Église de Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus (Moroni)
The Église de Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus (Eng. Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ) is a Catholic church in Moroni , the capital of the island state of Comoros in the Indian Ocean .
The church is the main church in the archipelago and belongs to the Vicariate Apostolic Archipelago of the Comoros ( Apostolicus Vicariatus Insularum Comorensium ), where the majority of the population is Muslim . There are two other Catholic churches in Mayotte , but this island belongs to France as an overseas department (distance: approx. 250 km). The Vicariate received its status only in 2010 through the Bull Divini Salvatoris of Pope Benedict XVI. .
The church is named after St. Therese von Lisieux , a French Discalced Carmelite who was canonized in 1925. The mission was founded by Capuchins in the 1930s .
architecture
The church is a simple structure in the shape of a cross with a large portico and a steeply stepped tower.
Individual evidence
- ^ Église de Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus, Moroni, Comoros .
- ↑ Caritas Comoros ( fr-FR )
- ↑ Mgr Charles Al-Mada'in Yava, sds - Église catholique en France .
- ↑ Hugues Béringer: Le culte catholique en terre d'Islam l'exemple des îles Comores. In: Outre-mers , vol. 92, 348: 55-64. doi = 10.3406 / outre.2005.4160
Web links
- comores-online.com : Caritas.
- Pictures on the homepage lestroiscaravelles.net
- eglise.catholique.fr
- gcatholic.org
Coordinates: 11 ° 42 ′ 31.3 ″ S , 43 ° 15 ′ 10.6 ″ E