St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea

St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea
Cathédrale Saint-Michel, Rikitea (in French)
A yellow cathedral with a single spire
A white washed St. Michael's Cathedral on Mangareva island
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23°7′13″S 134°58′9″W / 23.12028°S 134.96917°W / -23.12028; -134.96917
CountryFrench Polynesia
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusFormer cathedral
Consecrated
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleNeo Gothic
Groundbreaking17 January 1839
Completed1848
Administration
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete

St. Michael's Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Michel, Rikitea), also known as the Rikitea Cathedral, is a parish of the Catholic Church located on Mangareva Island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

Its historic neo-Gothic church was built on the eastern side of Rikitea between 1839 and 1848 by missionaries of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It formerly served as cathedral for what is now the Archdiocese of Papeete, and was extensively renovated in 2011. The parish community remains very active, within the limitations of the small population of the island.


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