St. Theresa's Catholic Church (Ottawa)

St. Theresa's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church on Cartier Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The church is located in the eastern section of downtown, on Somerset Street between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal.

St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church Ottawa, Ontario
St. Theresa's Catholic Church Ottawa, Ontario
DenominationRoman Catholic
Administration
ParishOntario
DioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa
ProvinceCanada

History

The parish was founded in 1929,[1] split off from St. Patrick's parish, which had covered all of Centretown. The Romanesque Revival church building was completed in 1933 designed by noted Ottawa architects W.E. Noffke, Sylvester and Morin.[2]

References

  1. Heritage Trust
  2. Ricketts, Shannon (2016). Werner Ernst Noffke: Ottawa's Architect. Ottawa: Heritage Ottawa. p. 48.
  • Exploring Ottawa: an architectural guide to the nation's capital. Harold Kalman and John Roaf. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983.


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