Phone +213 697 10 37 72 | Completed 1956 Opened 1956 Year consecrated 1963 Architect Paul Herbé | |
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District Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers Similar Playa de Madagh, Cathédrale du Sacré‑C, Fort Santa Cruz - Oran, Ketchaoua Mosque, Notre Dame d'Afrique | ||
Cath drale du sacr c ur d alger
Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger is a Catholic church in Algiers, Algeria. Completed in 1956, it became the new cathedral in Algiers after the Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers became the Muslim Ketchaoua Mosque. It is the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Algiers.
Construction of the church began after a wish of Bishop Leynaud in 1944. It was elevated to a cathedral in December 1962 and consecrated in 1963. The designers of the building, Paul Herbé and Jean Le Couteur, along with engineer René Sarger, were inspired by the Gospel of John. The nave measures 52 meters long and 35 meters wide. The church is noted for its central tower.
At the entrance of the nave there are small organs offered by the parish of Boufarik opposite which is a mosaic dating from 324, from the first Roman basilica of Castellum Tingitanum (Chlef). The altar is of Carrara marble, housing the relics of numerous African saints.