noun
- churches that serve temporarily as cathedrals for a diocese until a permanent cathedral is built or designated
Usage: ecclesiastical
Examples
- The diocese established several procathedrals while planning their new cathedral.
- Many procathedrals eventually become permanent cathedrals for their communities.
- The bishop conducted services at three different procathedrals throughout the region.
- These procathedrals served the growing Catholic population in the frontier territories.
- The ornate procathedrals were built with the hope of future cathedral status.
- Local parishes were designated as procathedrals during the diocese’s expansion period.