The Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral ( pt, Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora do Rosário) also called Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, is located in Beira, 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 ...

and is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Beira. The first stone church was laid on 25 October 1900 at the site where the first cemetery of Beira. The foundation stones of the nave and the altar were removed from the fort of Sao Caetano of Sofala. The church, built in the Gothic Revival style, was inaugurated in 1925. The church dates back to the beginning of the city, which explains its modest size. He was elevated to the cathedral since the founding of the diocese in 1940. In March 2019 the cathedral was heavily damaged by

cyclone Idai Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai () was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage, and a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, lea ...

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mozambique Buildings and structures in Beira, Mozambique Roman Catholic churches completed in 1925 Portuguese colonial architecture in Mozambique 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings {{RC-church-stub

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