Sacred Heart Church, Saba
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The Sacred Heart Church ( nl, Heilige Hart Kerk) is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of The Bottom capital of the Caribbean island of Saba a dependent territory that has the status of special municipality of the
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in the Caribbean sea or sea of the Antilles. It was founded in 1877 as a community being formally dedicated on 19 March 1935 by the priest Norbertus Groen. Follow the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Diocese of Willemstad based on the island of Curacao. This is one of the three Catholic churches located on the island, the others being the "Conversion of St. Paul" in Windward Side and the "Queen of the Holy Rosary" (''Heilige Rozenkranskerk'') in the village of Hell's Gate.


See also

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Roman Catholicism in Saba The Catholic Church in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Nearly 80% of the population is Catholic and the whole area is part o ...
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Sacred Heart Church (disambiguation) Sacred Heart Church or Sacred Heart Catholic Church or variations may refer to: Australia * Sacred Heart Church, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia Austria *Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus), Graz Bosnia and Herzegovina * S ...


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