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Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare

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Location
  
Butare

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic Church

Country
  
Rwanda

Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare

The Our Lady of Wisdom (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Sagesse) or simply Cathedral of Butare, is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Butare, in the southern part of the African country of Rwanda.

It is the largest cathedral in the nation, which was built in the 1930s when Butare was the colonial capital to commemorate the life of Astrid of Sweden Queen consort of the Belgians until 1935.

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the Diocese of Butare (Dioecesis Butarensis) which was erected in 1961 by Pope John XXIII by bula Gaudet sanctum.

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Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare Wikipedia