Christ the King Parish
Parish Priest:
Fr. Patrick Breen. Hávallagata 16, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Phone 552 5388 and 848-2655.
Fax 562-3878.
Email: serapatrick
Assistant Priest:
Fr. Hubertus Oremus C.M.
Hávallagata 16, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Also:
Fr. Jakob Rolland.
Phone 552 5388. Fax 562-3878.
Email: serajakob
Fr. Radoslaw Szymoniak.
Phone 690 0532. Fax 562-3878.
Email: seraradoslav
Sr. Sebastian Ludwin.
Phone 659 1330. Fax 562-3878.
Email: serasebastian
Öldugata 15, IS-101 Reykjavík.
Phone and fax 552 5344.
Missionaries of Charity
Ingólfsstræti 12, 101 Reykjavík.
Phone 557 9799.
Chapel in Stykkishólmur.
Fr. Edward Booth OP.
Austurgata 7, 340 Stykkishólmur, Iceland.
Phone 438 1127.
www.simnet.is/e.booth
Email: seraedward
Institute of the Lord and the Lady of Matara Convent.
Austurgata 7, 340 Stykkishólmur, Iceland.
Phone 438 1070.
Sister Cielos 822 5888.
Chapel in Ísafjörður
Phone and fax 456-3804.
Normal Mass Times
The cathedral was consecrated on the 23rd July 1929 by Pope Pius XIs special envoy, Cardinal van Rossum. The Church is dedicated to Jesus Christ, eternal God and King and bears the name CHRIST THE KING in honour of Christs Lordship of the Universe. This feast was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925. The church is under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God, Saint Joseph, Saint Thorlac and Jón Ögmundarson. The three bells are dedicated to Christ the King, Our Lady and Saint Joseph.
Pope Pius XI gave several gifts to the cathedral, including the statue of Christ standing on the world, which is located above the high altar. This statue is carved from cedar and is unique because the artist, named Campanya from Barcelona, gave instructions that no copies were to be made.
In the aisle on the left hand side as one enters the nave, can
be seen a statue of the patron saint of Iceland, St. Thorlac, 1133 -
1193. He was canonized locally in 1198. On the 14th of January 1984,
Pope John Paul II declared Thorlac to be Icelands patron. This statue
was blessed on the 20th of July 1995, which is his summer feast day. On
this date in 1198 his relics were enshrined in the cathedral at
Skáholt. The shrine was destroyed during the Reformation. He is
honoured both on the 20th of July and the 23rd of December.
The Stations of the Cross were given to the church in 1976 by
Dr. Rudolf Graber, bishop of Regensburg, Germany. They were painted in
Bavaria about 100 years ago.
On the left of the sanctuary can be seen an Icelandic medieval wooden statue of the Holy Mother and Child. It is believed to be from the 14th century and was donated to the Catholic Church in 1926. When Pope John Paul II visited Iceland in 1989, he crowned the statue.
All the three altars in the cathedral had been in the old church which was dedicated in 1897. The crucifix and the bishops chair were carved by the Icelandic artist Ríkhardur Jónsson.
Outside the cathedral is a bust of Bishop Meulenberg, 1872 - 1941, who was responsible for the building of the cathedral.
On the left hand side, as one approaches the Cathedral, can be seen a monument to the work of the Order of Saint Joseph's Sisters of Chambéry, for the Sick and Children, in Iceland. It was unveiled on the 17 September 2000. The title is "Köllun" which can be translated as "Calling"or "Vocation". The Saint Joseph Sisters ran schools and hospitals. They worked in Iceland for over a hundred years, but they finally left Iceland in 2001.
