The Holy Family Cathedral or Cathedral of Rumbek, is a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church is located in the town of Rumbek, capital of

Lakes State Lakes State is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 43,595.08 km2. Rumbek is the capital of the state. Lakes is in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, in addition to Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Warr ...

, in the African country of

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

, and that serves as the seat of the bishop of Rumbek. A relatively modest cathedral, it is a small building dedicated to the Holy Family, more like a chapel of a mission than a traditional cathedral in the architectural sense. It was restored by Bishop

Cesare Mazzolari Cesare (or Caesar) Mazzolari (9 February 1937 – 16 July 2011) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, in the newly independent Republic of South Sudan. Biography Bishop Mazzolari was born Feb. 9, 1937 in Bresc ...

(1937-2011). It was built in 1955 when the territory was still part of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in South Sudan Rumbek Roman Catholic churches completed in 1955 1955 establishments in Sudan 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings {{SouthSudan-struct-stub

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