The Cathedral of the Holy Family is a late 20th-century church that serves as the
Cathedral
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—together with the
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker—of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (Latin: ''Diœcesis Samoa–Pagopagensis'') is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States overseas dependency of American Samoa, in the ecclesiastical province of th ...
in
American Samoa
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, an
unincorporated territory
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of the
United States
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. It is located in the
Ottoville district of
Tafuna, the largest city in the territory.
The construction of the cathedral began between the late 1980s and early 1990s and it opened in 1995. It is known for its art pieces, which incorporate the
Samoan culture.
Architecture
Exterior
Interior
The interior of the church is noted for its mixture of European and local
Samoan features in its design.
This is demonstrated in the
stained glass windows and numerous pieces of art adorning the cathedral. A 1991 painting by
Duffy Sheridan Duffy may refer to:
People
*Duffy (surname), people with the surname Duffy or Duffey
*Duffy (nickname)
*Duffy (singer) (born 1984), Welsh singer, born Aimee Ann Duffy
Places
*Duffy, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Duffy, Ohio ...
features the
Holy Family
The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The subject became popular in art from the 1490s on, but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first ...
, with a Samoan beach as the setting.
See also
*
List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
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List of cathedrals in the United States
References
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1994
Holy Family, Tafuna
Tafuna, American Samoa
1994 establishments in American Samoa
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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