The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church and is located in the town of
Buka on the south coast of the island of
Buka, in the
autonomous region of Bougainville
Bougainville ( ; ; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil''), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: ''Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil''), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the re ...
, formerly ″province of Bougainville″ which is part of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
a country in
Oceania
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.
The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul. It was erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of German Solomon Islands in 1898 and elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic in 1930. It was furth ...
(''Dioecesis Buganvillensis''),
which in turn is under the responsibility of the
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
A congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship.
Congregation may also refer to:
* Church (congregation), a Christian organization meeting in a particular place for worship
*Congregation (Roman Curia), an administr ...
(''Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione'').
The ancient cathedral of the diocese was the church of St. Michael the Archangel in Tubiana, in the same province.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Papua New Guinea The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Papua New Guinea has approximately two million Catholic adherents, approximately 27% of the country's total populat ...
*
Our Lady of the Assumption Church (disambiguation) Our Lady of the Assumption Church may refer to:
Azerbaijan
* Our Lady of Assumption Church (Bulakan)
Canada
* Our Lady of the Assumption (Windsor, Ontario)
France
* Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Bergheim
* Church of Our Lady of the Assum ...
References
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Papua New Guinea
Catholic Church in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Buka, Papua New Guinea
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