Later on, because this wood Church was damaged much because termites, the ceremony was held in the ballroom of the former Governor, on Nutrition after school Lasan Taberd into wealth, until the finished Cathedral.In August 1876, Governor Duperré held a design draughtsman exam in the new Church. Pass 17 other design projects, projects of the architect j. Bourard with Romanesque style arranger mixing Gothic style definition is selected. Originally, the location of construction are suggested in 3 places:On the old Exam School (what is now the corner of Le Duan and Hai BA Trung, the location of France).In large (at the location of the old church, now part of Nguyen hue).The current position.Finally, the present location was chosen. After the selected design scheme, Admiral Duperré to tender for the construction of the Church and the main architect of this also was the winning bid and the direct supervision of works. All materials from the cement, iron and steel to the screws are from France. In particular, the exterior of the buildings by type of brick made in Marseille (France), to the ceiling, not the Bowl fillers, not dust that MOSS still far bright pink color.On 7 October 1877, Bishop Isidore Colombert laid the first stone in front of Deputy Marshal South and East high level characters enough time. The Church was built in 3 years. Easter, July 4, 1880, the rite consecrate and inaugurated by the solemn organization Colombert leaders tried in the presence of Governor Le Myre de Vilers. Now, on the top, inside the church doors, the marble table in the hallway (transept) record start date, on the inauguration and its engineering. All costs of construction, interior decorating are covered by Marshal South States coverage, with 2,500,000 francs amount according to the rate of the time. Initially, the Church called the Church of the State because it put money in France by the State construction and management.In 1895, the Church added two bell towers, each 57.6 m high tower has 6 large brass bells and weighs 28.85 tons. On top of the tower with a height 3.50 m, horizontal 2 m, weighed 600 kg. Overall height from the ground to the top of the cross is 60.50 m.On the garden front of the Church, in 1903, the French bronze statue of Pigneau de Béhaine construction for (also called Bishop Adran Bishop Earl Multi Loc or because it made the Bishop of Adran Hall effect) leading Prince Canh (son of King Gia Long). The monument consists of a granite pedestal red cylinder and above is the statue carved figure Bishop Adran offers products with the Bishop, the left hand leads Prince Bronze Statue scene., was minted in France, the average population of the time called "two figures" to distinguish it from the "a" , is the statue of the Admiral of the French Navy in the me Linh square Genouilly (today is the end of the road, near the banks of the Saigon River). In 1945, the statue was Reginald independent Government demolished, but the pedestal of red granite, the monument still exists in it without any statue would put up on.In 1958, Bishop Joseph Pham Van Thien (later Bishop of the Diocese of Phú CUONG had now died), ruled the time Saigon parish, has placed a Statue of peace by the white Carrara marble Statue of was carved in Pietrasanta the way Roma about 500 km. When the statue was completed down the ship Oyanox on 8 January 1959 from the seaport of Gênes carrying a statue through the Vietnam and arrived in Saigon on February 15, 1959. After that, the Société d'Entreprises has put up the stone pedestal statue which also left blank since 1945 before the Church. Manually writing priests prayer "Mother Please for Vietnam is peace" and then read before overwhelming guests present today. The next day, Cardinal Aganianian from Rome via Saigon to preside the closing ceremony of the national Marian Congress, did allow this statue in the afternoon on February 17, 1959. From the event from which the Church called Notre Dame.On December 5, 1959, the Holy See permitted the ceremony "anointing", the Saigon Cathedral style on the minor Basilica (basilique). From there, the official name of the Cathedral is the Basilica of Saigon.In 1960, the Holy see established the hierarchy Vietnam with three Court of the Archbishop of Hanoi, hue and Saigon. The church became the Cathedral of the Archbishop of Saigon to this day.
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