Christ the King Church, Arubo

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Christ the King Church
0°30′21″S166°55′54″E / 0.505878°S 166.931729°E / -0.505878; 166.931729
Location Arubo, Ewa
CountryFlag of Nauru.svg  Nauru
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Administration
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru

The Christ the King Church [1] Also called the Catholic Church of Christ the King or simply Catholic Church of Arubo, [2] is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the town of Arubo in the district of Ewa north of the island of Nauru, a Country of Oceania.

The church follows the Roman or Latin rite and is within the Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru [3] (Dioecesis Taravanus et Naurunus) which began as an apostolic vicariate in 1897 and was elevated to its current status in November 1966 by the bull "Prophetarum voes" of the pope Paul VI.

In 2014, the church held a religious service of various Christian denominations to commemorate the World Day of Disabled Persons, [4] and by January 2016 the church was selected as one of the places where the 48th anniversary of the Independence of Nauru from Australia.

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References

  1. "Nauru commemorates 48th Independence Day | Loop Nauru". www.loopnauru.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ""REPUBLIC OF NAURU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"" (PDF).
  3. "Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati and Nauru". GCatholic. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ""World disability day celebrated"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2017-02-10.