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Vaduz Cathedral
*Kathedrale St. Florin in Vaduz* (in German)
Vaduz Cathedral; Kathedrale St. Florin in Vaduz (in German)
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Leadership	Archbishop Wolfgang Haas
Year consecrated	1873
Location
Location	Vaduz
Geographic coordinates	47°08′10″N 9°31′22″E / 47.1362°N 9.5227°E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Friedrich von Schmidt
Type	church
Style	High Gothic
Groundbreaking	1869
Completed	1874
Direction of façade	West
Website
	www.erzbistum-vaduz.li

Vaduz Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. Florin (German: St. Florinskirche in Vaduz or Kathedrale St. Florin), is a neo-Gothic church in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and the centre of the Archdiocese of Vaduz. Originally a parish church, it has held the status of cathedral since 1997.

History edit

It was built in 1874 by Friedrich von Schmidt on the site of earlier medieval foundations. Its patron saint is Florinus of Remüs (Florin), a 9th-century saint of the Vinschgau Valley.

The Archdiocese of Vaduz was erected by Pope John Paul II on 2 December 1997.^[1] Before then it had been the Liechtenstein Deanery, a part of the Swiss Diocese of Chur. The solemn public ceremony took place on December 12, 1997, in the parish church of Vaduz, which was then raised to the dignity of a cathedral.