The Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral ( pt, Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Fátima) also called Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is in

Nampula Nampula is the capital city of Nampula Province in Northern Mozambique. With a population of 743,125 (2017 census), it is the third-largest city in Mozambique after Maputo and Matola. The city is located in the interior of Nampula Province, approxi ...

, a town in the African country of

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

, which functions as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Nampula. The cathedral was inaugurated in 1956 by the then President of the Republic of Portugal,

Francisco Craveiro Lopes Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (; 12 April 1894 – 2 September 1964) was a Portuguese Air Force officer and politician who served as the 12th president of Portugal from 1951 to 1958. Early life and career Born in Lisbon, he was a son of ...

when the territory was under

Portuguese rule The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas Colonialism, colonies, Factory ...

. It is a traditionalist design building, designed by Raul Lino and built between 1941, a year after the founding of the diocese, and 1955. It has two towers in the facade and an arched portico.

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mozambique Buildings and structures in Nampula Roman Catholic churches completed in 1955 1956 establishments in Mozambique Portuguese colonial architecture in Mozambique 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings {{RC-church-stub

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