Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
LocationNampula
Country Mozambique
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral[1] (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Fátima) also called Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is in Nampula,[2] a town in the African country of Mozambique,[3][4] which functions as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Nampula.

The cathedral was inaugurated in 1956 by the then President of the Republic of Portugal, Francisco Craveiro Lopes when the territory was under Portuguese rule. It is a traditionalist design building, designed by Raul Lino and built between 1941, a year after the founding of the diocese, and 1955. It has two towers in the facade and an arched portico.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima in Nampula
  2. ↑ National Geographic. National Geographic Society. 1964-01-01.
  3. ↑ Arquivos de Angola (in Portuguese). Museu de Angola. 1944-01-01.
  4. ↑ Lopes, Fernando Félix (1972-01-01). Missões franciscanas em Moçambique, 1898-1970 (in Portuguese). Editorial Franciscana.
  5. ↑ José Manuel Fernandes (2012-11-14). "Cathedral of Our Lady of Fátima". Fundação Caluste Gulbenkian. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

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