The Holy Family of Nazareth Church is a

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church in the

Koskela Koskela ( sv, Forsby, lit. "rapids village") is a district in the city of Helsinki, Finland. There are about 3 300 inhabitants. The borough is surrounded by Käpylä, Kumpula, Vanhakaupunki, and Oulunkylä. Koskela is located in the subdivisi ...

district in Oulu. The church building, designed by architect Gabriel Geronzi, was constructed in two phases.

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blessed the cornerstone of the church on his visit to Finland in 1989. The first phase of the church building was completed in 1991. The second phase was completed in 2000. The parish of the Holy Family of Nazareth was established in 1992. It includes

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and the

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and is the northernmost catholic parish of Finland. Operating in the parish since 1989, there are four neocatechumenal communities in the parish.

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