The Our Lady of Fatima Church () is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the town of

Mamoudzou Mamoudzou (; ''Momojou'') is the capital city of Mayotte, a French overseas region and department in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Maoré), the main isla ...

, the capital of the

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in the

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and its most populous commune. The cathedral, dating from 1957, follows the Roman or Latin rite and is within the Apostolic Vicariate of the Comoros Archipelago (''Apostolicus Vicariatus Insularum Comorensium'' or ''Vicariat apostolique de l'archipel des Comores'') which was raised to its current status in 2010 by

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through the bull ''"Divini Salvatoris"''. As its name indicates, the cathedral is dedicated to the

Virgin Mary Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...

in her title of

Our Lady of Fatima Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" Places * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France Other uses * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a governm ...

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Roman Catholic churches in Mayotte Mamoudzou Roman Catholic churches completed in 1957 1957 establishments in Mayotte 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France {{Mayotte-stub

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