Notre Dame Cathedral Cathédrale de Papeete Notre-Dame de L'Immaculée Conception (in French) | |
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Papeete | |
Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete | |
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17°32′25″S 149°34′1″W / 17.54028°S 149.56694°W | |
Location | Rue du Général de Gaulle, Papeete |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Consecrated | |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Groundbreaking | |
Completed | 1875 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Vacant |
Notre Dame Cathedral (French: Cathédrale de Papeete Notre-Dame de L'Immaculée Conception) is a late 19th-century church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete. It is located close to the waterfront esplanade of the capital city on the rue du Général de Gaulle.
The construction of the cathedral began in the middle of the 19th century and it opened in 1875. It is the oldest Catholic church in Tahiti[1] and one of Papeete's last remaining examples of early colonial architecture.[2]