St. Joseph Cathedral (Dar es Salaam)
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph ( Swahili Kanisa la Mtakatifu Joseph , English Saint Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral ) is the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam in Dar es Salaam , the largest city in Tanzania .
It was built in the neo-Gothic style near the harbor by members of the Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien during the German colonial period from 1897 to 1902 and consecrated in 1905 .
Masses are held in Swahili and English, the diocesan bishop is Polycarp Pengo .
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam: St. Joseph Cathedral (1889) ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.daressalaamarchdiocese.or.tz (English), accessed on February 7, 2015.
Coordinates: 6 ° 49 ′ 10 ″ S , 39 ° 17 ′ 17 ″ E