The Our Lady of Peace Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Paix de Bukavu) or simply Cathedral of Bukavu, is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is located in the city of

Bukavu Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu pro ...

in the east end of the African country of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, specifically in the province of South Kivu.

History

The cathedral was built from 1948 to 1951, and its formal consecration took place on 18 October 1951. It follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu (''Archidioecesis Bukavuensis'') which was created in 1959 by the bull ''"Cum parvulum"'' by the

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo.

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