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The basilica is not to be confused with a cathedral. Our Lady of Peace is located in the Diocese of Yamoussoukro; the Cathedral of Saint Augustine—less than 3 km (2 mi) away [13] —is smaller in size than the basilica but the principal place of worship and seat of the bishop of the diocese. [14]
The temple is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a "cathedral" for its large size, however it is not based on any bishopric, so it does not enjoy that status. The Basilica of Mongomo is currently the largest religious building in Central Africa and the second largest Catholic church throughout Africa, after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in ...
Oriental Orthodox cathedrals in Africa (2 C, 1 P) Protestant cathedrals in Africa (2 C) A. Cathedrals in Angola (1 C, 1 P) B. Cathedrals in Benin (1 C, 1 P)
The largest church in East Asia [citation needed] Grace Cathedral: 3,357 [87] 1910–1964 San Francisco United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Lewiston, Maine) 3,264 2,200 1906–1936 Lewiston, Maine United States: Catholic Largest church in the State of Maine, still serves mass in French.
The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family is a Catholic Church Cathedral and Basilica dedicated to the Holy Family located in Nairobi. The Basilica is the seat of the Archdiocese of Nairobi. [1] The original church, which had a sitting capacity of 300–400, built in 1904, was the first stone building in the Nairobi.
The old cathedral on Kerk Street, built in 1896, had served the catholic community well, but with increasing numbers, it was decided to erect a new and larger cathedral. The plans to build the cathedral were envisioned in 1937 by David O'Leary, the first South African born Catholic Bishop of Johannesburg. [1]
Regina Mundi (Latin for "Queen of the World"), [1] designed by architect Anthony Noel Errol Slaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa.It is located in Rockville, Soweto, a populous black urban residential area within the city of Johannesburg.
Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Congo), [2] or simply Kinshasa Cathedral, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located on Liberation Avenue (formerly also called November 24 Avenue) in the city of Kinshasa, [3] the capital and largest city of the African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo.