St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau
The Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier is a parish of the Roman Rite, Roman Catholic Church in Nassau, Bahamas. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nassau. and mother church of The Bahamas. The cathedral church is located in West Street near the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. Its patron is St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish missionary, a member of the precursor group of the Society of Jesus and close associate of its founder, Ignatius of Loyola. History From 1866, the Catholic community in The Bahamas was placed under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, in the U.S. Petitions were made for a permanent parish priest to be assigned to Nassau in 1885, after which responsibility was transferred to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Archdiocese of New York, which sent Fr. Charles G. O'Keefe in August. Within a few days, a site was selected and Lady Georgiana Ayde-Curran, who had led the efforts to es ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the on ...
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