The Emmanuel Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Durban, is the name given to the Catholic Church which is located at 48 Cathedral Road in the heart of the city of
Durban
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in
KwaZulu-Natal in
South Africa
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It is a religious building that follows the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban (''Archidioecesis Durbaniana'') which was created in 1951 with the bull ''"Suprema Nobis"'' of
Pope Pius XII.
It was built to replace an old church dedicated to
St. Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...
who had been in use since 1881. The first stone was laid by Bishop Charles Jolivet in January 1902
and the temple was officially dedicated in November 1904. Some parts of the old church were joined to the Emmanuel Cathedral. Beside the cathedral is the Juma Masjid Mosque. Across the road from the cathedral is the Victoria Street Market.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in South Africa
The Catholic Church in South Africa is part of the worldwide Catholic Church composed of the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, of which the South African church is under the spiritual leadership of the Southern African Catholic Bish ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durban
The Archdiocese of Durban evolved from the Vicariate Apostolic of Natal which was erected on 15 November 1850 and elevated to an archdiocese with the title Archdiocese of Durban on 11 January 1951. As of 2002, the Church census shows that there ...
References
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Churches in Durban
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1904
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in South Africa
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