Dili Cathedral

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Dili Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ( Catedral da Imaculada Conceição ) is the cathedral of Dili , the capital of East Timor . It is the bishopric of the Diocese of Dili and is located in Suco Vila Verde ( Vera Cruz administrative office ).

architecture

The cathedral is considered the largest church in Southeast Asia. It has a floor area of ​​1,800 square meters, the entire area measures 10,000 square meters. It has air conditioning.

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  • altar

  • church service

  • View of the community

  • Church window

history

Main Church Dilis (1908)
Dilis Cathedral, destroyed in World War II (1946)

The main church ( Igreja matriz in Portuguese ) Dilis was located on the site of today's National Parliament of East Timor , until it had to give way to the city's first cathedral in 1909. The neoclassical building was destroyed by the Japanese on August 30, 1944 during World War II. Until the inauguration of today's cathedral, the Church of Santo António de Motael , built in 1955, served as the cathedral of the diocese.

Planning for the construction of the new cathedral began in 1984. The modern building was opened in 1988 by Indonesian President Suharto and consecrated a year later by Pope John Paul II . At that time, East Timor was occupied by Indonesia. In 2009 the cathedral was renovated for two million US dollars.

In 2006, as a result of the unrest in East Timor, over 10,000 people sought protection on the cathedral grounds.

See also

Web links

Commons : Dili Cathedral  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHEDRAL. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 2, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / timor-tourism.tl  
  2. ↑ a b UCAnews, November 9, 1988, Soeharto inaugurates new cathedral and other development projects ( Memento from April 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b CATHEDRAL RESTORATION. Retrieved October 15, 2015 .
  4. ^ Arnold S. Kohen: From the Place of the Dead , 1999. ISBN 0-7459-5010-8
  5. ^ CNA, June 5, 2006, 65,000 displaced persons in East Timor taking refuge in Catholic centers

Coordinates: 8 ° 33 '30.2 "  S , 125 ° 34' 3.4"  E