Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Bangui)

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The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Immaculée-Conception (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), built in 1937.[1] It is built with red brick, a common type in former French tropical colonies.

It is located in central Bangui, 2 km away from the Barthélemy Boganda Stadium and Bangui City Hall.[2]

It was the location for the Coronation Mass of Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Bokassa I) in 1977 and the opening of the first holy door of the Catholic Church's Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on 29 November 2015.[3]

References

  1. 1."Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception". GCatholic Organization. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. 2.Africa Today. Africa Today Associates. 1978. p. 33. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. 3.Vatican Radio, Pope opens Holy Door at Mass in Bangui cathedral, published on 29 November 2015, accessed on 15 August 2024