The
Cathedral of Saint Bavo is a religious building in
Haarlem,
the Netherlands, built by the
Catholics from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former
waterstaatskerk in the Jansstraat called the
St. Joseph. That church was itself a replacement for the
Sint-Bavokerk, that had been converted to
Protestantism from Catholicism in 1578. The Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. Within the Cathedral, the former
sacristy has been converted into a small museum (
schatkamer) containing historical artefacts from Haarlem's Catholic past.