get to sit closer to the front at the priests’ retreat?
 
Benedictgal, my old college friend, you forgot the other minor basilicas in our great state. The St. Mary’s Co-Cathedral Basilica in Galveston and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower in San Antonio. That means that both Metropolitan see cities (San Antonio and Galveston [remember its the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]) have basilicas.
 
Digitonomy said:
is it listed higher in the diocesan directory?
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Only if it also starts with a letter closer to the front of the alphabet 😉
Digitonomy said:
Does the pastor get to sit closer to the front at the priests’ retreat?
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Maybe not the priests’ retreat, but probably for formal processions and the like (i.e. I’m sure there is a designated order for such things as ecumenical councils, papal funerals/inaugurations, etc.)
 
Erich said:
Maybe not the priests’ retreat, but probably for formal processions and the like (i.e. I’m sure there is a designated order for such things as ecumenical councils, papal funerals/inaugurations, etc.)
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That seems reasonable, but a pretty infrequent necessity. Are there any other uses for this ranking? And how do they determine the order between two minor basilicas?
 
A Cathedral is the church of the diocese, and its the Bishop’s church.

A Basilica, is a church with special historical significance, architectural beauty or canonical importance. There are also levels of Basilica’s.

The Basilica of St. Latheran is a major basilica and is the catederal of the Pope. The Basilica of St. Theresa in Lisieux in France is a minor Basilica.

Jim
 
Digitonomy said:
how do they determine the order between two minor basilicas?
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Purely a guess on my part, but I would guess “time in grade” (i.e. a minor basilica named as such in the 1800’s would probably outrank a minor basilica named as such in the 1900’s).
 
I found an old Mass Book (a program and missellete) from when the late Humberto Cardinal Medeiros was installed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, in 1966. Brownsville was his first episcopal assignment. Anyway, the program has a small write up and description of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Brownsville.

The booklet says:
In 1924, Immaculate Conception Church was affiliated or incorporated with St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Because of this privilege, the faithful who visit Immaculate Conception Cathedral may receive the same indulgences, graces and spiritual favors as those who make a personal visit to Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

(From what some folks have told me, the Immaculate had been the seat of the Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville. Then when the Vicariate Apostolic was raised to the level of a diocese, the see was transferred to the larger city of Corpus Christi so the Immaculate was given this affiliation into St. Peter’s as a sort of consolation prize.)

What exactly does that mean? Anyone heard of this? Are there any other churches in the U.S. that aren’t basilicas but have this “affiliation” status?
 
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