Our Lady of the Desert Cathedral, Francistown

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Our Lady of the Desert Cathedral
Our Lady of the Desert Cathedral, Francistown
Location Francistown
CountryFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Our Lady of the Desert Cathedral [1] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the Sam Nujoma road of Francistown [2] [3] in the District Northeast in the eastern part of the African country of Botswana, [4] which serves as the seat of the Bishop of the Vicariate apostolic of Francistown (Vicariatus Apostolicus Francistaunensis in Latin) was established on June 27, 1998, with the bull "Ad aptius" Pope John Paul II.

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References

  1. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Desert in Francistown
  2. Botswana Telephone Directory. Posts and Telecommunications Department. 1 January 1974.
  3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Notes on the Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown, 1998 — Den katolske kirke". www.katolsk.no. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. Santoro, Nicholas J. (12 August 2011). Mary In Our Life: Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, The Mother of Jesus, and Their Place in Marian Devotion. iUniverse. ISBN   9781462040223.

Coordinates: 21°10′06″S27°30′18″E / 21.1684°S 27.5051°E / -21.1684; 27.5051