Location Al-Ubayyid Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Sudan | |
Address SHAMĀL KURDUFĀN, Sudan, El Obeid, Sudan |
The Our Lady Queen of Africa Cathedral or Cathedral of El Obeid is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church, and functions as a cathedral located in the town of El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, in the heart of the African country of Sudan.
The temple follows the Latin or Roman rite and also is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of El Obeid (Latin: Elobeidensis Dioecesis) that was created on December 12, 1974 by the Bull "Cum in Sudania" of Pope Paul VI. Its construction work was completed in 1871. It was reopened in 1948 during the government of Anglo Egyptian Sudan.
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Our Lady Queen of Africa Cathedral, Al-Ubayyid Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA