Do Catholics have cathedrals

Answer 1

A cathedral (French cathédrale from Lat. cathedra, "seat" from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, from kata "down" + hedra seat, base, chair) is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop.

The global Catholic Church is divided into diocese and each diocese is overseen by a Bishop. Therefor every diocese also has a Cathedral as the main church (or seat) for the Bishop.

In 2008 there were at least 2795 diocese across the globe, hence there are at least 2795 cathedrals in use today. There are actually more as the Anglican Church and other non-catholic churches also have Cathedral.

Obviously some cathedrals are more famous or more grand than other cathedrals, and many cathedrals are simple church buildings.

Answer 2

Of course Catholics have cathedrals! Cathedral is from the Latin word "cathedra". A cathedra is the name for the Bishop's throne, thus a Cathedral is the Church that houses the Bishop's throne. There is one Cathedral in every diocese, the bishop's home Church in which is his throne. The Orthodox have Cathedrals as well, but most protestants do not, even though they may use the name, but if they do, they are using it incorrectly because even if they have a minister they call a bishop, they certainly do not view him as a bishop ordained in the line of the Apostles if they do; and they certainly don't have a throne for him.