List Of Cathedrals In East Timor
This is the list of cathedrals in East Timor. Roman Catholic Cathedrals of the Roman Catholicism in East Timor, Roman Catholic Church in East Timor:GCatholic.orgCathedrals East Timor/ref> * St. Anthony Cathedral, Baucau * Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Díli * Sacred Heart Cathedral, Maliana See also *List of cathedrals References

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Cathedrals
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area und ...
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