The Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral () also called Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, is located in
Beira, a town in the African country of
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
and is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Beira.
The first stone church was laid on 25 October 1900 at the site where the first cemetery of Beira. The foundation stones of the nave and the altar were removed from the fort of Sao Caetano of Sofala. The church, built in the Gothic Revival style, was inaugurated in 1925. The church dates back to the beginning of the city, which explains its modest size. He was elevated to the cathedral since the founding of the diocese in 1940.
In March 2019 the cathedral was heavily damaged by
cyclone Idai
Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai () was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage, and a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, le ...
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See also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique.
History
* 4 September 1940: Established as Diocese of Beira from the Territorial Prelature of Mozambique
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Roman Catholicism in Mozambique
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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* Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
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References
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mozambique
Buildings and structures in Beira, Mozambique
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1925
Portuguese colonial architecture in Mozambique
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