The St. Anthony Cathedral (), or just Baucau Cathedral, is a religious building that is located in the town of

Baucau Baucau (, ) is the second-largest city in Timor-Leste, after Dili, the capital, which lies to its west. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of the country. In the time ...

, in the north part of the Asian country of

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. The cathedral is in the Vila Salazar neighbourhood, to the north of Baucau. The building serves as the headquarters of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Baucau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baucau (; ; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Timor-Leste. One of three dioceses in the country, it was established in 1996 by Pope John Paul II. It serves nearly 400,000 Catholics in the municipa ...

(''Dioecesis Baucanus'' or ''Diocese de Baucau'') which was created in 1996 by bull ''Quo aptius consuleretur'' of

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. It is located in the old town, in Suco Buruma. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop

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Building

Located on the front of the cathedral on the sides there are two images, in white and blue, simply called

tiles Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or ot ...

. The image on the left shows Mary, the right to the patron saint of the cathedral, St. Anthony of Padua, with the child Jesus in her arms. The bell tower rises above the entrance portal.

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Building

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